Cabourg Film Festival
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| Location | Cabourg, France | 
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| Founded | 1983 | 
| Language | International | 
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The Cabourg Film Festival (French: Festival du Film de Cabourg - Journées romantiques or simply Festival du Film de Cabourg) is an annual film festival held every June in Cabourg, France. Founded in 1983 by writer-journalist Gonzague Saint Bris, the festival is dedicated to films in the romantic genre and films with elements of romanticism.[1] For its competition section, the festival awards the Swann d'Or, in categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Male Revelation and Female Revelation.
Awards
Feature film
- Grand Prix
 - Best Feature Film (Swann d'Or du meilleur long-métrage)
 - Best Director (Swann d'Or du meilleur réalisateur de long-métrage)
 - Best Actress (Swann d'Or de la meilleure actrice)
 - Best Actor (Swann d'Or du meilleur acteur)
 - Female Revelation (Swann d'Or de la Révélation féminine)
 - Male Revelation (Swann d'Or de la Révélation masculine)
 
Short film
- Best Short Film (Swann d’Or du meilleur court-métrage)
 - Best Director (Swann d’Or du meilleure réalisatrice)
 - Best Actress (Swann d’Or de la meilleure comédienne)
 - Best Actor (Swann d’Or du meilleur acteur)
 - Prix Cinecourts
 
Special awards
- Audience Award (Prix du Public)
 - Youth Jury Prize (Prix de la Jeunesse)
 - Coup de Foudre
 - Coup de Cœur
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous
 
2000 edition
Feature film
Jury President: Raúl Ruiz
- Best Feature Film: Fidelity (La Fidélité)
 - Best Actress: Sophie Marceau – Fidelity (La Fidélité)
 - Best Actor: Jean-Pierre Bacri – The Taste of Others (Le Goût des Autres)
 - Female Revelation: Marion Cotillard – Blue Away to America (Du Bleu jusqu'en Amérique)
 - Male Revelation: Sami Bouajila – The Adventures of Felix (Drôle de Félix)
 
Short film
- Best Short Film: Les Aveugles
 - Best Actress: Nathalie Villeneuve – Carpe Diem
 - Best Actor: Gilberto Azevedo – Des morceaux de ma femme
 
Special award
- Coup de Foudre: Bernard Giraudeau
 
2001 edition
Feature film
Jury President: Claude Pinoteau
- Grand Prix: Malèna directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
- Special mention: Why Get Married the Day the World Ends? (Pourquoi se marier le jour de la fin du Monde ?) directed by Harry Cleven
 
 - Best Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet – Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
 - Best Actress: Sandrine Bonnaire – Mademoiselle
 - Best Actor: Mathieu Kassovitz – Amélie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)
 - Female Revelation: Émilie Dequenne – Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des Loups)
 - Male Revelation: Éric Caravaca – Unleaded (Sans Plomb)
 
Short film
- Best Short Film: Jean-Fares
 - Best Actress: Alice Carel – On s'embrasse ?
 - Best Actor: Jean-Luc Abel – On s'embrasse ?
 
Special awards
- Coup de Cœur: Arielle Dombasle
 - Coup de Foudre: Richard Berry
 
2002 edition
Feature film
Jury: Nina Companéez (President), Évelyne Bouix, Marie Nimier
- Grand Prix: Riding in Cars with Boys directed by Penny Marshall
- Special mention: Irène directed by Yvan Calberac
 
 - Best Director: Yvan Attal – My Wife Is an Actress (Ma femme est une actrice)
 - Best Actress: Mathilde Seigner – The Girl from Paris (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps)
 - Best Actor: Sergi López – Women or Children First (Les Femmes... ou les enfants d'abord...)
 - Female Revelation: Mélanie Doutey – The Warrior's Brother (Le Frère du guerrier)
 - Male Revelation: Bernard Campan – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)
 
Short film
- Best Short Film: J'attendrai le suivant
 - Best Actress: Dinara Droukarova – Pensée assise
 - Best Actor: Thomas Gaudin – J'attendrai le suivant
 
