Escapada Explained

Escapada
Director:Sarah Hirtt
Producer:Patrick Quinet
Claude Waringo
Editing:Emilie Morier
Runtime:89 minutes
Country:Belgium
Spain
Luxembourg
Language:Spanish
French

Escapada is a 2018 comedy-drama film written and directed by Sarah Hirtt. It is an international coproduction between Belgium, Spain and Luxembourg featuring an ensemble cast of newcomers. The film had its world premiere at the 2018 Namur Film Festival.[1]

At the 10th Magritte Awards, Escapada received three nominations in the categories of Best First Feature Film, Most Promising Actor for François Neycken and Most Promising Actress for Raphaëlle Corbisier.[2]

Accolades

Award / Film FestivalCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
Magritte AwardBest First Feature Film
Most Promising ActorFrançois Neycken
Most Promising ActressRaphaëlle Corbisier
Namur Film Festival[3] Best First Feature Film
Quebec City Film FestivalGrand Prize

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Engelen . Aurore . Namur 2018: Escapada . Cineuropa . 29 March 2020.
  2. News: Dricot . Lucy . Découvrez le palmarès complet de la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma . 1 February 2020 . RTBF . 1 February 2020 . French . 8 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201108151351/https://www.rtbf.be/culture/cinema/dossier/les-magritte-du-cinema/detail_decouvrez-le-palmares-complet-de-la-10e-ceremonie-des-magritte-du-cinema?id=10421839 . dead .
  3. Web site: Escapada (2019): Awards. Artemis Production . 29 March 2020.