2020 Deauville American Film Festival Explained

2020 Deauville American Film Festival
Host:	Deauville American Film Festival Group
Location:	Deauville, France
Language:	International
Date:	–

The 2020 Deauville American Film Festival was the 46th edition of the Deauville American Film Festival, held at Deauville, France from September 4 to 13, 2020. The festival was held in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis was appointed as the president of the jury.^[2] The festival paid tribute to Kirk Douglas.^[3] The Grand Special Prize was awarded to The Nest directed by Sean Durkin. The Nest film was also awarded with the International Critics' prize and the Revelation Prize.^[4]

Juries

Main Competition

• Vanessa Paradis: singer and actress (President of Jury)
• Yann Gonzalez : director
• Zita Hanrot : actress
• Delphine Horvilleur : journalist
• Vincent Lacoste : actor
• Mounia Meddour : actress
• Bruno Podalydès : actor, director
• Oxmo Puccino : hip hop musician

Revelation jury

• Rebecca Zlotowski: French film director and screenwriter (President of Jury)
• Luàna Bajrami : actress, director
• Mya Bollaers : actress
• Arnaud Rebotini : composer, musician
• Antoine Reinartz : actor

Programme

Competition

• The Assistant by Kitty Green
• First Cow by Kelly Reichardt
• Giants Being Lonely by Grear Patterson
• Holler by Nicole Riegel
• Kajillionaire by Miranda July
• Last Words by Jonathan Nossiter
• Lorelei by Sabrina Doyle
• Love is Love is Love by Eleanor Coppola
• Minari by Lee Isaac Chung
• Shiva Baby by Emma Seligman
• Sophie Jones by Jessie Barr
• Sound of Metal by Darius Marder
• Uncle Frank by Alan Ball
• The Violent Heart by Kerem Sanga
• The Nest by Sean Durkin

Les Premières (Premieres)

• How I Became a Super Hero by Douglas Attal
• Critical Thinking by John Leguizamo
• Wendy by Benh Zeitlin
• Bad Education by Cory Finley
• Don't Tell a Soul by Alex McAulay
• Resistance by Jonathan Jakubowicz
• Sons of Philadelphia by Jérémie Guez
• The Professor and the Madman by Farhad Safinia
• Wander by April Mullen

Les Docs De L'Oncle Sam (Uncle Sam's Doc)

• Billie by James Erskine
• Kubrick by Kubrick by Gregory Monro
• by Alexandre O. Philippe
• Deauville et le rêve américain by Daphné Baiwir
• Kirk Douglas, l'indompté by Hubert Attal
• Pierre & Lescure de Maxime Switek and Philippe Lézin
• The Last Hillbilly by Diane-Sara Bouzgarrou and Thomas Jenkoe
• Weed & Wine by Rebecca Richman Cohen

• The Final Countdown by Don Taylor
• Seven Days in May by John Frankenheimer
• Lonely Are the Brave by David Miller
• Spartacus by Stanley Kubrick
• The Vikings by Richard Fleischer
  • Paths of Glory by Stanley Kubrick Lust for Life by Vincente Minnelli and Georges Cukor
• The Bad and the Beautiful by Vincente Minnelli
• The Big Sky by Howard Hawks
• Ace in the Hole by Billy Wilder
• Champion by Mark Robson
• Out of the Past by Jacques Tourneur

Awards

• Grand Prix (Grand Special Prize): The Nest by Sean Durkin^[4]
• Prix du Jury (Jury Special Prize): (tied) First Cow by Kelly Reichardt and Lorelei by Sabrina Doyle^[4]
• Prix du Public (Audience Award): Uncle Frank by Alan Ball^[4]
• Prix de la Critique Internationale (International Critics' prize): The Nest by Sean Durkin^[4]
• Prix Michel d'Ornano (Michel d'Ornano Award for debut French film): Slalom by Charlène Favier^[4]
• Prix de la Révélation (Revelation Prize): The Nest by Sean Durkin^[4]

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deauville Film Festival Gets Ready for Guests . Variety. 3 September 2020. 14 September 2020. en.
2. Web site: Vanessa Paradis Named Jury President for Deauville American Film Festival. The Hollywood Reporter. 18 August 2020. 14 September 2020. en.
3. Web site: Deauville Festival 2020: everything there is to know about the film event. Vogue. 20 August 2020. 14 September 2020. en.
4. Web site: Deauville film festival: Jude Law drama 'The Nest' wins top prize. France 24. 13 September 2020. 14 September 2020. en.