Special award
- Coup de Cœur: Mylène Demongeot
 
2003 edition
Feature film
Jury: Antoine de Caunes (President), Sacha Bourdo, Bruno Chiche, Vincent Delerm, Marie Gillain, Vincent Lannoo, Stanislas Merhar
- Grand Prix: Life Kills Me (Vivre me tue) directed by Jean-Pierre Sinapi
 - Best Director: Jean-Paul Rappeneau – Bon Voyage
 - Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani – Adolphe
 - Best Actor: Bernard Giraudeau – That Day (Ce Jour-Là)
 - Female Revelation: Morgane Moré – Once Upon an Angel (Peau d'Ange)
 - Male Revelation: Jalil Lespert – Life Kills Me (Vivre me tue)
 
Short film
- Best Short Film: L'Escalier
 - Best Actress: Nina Meurisse – L'Escalier
 - Best Actor: Moussa Maaskri – Quand le vent tisse les fleurs
 
Special award
- Coup de Cœur: Isabelle Adjani
 
2004 edition
Feature film
- Grand Prix: The Consequences of Love directed by Paolo Sorrentino
 - Best Director: Abdellatif Kechiche – Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive)
 - Best Actress: Karin Viard – France Boutique
 - Best Actor: Patrick Bruel – Une vie à t'attendre
 - Female Revelation: Sara Forestier – Games of Love and Chance (L'Esquive)
 - Male Revelation: Nicolas Duvauche – Eager Bodies (Les Corps impatients)
 
Short film
- Best Short Film: Cousines
 - Best Actress: Marie-Laure Descoureaux – Hymne à la gazelle
 - Best Actor: Adrien de Van – Trois jeunes tambours
 
Special award
- Coup de Cœur: Josiane Balasko
 
2005 edition
Feature film
- Grand Prix: My Summer of Love directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
 - Best Director: Arnaud Desplechin – Kings and Queen (Rois et Reine)
 - Best Actress: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – 5x2 & Crustacés et Coquillages
 - Best Actor: Vincent Lindon – La Moustache
 - Female Revelation: Lola Naymark – A Common Thread (Brodeuses)
 - Male Revelation: Nicolas Cazalé – Le Grand Voyage
 
Short film
- Best Short Film: Pépins Noirs
 - Best Actress: Thérèse Roussel – Le Temps des cerises
 - Best Actor: Fred Epaud – Libre échange
 - Prix Cinecourts: After Shave directed by Hany Tamba
 
Special award
- Coup de Cœur: Charlotte Rampling
 - Youth Jury Prize: My Summer of Love directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
 
2006 edition
Feature film
Jury: Xavier Beauvois, Soledad Bravi, Catherine Jacob, Julie Lopes Curval, Caterina Murino, Brigitte Roüan, Pascale Roze
- Grand Prix: Lower City directed by Sérgio Machado
- Special mention: Quinceañera directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland
 
 - Best Director: Michele Placido – Romanzo Criminale (Rois et Reine)
 - Best Actress: Cécile de France – Avenue Montaigne (Fauteuils d'orchestre)
 - Best Actor: Michel Blanc – You Are So Beautiful (Je vous trouve très beau)
 - Female Revelation: Anna Mouglalis – Romanzo Criminale
 - Male Revelation: Lorant Deutsch – Les Amants du Flore
 
Short film
- Best Director: Maryline Canto – Fais de beaux rêves
 - Best Actress: Thérèse Roussel – Béa
 - Best Actor: Aymeric Cormerais – Béa
 - Special mention: Des putes dans les arbres
 - Prix Cinecourts: La Petite Flamme directed by Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Lower City directed by Sérgio Machado
- Special mention: The Yacoubian Building directed by Marwan Hamed
 
 
2007 edition
Feature film
Jury: Andrzej Żuławski (President), Anne Consigny, Agnès de Sacy, Yves Marmion, Roxane Mesquida, Sagamore Stévenin, Colo Tavernier
- Grand Prix: Franz + Polina directed by Mikhail Segal
 - Best Director: Christophe Honoré – Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour)
 - Best Actress: Marion Cotillard – La Vie en rose (La Môme)
 - Best Actor: Guillaume Canet – Hunting and Gathering (Ensemble, c'est tout)
 - Female Revelation: Clémence Poésy – Le Grand Meaulnes
 - Male Revelation: Fu'ad Aït Aattou – The Last Mistress (Une vieille maîtresse)
 
