The director of Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler scores twice over at the Deauville Festival of American Cinema.
The American director Ryan Coogler has received two awards for his film Fruitvale Station at the closing ceremony of the American Film Festival in Deauville.
He received the Cartier Revelation Prize and also the audience award last night (Saturday 7 September). The Cartier Revelation Jury comprised Valérie Donzelli (president), and jury members Laurence Arné, Vincent Lacoste, Géraldine Maillet and Woodkid.
It is Coogler's first feature-length film and is based on the true story of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed by police officer Johannes Mehserle at a train station in Oakland, California and which became a cause celebre.
The president of the feature films jury of the 39th edition of the festival, Vincent Lindon, awarded the top prize, the grand prix to Night Moves by Kelly Reichardt. This Oregon-set environmental thriller stars Jesse Eisenberg,...
The American director Ryan Coogler has received two awards for his film Fruitvale Station at the closing ceremony of the American Film Festival in Deauville.
He received the Cartier Revelation Prize and also the audience award last night (Saturday 7 September). The Cartier Revelation Jury comprised Valérie Donzelli (president), and jury members Laurence Arné, Vincent Lacoste, Géraldine Maillet and Woodkid.
It is Coogler's first feature-length film and is based on the true story of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed by police officer Johannes Mehserle at a train station in Oakland, California and which became a cause celebre.
The president of the feature films jury of the 39th edition of the festival, Vincent Lindon, awarded the top prize, the grand prix to Night Moves by Kelly Reichardt. This Oregon-set environmental thriller stars Jesse Eisenberg,...
- 9/7/2013
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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