Following its mission to highlight feature debuts and sophomore films, the 6^th edition of the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival has crowned  Guillaume de Fontenay’s Sympathy for the Devil [+lee también:
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entrevista: Ella Rumpf
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Written by the director together with Guillaume Vigneault and Jean Barbe and adapted from the novel by Paul Marchand, the script centres on the character of Paul Marchand who, after working in Lebanon, was for 18 months the sole special correspondent for all French radio stations during the siege of Sarajevo. A chronicle of a time period which a great many journalists of this “Sarajevo generation” still describe as the best years of their careers… Besides Niels Schneider, the cast includes Vincent Rottiers, Ella Rumpf, Elisa Lasowski, Clément Métayer and Arieh Worthalter. Supervised by Parisian company Monkey Pack Films in co-production with Canadian company Go Films, Belgian company Nexus Factory and Logical Pictures from Lyon, Sympathy for the Devil will be released in France on 27 November by Rezo Films, and is sold worldwide by Charades.

Two other films were awarded by the jury: La nuit venue [+lee también:
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Here is the full list of winners:

Feature competition

Grand Prix
Sympathy for the Devil [+lee también:
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Best Director Award
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Best Actress Award
Rikita Shimu - Made in Bangladesh [+lee también:
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Best Actor Award
Niels Schneider - Sympathy for the Devil

Audience Award
Sympathy for the Devil - Guillaume de Fontenay

Youth Jury Award
Sympathy for the Devil - Guillaume de Fontenay

Short film competition

Jury Prize
De particulier à particulier – Julien Sauvadon (France)

Youth Jury Award
Ne demande pas ton chemin – Déborah Hassoun (France)

Audience Award
Ne demande pas ton chemin – Déborah Hassoun