Short film
- Best Director: Alice Winocour – Magic Paris
 - Best Actress: Johanna ter Steege – Magic Paris
 - Best Actor: Jonathan Zaccaï – De l'Amour
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Water Lilies (Naissance des Pieuvres) directed by Céline Sciamma
 
2008 edition
Feature film
Jury: Jean-Pierre Denis (President), Lolita Chammah, Emmanuelle Cosso-Mérad, Hafsia Herzi, Maïwenn, Anne Le Ny, Jean-François Lepetit, Claire Nebout, Clément Sibony, Erick Zonca
- Grand Prix: Alice's House (A Casa de Alice) directed by Chico Teixeira
 - Best Director: Emmanuel Mouret – Shall We Kiss? (Un baiser s'il vous plaît)
 - Best Actress: Laetitia Casta – Born in 68 (Nés en 68)
 - Best Actor: Patrick Bruel – A Secret (Un secret)
 - Female Revelation: Anne Marivin – Welcome to the Sticks (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis)
 - Male Revelation: Yannick Renier – Born in 68 (Nés en 68)
 
Short film
- Best Director: Samuel Tilman – Voix de garage
 - Best Actress: Julie Gayet – S'éloigner du rivage
 - Best Actor: Dominique Wittorski – 6ème Ciel
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Cherry Blossoms directed by Doris Dörrie
 
2009 edition
Feature film
Jury: Sam Karmann (President), Marie-Anne Chazel, Mélanie Doutey, Julie Gayet, François Kraus, Vahina Giocante, Jacques Fieschi, Jérôme Bonnell, Nicolas Giraud
- Grand Prix (ex-æquo): 
- Somers Town directed by Shane Meadows
 - Sometime in August directed by Sebastian Schipper
 
 - Best Director: Stephen Frears – Chéri
 - Best Actress: Émilie Dequenne – The Girl on the Train (La Fille du RER)
 - Best Actor: Benoît Poelvoorde – Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel)
 - Female Revelation: Anaïs Demoustier – Les Grandes Personnes
 - Male Revelation: Jérémy Kapone – LOL (Laughing Out Loud)
 
Short film
Jury: Robin Renucci (President), Jeanne Cherhal, Cécile Cassel, Bouraouia Marzouk, Francois Vincentelli, Nicolas Rollinger
- Best Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson – Two Birds
 - Best Actress: Camille Claris – En Douce
 - Best Actor: Nazmi Kirik – Sidewalk
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Somers Town directed by Shane Meadows
 - Audience Award: Tengri: Blue Heavens directed by Marie-Jaoul de Poncheville
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous: 
- Firat Ayverdi – Welcome
 - Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey – The Sea Wall (Un Barrage contre le Pacifique)
 
 
2010 edition
Feature film
- Grand Prix (ex-æquo): 
- Air Doll directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
 - Come Undone (Cosa voglio di più) directed by Silvio Soldini
 
 - Best Romantic Comedy: Heartbreaker (L'Arnacœur)
 - Best Director: Julie Delpy – The Countess (La Comtesse)
 - Best Actress: Marina Hands – Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très très grande histoire d’amour
 - Best Actor: Éric Elmosnino – Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque))
 - Female Revelation: Leïla Bekhti – Tout ce qui brille
 - Male Revelation: Vincent Rottiers – Silent Voice (Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront)
 
Short film
- Best Director: Amal Kateb – On ne mourra pas
- Special mention: Vincent Vizioz – Tremblay-en-France
 
 - Best Actress: Yelle – Une pute et un poussin
 - Best Actor: Joseph Malerba – Le Cygne
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Me Too (Yo, también) directed by Antonio Naharro and Álvaro Pastor
 - Audience Award: The Names of Love (Le Nom des gens) directed by Michel Leclerc
 - Coup de Cœur:
- Christophe Lambert – Trivial (La Disparue de Deauville), Cartagena (L’Homme de chevet) and White Material
 
