Prix Jean Vigo
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The Prix Jean Vigo is an award in the Cinema of France
given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo
. It was founded by French writer Claude Aveline
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This award is usually given to a young director, for his or her independent spirit.
Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival
1 presents, for the first time in Spain
, the Premio Jean Vigo al mejor director (Jean Vigo Prize to the best director).
The new award aims to strengthen both the spirit which inspired the festival in the first place and its commitment to the work of Jean Vigo
. The creation of this prize has been made possible thanks to the close ties between Punto de Vista and the family of the great French filmmaker.
Punto de Vista paid tribute to the director of Zero de Conduite on the centenary of his birth in 2005. Luce Vigo, film critic and daughter of Vigo and Elizabeth Lozinska, attended that year. The festival provided an opportunity to look back on Vigo’s entire filmography and also represented the first step in a relationship which has now fructified in the form of this award. The Festival took its name, Punto de Vista (Point of View), as a tribute to Vigo, the first director to refer, back in the 30’s, to a “documented point of view” as a distinctive sign of a form of filmmaking which commits the filmmaker.
Cinema of France
The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...
given annually since 1951 to a French film director in homage to Jean Vigo
Jean Vigo
Jean Vigo was a French film director, who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s and was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Biography:...
. It was founded by French writer Claude Aveline
Claude Aveline
Claude Aveline, pen name of Evgen Avtsine , was a writer, publisher, editor, poet and member of the French Resistance. Aveline, who was born in Paris, France, has authored numerous books and writings throughout his writing career...
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This award is usually given to a young director, for his or her independent spirit.
Winners
- 1951: La Montagne est verte (shortShort subjectA short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
) by Jean Leherissey - 1952: La Grande Vie by Henri Schneider
- 1953: Crin Blanc (short) by Albert LamorisseAlbert LamorisseAlbert Lamorisse was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer, who is best known for his award winning short films which he began making in the late 1940s, and also for inventing the famous strategic board game Risk in 1957...
- 1954: Les statues meurent aussi (short) by Alain ResnaisAlain ResnaisAlain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
and Chris MarkerChris MarkerChris Marker is a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La jetée , A Grin Without a Cat , Sans Soleil and AK , an essay film on the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa... - 1955: Émile Zola (short) by Jean Vidal
- 1956: Nuit et brouillard (short) by Alain ResnaisAlain ResnaisAlain Resnais is a French film director whose career has extended over more than six decades. After training as a film editor in the mid-1940s, he went on to direct a number of short films which included Nuit et Brouillard , an influential documentary about the Nazi concentration camps.He began...
- 1957: Léon la lune (short) by Alain JessuaAlain JessuaAlain Jessua is a French film director and screenwriter. He directed ten films between 1956 and 1997. His 1967 film Jeu de massacre was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Screenplay....
- 1958: Les Femmes de Stermetz (short) by Louis Grospierre
- 1959: Le Beau SergeLe Beau SergeLe Beau Serge is a French film directed by Claude Chabrol, released in 1958. It is often considered the first product of the Nouvelle Vague or "French New Wave" film movement.-Synopsis:...
by Claude ChabrolClaude ChabrolClaude Chabrol was a French film director, a member of the French New Wave group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s... - 1960: À bout de souffle by Jean-Luc GodardJean-Luc GodardJean-Luc Godard is a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter and film critic. He is often identified with the 1960s French film movement, French Nouvelle Vague, or "New Wave"....
- 1961: La Peau et les os by Jean-Paul Sassy and Jacques Panuel
- 1962: La Guerre des boutonsWar of the Buttons (1962 film)La Guerre des boutons or War of the Buttons is a 1962 French film directed by Yves Robert, about two rival kid gangs whose playful combats escalate into violence. The title derives from the buttons that are cut-off from the rival team's clothes as combat trophies...
by Yves RobertYves RobertYves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.Born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, in his teens Robert went to Paris to pursue a career in acting, starting with unpaid parts on stage in the city's various theatre workshops. To support himself, he worked at a variety of jobs... - 1963: Mourir à Madrid by Frédéric RossifFrédéric RossifFrédéric Rossif was a French film and television director who specialized primarily on documentaries, frequently using archive footage. Rossif's common themes included wildlife, 20th century history and contemporary artists...
- 1964: La Belle Vie by Robert EnricoRobert EnricoRobert Georgio Enrico was a French film director and scriptwriter.He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the north of France.-Filmography as director:* Fait d'hiver...
- 1965: CoarazeCoarazeCoaraze is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.Its inhabitants are called Coaraziens.-Geography:...
(short) by Jules EngelJules EngelJules Engel was a Jewish-Hungarian American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director, and teacher... - 1966: La Noire de... by Ousmane SembèneOusmane SembèneOusmane Sembène , often credited in the French style as Sembène Ousmane in articles and reference works, was a Senegalese film director, producer and writer...
