2020 Deauville American Film Festival

2020 Deauville American Film Festival
Location	Deauville, France
Hosted by	Deauville American Film Festival Group
Festival date	September 4, 2020 (2020-09-04)–September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13)
Language	International
Website	www.festival-deauville.com

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
Leap of Faith : William Friedkin on The exorcist 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

Tribute to Kirk Douglas

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]

References

^ "Deauville Film Festival Gets Ready for Guests". Variety. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ "Vanessa Paradis Named Jury President for Deauville American Film Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ "Deauville Festival 2020: everything there is to know about the film event". Vogue. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Deauville film festival: Jude Law drama 'The Nest' wins top prize". France 24. 13 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.