 - Coup de Foudre: Mammuth directed by Gustave Kervern and Benoît Delépine
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous: 
- Alice de Lencquesaing – The Father of My Children (Le Père de mes enfants)
 - Mehdi Dehbi – He Is My Girl (La Folle Histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy )
 
 
2011 edition
Feature film
Jury: Radu Mihaileanu (President), Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Audrey Dana, Virginie Despentes, Emmanuel Mouret, Tomer Sisley, Saïd Taghmaoui
- Grand Prix: Declaration of War (La Guerre est déclarée) directed by Valérie Donzelli
- Special mention: Happy, Happy directed by Anne Sewitsky
 
 - Best Romantic Film: Les Yeux de sa mère directed by Thierry Klifa
 - Best Director: Patrice Leconte – Voir la mer
 - Best Actress: Isabelle Carré – Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
 - Best Actor: Jean Dujardin – A View of Love (Un balcon sur la mer)
 - Female Revelation: Pauline Lefèvre – Voir la mer
 - Male Revelation: Raphaël Personnaz – The Princess of Montpensier (La Princesse de Montpensier )
 
Short film
Jury: Gustave Kervern (President), Déborah François, Isabelle Frilley, Michèle Simmonet, Vénus Khoury-Ghata, Heremoana Maamaatuaiahutapu
- Best Short Film: J'aurais pu être une pute  directed by Baya Kasmi
- Special mention: Prochainement sur vos écrans directed by Fabrice Maruca
 
 - Best Actress: Vimala Pons – J'aurais pu être une pute
 - Best Actor: Franc Bruneau – Cheveu
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Barney's Version directed by Richard J. Lewis
 - Audience Award: Where Do We Go Now? (Et maintenant, on va où ?) directed by Nadine Labaki
 - Coup de Cœur: Sylvie Vartan
 - Coup de Foudre: Si tu meurs, je te tue directed by Hiner Saleem
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous: 
- Ana Girardot – Lights Out (Simon Werner a disparu...)
 - Jérémie Duvall – Jo's Boy (Le Fils à Jo) & Mon père est femme de ménage
 
 
2012 edition
Feature film
Jury: Yann Samuell (President), Bertrand Burgalat, Pierre Aïm, Thomas Anargyros, Amira Casar, Mathieu Demy, Marie Denarnaud, Anne Marivin, Christa Theret
- Grand Prix: Laurence Anyways directed by Xavier Dolan
 - Best Film: Rust and Bone (De rouille et d'os) directed by Jacques Audiard
 - Best Director: Robert Guédiguian – The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro)
 - Best Actress: Léa Seydoux – Farewell, My Queen (Les Adieux à la reine) & Sister (L'Enfant d'en haut)
 - Best Actor: Jérémie Rénier – My Way (Cloclo)
 - Best Composer: Alex Beaupain
 - Female Revelation: Soko – Bye Bye Blondie
 - Male Revelation: Pierre Niney – 18 Years Old and Rising (J'aime regarder les filles)
 
Short film
Jury: Pascal Greggory (President), Anne Azoulay, Natacha Régnier, Niels Schneider, Sarah Stern
- Best Short Film: Les Navets blancs empêchent de dormir directed by Rachel Lang
 - Best Actress: Sophia Leboutte – A New Old Story
 - Best Actor: Sébastien Houbani – La Tête froide
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Laurence Anyways directed by Xavier Dolan
 - Audience Award: My Lucky Star (Ma bonne étoile) directed by Anne Fassio
 - Coup de Cœur: Corinne Masiero – Louise Wimmer
 - Swann d'honneur: Vanessa Paradis
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous: 
- Abraham Belaga – A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une bouteille à la mer)
 - Fleur Lise – My Lucky Star (Ma bonne étoile)
 
 
2013 edition
Feature film
- Grand Prix: Grand Central directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
 - Best Film: Just a Sigh (Le Temps de l'aventure) directed by Jérôme Bonnell
 - Best Actress: Emmanuelle Devos – Just a Sigh (Le Temps de l'aventure)
 - Best Actor: Pierre Niney – It Boy (20 ans d’écart)
 - Female Revelation: Lola Créton – Something in the Air (Après mai)
 - Male Revelation: Félix Moati – Télé gaucho
 
