Sunday, April 27, 2008

French director wins "Crossing Europe" award for second time


French director and actress Isild Le Besco has won the European Competition for the second time and receives the CROSSING EUROPE Award European Competition 2008 for her film "Charly. The jury in Linz (Austria) called Le Besco an “original voice in European cinema” and added that “this simple ‘coming-of-age’ story lingered disturbingly in our minds due to its uncompromising style and great acting.”

Greek director Thanos Anastopoulos received a special mention for "Diorthosi/Correction". The Ray Audience Award went to "Ljubav i Drugi Zlocini/Love and Other Crimes" by Stefan Arsenijevic.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wouldn't it be wonderful if all the assholes who are describing themselves as screenwriters on the internet died?

A-Lyric said...

Over my dead body. Oops.