LA's Colcoa - French Film Festival Announced Winners 2017

MR. & MRS. ADELMAN WON THE AUDIENCE AWARD AT THE COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL, 

9 DAYS OF FRENCH FILM PREMIERED AT DGA IN WEST HOLLYWOOD, APRIL 24-MAY 2nd

A WOMAN’S LIFE TOOK THE CRITICS AWARD 

CALL MY AGENT - SEASON 2 AWARDED BEST TV SERIES BY THE AUDIENCE &

BEAUTIFUL LOSER (BEST TV SERIES BY THE JURY)

PLESSIS’ GIRLS WON THE BEST TV MOVIE AWARD FROM THE AUDIENCE 

THE JURY AWARD FOR BEST TV MOVIE WENT TO MARION FOREVER 13

CHASSE ROYALE 

AWARDED BEST SHORT FILM BY JURY 

THANK YOU MISTER IMADA WINS BEST SHORT FILM FROM THE AUDIENCE 

NEW IN 2017, THE AMERICAN STUDENTS AWARD WENT TO POLINA AND THE WEB SERIES AWARD TO AMNESIA 

(West Hollywood,CA) The Franco-American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the DGA, MPA, WGAW, and France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM), announced May 3rd that Mr. & Mrs. Adelman, written by Nicolas Bedos and Dora Tillier, and directed by Nicolas Bedos, won the distinguished COLCOA Audience Award.

A Woman’s Life was awarded the COLCOA LAFCA Critics Award by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Jury at the 21 annual COLCOA French Film Festival. The film, co-written by Stéphane Brizé and Florence Vignon, and directed by Stéphane Brizé, will be released in the U.S. by Kino Lorber this month. A Woman’s Life also won the COLCOA Coming Soon Award, a prize given in association with KPCC 89.3, to a film presented with an attached U.S. distributor.

A Bag of Marbles, co-written and directed by Christian Duguay, won the Audience Special Prize while the Critics Special Prize went to Elementary, written and directed by Hélène Angel.

Little Gems received the Best Documentary Award, co-written and co-directed by Xavier de Lauzanne. The First Feature Award went to Tunisian-French co-production Hedi, written and directed by Mohamed Ben Attia. Introduced this year,the American Students Award went to Polina, written by Valérie Müller-Preljocaj and directed by Angelin Preljocaj and Valérie Müller-Preljocaj. This award was voted on exclusively by a jury of nine students from high schools and colleges.

Special Mentions were given by the audience to Like Crazy, the Italian-French co-production presented at the festival in association with Strand Releasing, which will release the film this month in the U.S., and to A Kid, a drama co-written and directed by Philippe Lioret. Distrib Films U.S. will release the film soon after the festival.

Presented in association with TV France International and TITRA Films, the COLCOA Television competition has three TV Series winners: Call My Agent (Season 2) was chosen best TV series by the audience, one year after it won for Season 1.The COLCOA Television Competition Jury gavethe Best Series award to Beautiful Loser and a special prize to the StudioCanal series Midnight Sun. As for TV Drama, the audience favorite by a large majority was Plessis’ Girls, written and directed by Bénédicte Delmas, while the Jury chose Boulem Guerdjou’s drama Marion Forever 13 (Best TV series) and Arnaud Sélignac’s Box 27 (Jury Special Prize).

For the COLCOA Shorts Competitions, two films were awarded twice: Chasse Royale (Best Short Film given by the Jury and the Audience Special mention), and Thank You Mister Imada (Audience Award and Jury Special Mention). Special Prizes went to What Tears Us Apart? (Jury) and The Fisherman and the Businessman (Audience).

The COLCOA Web Series Competition was introduced at this year’s festival with six entries. The winner of this inaugural competition was the Studio+ series, Amnesia.