Short film
- Best Short Film: On the Beach directed by Marie-Elsa Sgualdo
 - Best Actress: Joanne Nussbaum – On the Beach
 - Best Actor: Olivier Duval – L'Amour bègue
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: My Sweet Pepper Land directed by Huner Saleem
 - Audience Award: Queens of the Ring (Les Reines du ring) directed by Jean-Marc Rudnicki
 - Coup de Cœur: Catherine Deneuve – On My Way (Elle s'en va)
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous: 
- Victoire Belezy – Fanny
 - François Civi – Macadam Baby
 
 
2014 edition
Feature film
Jury: Catherine Corsini (Co-President), Martin Provost (Co-President), Pauline Étienne, Gilles Henry, Jean-Louis Martinelli, Gilbert Melki, Natacha Régnier, Laura Smet, Anne-Dominique Toussaint
- Grand Prix (ex-æquo):  
- Party Girl directed by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis
 - Matterhorn directed by Diederik Ebbinge
 
 - Best Film: Not My Type (Pas son genre) directed by Lucas Belvaux
 - Best Director: Pierre Salvadori – In the Courtyard (Dans la cour)
 - Best Actress: Émilie Dequenne – Not My Type (Pas son genre)
 - Best Actor: Loïc Corbery – Not My Type (Pas son genre)
 - Female Revelation: Alice Isaaz – Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles
 - Male Revelation: Pierre Rochefort – Going Away (Un beau dimanche)
 
Short film
Jury: Guillaume Nicloux (President), Victoire Bélézy, Pascal Bourdiaux, Florence Loiret Caille, China Moses, Stéphanie Murat, Julien Poupard
- Best Short Film: Bruine directed by Dénes Nagy
 - Best Cinematographer: Fiona Braillon – Solo Rex
 - Best Actress: Liv Henneguier – Loups solitaires en mode passif
 - Best Actor (ex-æquo): Wim Willaert & Lucas Moreau – Solo Rex
 
Special award
- Youth Jury Prize: Marina directed by Stijn Coninx
 - Audience Award: Coming Home directed by Zhang Yimou
 - Coup de Cœur: Zhang Ziyi
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous: 
- Flore Bonaventura – Chinese Puzzle (Casse-tête chinois)
 - Paul Hamy – Suzanne
 
 
2015 edition
The 29th edition of the festival was held between 10–14 June 2015.[2][3]
Feature film
Jury: Juliette Binoche (President), Mélanie Thierry, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Bonnell, Gilles Taurand, Raphaël Personnaz, Guillaume Schiffman, Luís Galvão Teles, Maxime Nucci
- Grand Prix: Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo directed by Duccio Chiarini
 - Special Jury Prize: Zurich directed by Sacha Polak
 - Best Film: Caprice directed by Emmanuel Mouret
 - Best First Film: Blind Date (Un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément) directed by Clovis Cornillac
 - Best Director: Arnaud Desplechin – My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse)
 - Best Actress: Anaïs Demoustier – All About Them (À trois on y va)
 - Best Actor: Benoît Magimel – Standing Tall (La Tête haute)
 - Female Revelation: Joséphine Japy – Respire
 - Male Revelation: Kévin Azaïs – Love at First Fight (Les Combattants)
 
Short film
Jury: Christophe Barratier (President), Alma Jodorowsky, Félix Moati, Marie Modiano, Finnegan Oldfield, Élisabeth Perez, Serge Riaboukine
- Best Short Film: Copain directed by Jan Roosens and Raf Roosens
 - Best Actress (ex-æquo): Louisiane Gouverneur & Ilys Barillot – À qui la faute
 - Best Actor: Benoit Hamon – Monsters Into Lovers (Jeunesse des loups-garous)
 
Special award
- Coup de Cœur: Michel Legrand
 - Youth Jury Prize: Short Skin - I dolori del giovane Edo directed by Duccio Chiarini
 - Essilor Audience Award: Words and Pictures directed by Fred Schepisi
 - Prix Premiers Rendez-vous: 
- Sophie Verbeeck – All About Them (À trois on y va)
 - Rod Paradot – Standing Tall (La Tête haute)
 
 
See also
- Film festivals in France
 
References
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