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The 2023 Caméra d'or: who are the contenders? © ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP
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The 2023 Caméra d’or: who are the contenders?

Long-awaited and scrutinised by cinema professionals from around the world, the Caméra d’or is awarded annually to the best debut film from the Official Selection and two independent sections, the Semaine de la Critique and the Directors’ Fortnight. Check out the list of the 23 films in contention for the 2023 Caméra d’or.

FESTIVAL DE CANNES

This year, 10 debut films feature in the Official Selection of the Festival de Cannes. Among them:

  • 1 film in Competition: Banel e Adama (Banel & Adama), the debut film from the Franco-Senegalese director Ramala-Toulaye SY and the only first film featuring in the highly prestigious In Competition section at the Festival de Cannes.
  • 1 film Out of Competition: Omar la fraise (The King of Algiers), by Elias Belkeddar, a gangster film shot in Algeria and starring Reda Kateb and Benoît Magimel.
  • 8 films in Un Certain Regard, a section of the Selection from which the two Caméra d’or winners from 2022 emerged: War Pony and Plan 75.

 

Picture of the film Banel e Adama © LA CHAUVE-SOURIS - TAKE SHELTER.
BANEL & ADAMA Ramata-Toulaye SY
Picture of the film OMAR LA FRAISE (THE KING OF ALGIERS) © Iconoclast, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Studiocanal, France 2 Cinéma 2023
THE KING OF ALGIERS Elias BELKEDDAR
Picture of the film LES MEUTES (HOUNDS) © Barney Production - Mont Fleuri Production - Beluga Tree
HOUNDS Kamal LAZRAQ
Picture of the film HOW TO HAVE SEX © Nikolopoulos Nikos
HOW TO HAVE SEX  Molly MANNING WALKER
Picture of the film GOODBYE JULIA © DR
GOODBYE JULIA Mohamed KORDOFANI
Picture of the film IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE © DR
IF ONLY I COULD HIBERNATE  Zoljargal PUREVDASH
Photo du film LOS COLONOS (THE SETTLERS) © Quijote Films
THE SETTLERS Felipe GÁLVEZ
Picture of the film AUGURE (OMEN) © DR
OMEN Baloji
Picture of the film HWA-RAN (HOPELESS) © Plus M Entertainment
HOPELESS KIM Chang-hoon
Picture of the film RIEN À PERDRE  © DR
RIEN À PERDRE  Delphine DELOGET

THE DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT

In 2021, the Croatian filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic conquered the Croisette with Murina, selected for the Directors’ Fortnight and winner of the Caméra d’or.

In 2023, among the 20 feature films chosen by the Directors’ Fortnight, almost a third are debut films, six in total. They are:

Picture of the film IN FLAMES © DR
IN FLAMES   Zarrar Kahn
Picture of the film THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED © DR
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED Joanna Arnow
Picture of the film RIDDLE OF FIRE © DR
RIDDLE OF FIRE Weston Razooli 
Picture of the film A SONG SUNG BLUE © DR
A SONG SUNG BLUE Zihan Geng
Picture of the film GRACE © DR
GRACE ILYA POVOLOTSKY
Picture of the film INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL © DR
INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL Thien An Pham 

SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE

This year, with its poster, the Semaine de la Critique is honouring young creation. The poster is in fact an image from Aftersun, the debut film from the director Charlotte Wells, which has been chosen to illustrate the event. BAFTA-award winner for Outstanding Debut by a British Director, Charlotte Wells was selected last year for the 61st Semaine de la Critique.

Check out the list of the seven debut films selected this year:

Picture of the film TIGER STRIPES © DR
TIGER STRIPES Amanda Nell Eu
Picture of the film INCHALLAH A BOY © DR
INCHALLAH A BOY Amjad Al Rasheed
Picture of the film IL PLEUT DANS LA MAISON (IT'S RAINING IN THE HOUSE) © DR
IT'S RAINING IN THE HOUSE Paloma Sermon-Daï
Picture of the film VINCENT DOIT MOURIR (VINCENT MUST DIE) © DR
VINCENT MUST DIE Stéphan Castang
Picture of the film LE RAVISSEMENT (THE RAPTURE) © DR
THE RAPTURE Iris Kaltenbäck
Picture of the film SLEEP © DR
SLEEP Jason Yu
Picture of the film LEVANTE (POWER ALLEY) © DR
POWER ALLEY Lillah Halla

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