- 1967: Who Are You, Polly Magoo? by William KleinWilliam KleinWilliam Klein is a photographer and filmmaker noted to for his ironic approach to both media and his extensive use of unusual photographic techniques in the context of photojournalism and fashion photography...
- 1968: O Salto by Christian de Chalonge
- 1969: L'Enfance nueL'Enfance NueNaked Childhood is a 1968 French film. It was the feature-length debut of director Maurice Pialat, and was written by Pialat and Arlette Langmann. François Truffaut was one of the film's producers....
by Maurice PialatMaurice PialatMaurice Pialat was a French film director, screenwriter and actor noted for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films... - 1970: Hoa BinhHoa-Binh (film)Hoa-Binh is a 1970 French film directed by Raoul Coutard and based on a novel by Françoise Lorrain. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
by Raoul Coutard - 1971: Remparts d'argile by Jean-Louis BertucelliJean-Louis Bertucelli-Selected filmography:* Ramparts of Clay * Docteur Françoise Gailland * A Day to Remember -External links:...
- 1972: Continental CircusContinental CircusContinental Circus is an arcade racing game created and manufactured by Taito in 1987. It was then republished in 1989 along with a home version of the game, which was available on various platforms including the Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, MSX and ZX Spectrum.The arcade version of...
by Jérôme Laperroussaz - 1973: Absences répétées by Guy GillesGuy GillesGuy Gilles born Guy Chiche was a French film director.- Biography :He directed his first short film, Soleil éteint in 1958. He changed his surname to Gilles based on the name of his mother to create a pseudonym...
- 1974: Un homme qui dortUn homme qui dortThe Man Who Sleeps and his alienation as he wanders the streets of Paris. His inner musings are narrated in the form of an unwritten diary by Ludmila Mikael. The hero remains silent throughout the film. The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 1974....
by Bernard Queyssanne and Georges PerecGeorges PerecGeorges Perec was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist and essayist. He is a member of the Oulipo group... - 1975: L'Histoire de Paul by René FéretRené FéretRené Féret is a French actor, screenwriter, film director and producer. His film Solemn Communion, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Solemn Communion...
- 1976: L'Affiche rouge by Frank Cassenti
- 1977: Paradiso by Christian Bricout
- 1978: Bako-l'autre rive by Jacques Champreux
- 1979: Certaines nouvelles by Jacques Davila
- 1980: Ma blonde entends-tu dans la ville ? by René Gilson
- 1981: Le Jardinier by Jean-Pierre Sentier
- 1982: L'Enfant secret by Philippe GarrelPhilippe GarrelPhilippe Garrel is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, editor and producer. His movies have won him awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival...
- 1984: Vive la sociale! by Gérard Mordillat
- 1985: Le Thé au harem d'ArchimèdeTea in the HaremTea in the Harem was a book written by Mehdi Charef, first published in 1983. In 1985 Charef also directed the film adaptation of the book. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival....
by Medhi Charef - 1986: Maine Océan by Jacques RozierJacques RozierJacques Rozier is a French film director and screenwriter. He is one of the lesser known members of the French New Wave movement and has collaborated with Jean-Luc Godard. Three of his films have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival...
- 1987: Buisson ardent by Laurent Perrin
- 1988: La Comédie du travail by Luc MoulletLuc MoulletLuc Moullet is a French film critic and filmmaker, and a member of the Nouvelle Vague or French New Wave. Moullet's films are known for their humor, anti-authoritarian leanings and rigorously primitive aesthetic, which is heavily influenced by his love of American B-movies.Though such influential...
- 1989: Chine ma douleur by Sijie Daï
- 1990: Mona et moi by Patrick GrandperretPatrick GrandperretPatrick Grandperret is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. His film Meurtrières was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:* Court circuit...
- 1991: Le BrasierLe BrasierLe Brasier is a French film directed by Eric Barbier, released in 1991.-Synopsis:Based around the social struggles of a mining area in the 1930s, Le Brasier was the first French film to have a budget of more than 100 million francs, the highest budget in the history of French cinema at that point...
by Eric Barbier - 1992: Paris s'éveille by Olivier AssayasOlivier AssayasOlivier Assayas is a French film director and screenwriter.He made his debut in 1986, after directing some short films and writing for the influential film magazine Cahiers du cinéma.-Career:...
- 1993: Les histoires d'amour finissent mal... en général by Anne FontaineAnne Fontaine (filmmaker)Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral...
- 1994: Trop de bonheurTrop de bonheurTrop de bonheur is a 1994 French comedy drama film directed by Cédric Kahn who co-wrote screenplay with Ismaël Ferroukhi....
by Cédric KahnCédric KahnCédric Kahn is a French screenwriter and film director. His films include L'Ennui , from the Alberto Moravia novel Boredom and Red Lights , from the Georges Simenon novel... - 1995: Don't Forget You're Going to Die by Xavier BeauvoisXavier BeauvoisXavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize....