While 82 programs were presented at COLCOA this year, a total of 34 features and documentaries, 11 TV drama and TV series, 6 web series, and 19 short films competed for the 2017 COLCOA Awards. Films details:www.colcoa.org

COMPLETE 2017 COLCOA AWARDS

COLCOA CINEMA

- AUDIENCE :

COLCOA AWARD: Mr. and Mrs. Adelman (Monsieur et Madame Adelman - W/D by Nicolas Bedos)

SPECIAL PRIZE: A Bag of Marbles (Un sac de billes - W/D by Christian Duguay)

SPECIAL MENTIONS: Like Crazy (Folles de joie - W/D by Paolo Virzi) &

A Kid (Le fils de Jean - W/D by Philippe Lioret)

- JURY :

COLCOA AWARD: A Woman's Life (Une Vie - W/D by Stéphane Brizé)

SPECIAL PRIZE: Elementary (Primaire - W/D by Hélène Angel)

Other Prizes:

BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM: Hedi (Hedi, un vent de liberte - W/D by Mohamed Ben Attia)

BEST DOCUMENTARY: Little Gems (Les Pépites - W/D by Xavier de Lausanne)

AMERICAN STUDENT AWARD (New in 2017): Polina (W/D by Angelin Preljocaj, Valérie Müller-Preljocaj)

COMING SOON AWARD: A Woman’s Life (Une Vie - W/D by Stéphane Brizé)

COLCOA TELEVISION

- AUDIENCE:

TV SERIES AWARD: Call My Agent (10 Pour Cent - written by Fanny Herrero, Benjamin Dupas, Sabrina B. Karine, Anaïs Carpita, directed by Laurent Tirard)

TV DRAMA AWARD: Plessis' Girls (Elles…Les Filles du Plessis - W/D by Bénédicte Delmas)

- JURY :

TV SERIES AWARD: Beautiful Loser (Irresponsable - co-written by Frédéric Rosset, directed by Stephen Cafiero)

TV SERIES SPECIAL PRIZE: Midnight Sun (Jour Polaire - written by Måns Mårlind, directed by Björn Stein, Måns Mårlind)

TV DRAMA AWARD: Marion Forever 13 (Marion 13 ans pour toujours - W/D by Boulem Guerdjou)

TV DRAMA SPECIAL PRIZE: Box 27 (W/D by Arnaud Sélignac)

COLCOA SHORTS

- AUDIENCE:

COLCOA AWARD: Thank You Mister Imada (Merci Monsieur Imada - W/D by Sylvain Chaumet)

SPECIAL PRIZE: The Fisherman and the Business Man (Le pecheur et l'homme d’affaires - W/D by Simon Francois)

SPECIAL MENTION: Chasse Royale (W/D by Romane Gueret, Lise Akoka)

- JURY:

COLCOA AWARD: Chasse Royale (W/D Romane Gueret, Lise Akoka)

SPECIAL PRIZE: What Tears Us Apart (Ce qui nous sépare - W/D by Wei Hu)

SPECIAL MENTION: Thank You Mister Imada (Merci Monsieur Imada - W/D by Sylvain Chaumet)

COLCOA WEB SERIES

COLCOA WEB SERIES AWARD (New in 2017): Amnesia (written by Jérôme Fansten, directed by: Patrick De Ranter and Jérôme Fansten)

COLCOA Awards are presented in association with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, TV5MONDE, AIR TAHITI NUI, TITRAFILM and KPCC-89.3 FM

COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL is funded by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a partnership of the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music, and the Writers Guild of America, West, with the vital support of L’ARP (France’s Association of Authors, Directors and Producers), the CNC, the Los Angeles Film and TV Office of the French Embassy, TV France International and Unifrance.

COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL was sponsored by Air Tahiti Nui, Dailymotion, TV5MONDE, Variety (Official Sponsors); Airstar, KPCC 89.3, Barnestormer, France Televisions, Los Angeles Times (Premier Sponsors); Barnes International Luxury Real Estate, Club Culinaire of Southern California, ELMA, Gaumont, Indiewire, LA Weekly, Sunset Marquis, TitraFilm (Major Sponsors); Alliance Française de Los Angeles, Champagne de L’Argentaine, Cinando, Laemmle Theatres, Les Macarons Duverger, Marché du Film, Miraval Provence, Office de Tourisme Epernay, Paul M. Young Fine Wines, Samsung, Vineyard Brand, (Platinum Sponsors); and ARIDZA BROSS, Bank Of the West, , La Chouquette, La Vieille Ferme, LILA, , Cinelife, France Amerique, Gitane Rapsodie, M.A.C. Domaine Nicolas Rossignol, Gayot, J.Lohr, Rosenthal The Malibu Estate, Stem Wine, Famille Perrin, Screening Now, Tammy’s Pop, and Tix, (Supporting Sponsors)