The 62nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival honored a French production. The film Small type, by French director Samuel Theis, on Sunday won the Golden Alexander, first prize at this Greek festival. The film particularly won over the jury: Aliona Reinert, who stars in this feature film, was nominated as best actor.
The 10,000 euro prize rewards the story of a sensitive and intelligent 10-year-old boy, Johnny, who stands out from his family and his difficult neighborhood in eastern France. In August at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, the film won the Valois for Francophone students.
Special price for Clara Sola
The special jury prize of the festival, or Alexandre d’Argent, was also awarded to the Swedish-Costa Rican director Natalie Álvarez Mesén for her feature film Clara Sola.
Almost two years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic that forced many film industry events to go virtual, the Thessaloniki Film Festival has been organized partly face-to-face and partly online.
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