22nd Palm Springs International Film Festival
USA, January 6 - 17, 2011
The jury
Elie Castiel (Canada), Mihai Chirilov (Romania), Godfrey Cheshire (US),
Awarded films
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Des hommes et des dieux by
Xavier Beauvois,
(France, 2010, 122 mins)
Our jury focused on the submissions to the Foreign Language Academy Award and decided the “International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Best Foreign Language Film of the Year (2010)” in the categories of best film, best actor, best actress.
Best Film: “Of Gods and Men” by Xavier Beauvois (France, 2010).
Best Actor: Lars Rosing in “Nuummioq” by Otto Rosing and Torben Bech (Greenland, 2009).
Best Actress: Anne Coessens in “Ilegal” (Illégal) by Olivier Masset-Depasse (Belgium, 2010).
Palm Springs International Film Festival: www.psfilmfest.org