Prizes are beginning to roll in here at the Cannes Film Festival ahead of the main closing ceremony on Saturday night. Parallel section Critics’ Week, celebrating its 60th edition, is up first with Egyptian filmmaker Omar El Zohairi’s Feathers awarded the Nespresso Grand Prize.
The surrealist story sees a magic trick gone awry at a children’s birthday party with the authoritative father of the family turned into a chicken.
Critics’ Week is devoted to first and second features, and Feathers, as a debut feature, is also eligible for the Camera d’Or (which will be announced on Saturday during the main awards ceremony).Former Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungui chaired the Critics’ Week jury for its 60th anniversary this year.
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