Cinefranco Awards

Cinéfranco is proud to announce its 2009 award winners:

Winner - Radio Canada Prize for the audience favourite film is “PARIS” by Cédric Klapisch.

(This film is now available on DVD - writer’s note.)

Followed very closely by “London mon amour” by Lorraine Levy and “Babine” by Luc Picard.  Other audience favourites include, Moroccan film, “Hands and Cloth” and the Belgian film “Jury Duty.”

Winner - TFO Prize for best youth film 2009 is “CE QU’IL FAUT POUR VIVRE” by Benoit Pilon with a special mention for “My Very Best Friend” (Un Château en Espagne).

The TFO Prize for Best youth film was determined for its educational content, the style in which a significant episode of the history of the Inuit is told, the quality of the French in the film as well as the quality of acting and the relevance of the topic for students.