- 1996: EncoreEncore (1996 film)Encore is a 1996 comedy-drama film by French director Pascal Bonitzer. The film follows the mid-life crisis of a university professor, played by Jackie Berroyer. The film also stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Laurence Côte, Natacha Régnier, and Hélène Fillières.-Awards:Bonitzer was awarded the 1996...
by Pascal Bonitzer - 1997: La Vie de JésusLa vie de JésusLa vie de Jésus is the 1997 debut feature film by director Bruno Dumont. It was the winner of the prestigious BFI Sutherland Trophy, Camera d’Or at Cannes, the Prix Jean Vigo and European Discovery of the Year at the European Film Awards.-Controversy:Dumont included extreme close-ups of...
by Bruno DumontBruno DumontBruno Dumont is a French film director. To date, he has directed five feature films, all of which border somewhere between realistic drama and the avant-garde. His films have won several awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Two of Dumont's films have won the Grand Prix award: both L'Humanité and... - 1998: Dis-moi que je rêve by Claude MourierasClaude MouriérasClaude Mouriéras is a French film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1989. His film Dis-moi que je rêve was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.-Filmography:...
- 1999: La vie ne me fait pas peur by Noémie Lvoski
- 2000: Saint-Cyr by Patricia MazuyPatricia MazuyPatricia Mazuy is a French film director and screenwriter. Her film Peaux de vaches was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival...
ex-æquo avec De l'histoire ancienne by Orso Miret - 2000: Les filles de mon pays (short) by Yves CaumonYves CaumonYves Caumon is a French director. He is Professor in Toulouse's University in France. He worked as assistant-director with Agnès Varda, and Jean-Paul Civeyrac....
- 2001: Candidature by Emmanuel Bourdieu ex-æquo with Ce vieux rêve qui bouge by Alain Guiraudie
- 2002: Royal Bonbon by Charles Najman
- 2003: All the fine promisesAll the Fine PromisesAll the Fine Promises is a 2003 French movie directed by Jean-Paul Civeyrac based on the novel Hymne à l'amour by Anne Wiazemsky.- Plot :...
by Jean-Paul CiveyracJean-Paul CiveyracJean-Paul Civeyrac is a French New Wave director whose films are usually characterized by close attention to music and actors' bodies. He has adapted a French novel by Anne Wiazemsky, Hymnes à l’amour, with the title All the fine promises . This movie was awarded by The Prix Jean Vigo 2003... - 2004: "Quand je serai star" by Patrick Mimouni
- 2005: Les Yeux clairs by Jérôme Bonnell
- 2006: Le Dernier des fous by Laurent Achard
- 2007: La FranceLa France (film)La France is a French film directed by Serge Bozon, released in 2007. It stars Sylvie Testud and Pascal Greggory. The film won the Prix Jean Vigo in 2007.-Synopsis:...
by Serge Bozon - 2008: Nulle part, terre promise by Emmanuel Finkiel
- 2009: L'Arbre et la Forêt by Olivier DucastelOlivier DucastelOlivier Ducastel is a French film director, screenwriter and sound editor who currently works in collaboration with partner Jacques Martineau.- Biography :...
and Jacques MartineauJacques MartineauJacques Martineau is a French film director and screenwriter who works in collaboration with partner Olivier Ducastel.- Biography :...
Prix Jean Vigo in Spain
The Spanish documentary filmDocumentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival
Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival
The Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival is a space for celebrating, discovering and analysing the form of cinema generically grouped under the heading of ‘documentary’...
1 presents, for the first time in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, the Premio Jean Vigo al mejor director (Jean Vigo Prize to the best director).
The new award aims to strengthen both the spirit which inspired the festival in the first place and its commitment to the work of Jean Vigo
Jean Vigo
Jean Vigo was a French film director, who helped establish poetic realism in film in the 1930s and was a posthumous influence on the French New Wave of the late 1950s and early 1960s.-Biography:...
. The creation of this prize has been made possible thanks to the close ties between Punto de Vista and the family of the great French filmmaker.
Punto de Vista paid tribute to the director of Zero de Conduite on the centenary of his birth in 2005. Luce Vigo, film critic and daughter of Vigo and Elizabeth Lozinska, attended that year. The festival provided an opportunity to look back on Vigo’s entire filmography and also represented the first step in a relationship which has now fructified in the form of this award. The Festival took its name, Punto de Vista (Point of View), as a tribute to Vigo, the first director to refer, back in the 30’s, to a “documented point of view” as a distinctive sign of a form of filmmaking which commits the filmmaker.