5th INTERNATIONAL THRILLER FILM FESTIVAL


2025
Prix Claude-Chabrol
Horaires
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11:00Salle 8
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10:00Salle 11
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18:00Salle 8
Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes. Forced to go on the run, father and daughter will learn to face one another, to understand and love each other…

Julien Colonna
After completing his Master’s degree in Social Sciences from Paris-IX Dauphine, Julien Colonna studied screenwriting and directed a number of shorts. One of these, Confession, shot in the Bangkok slums, was screened at more than twenty film festivals, receiving numerous awards. He directed several films across the world in collaboration with a variety of international talent, including Australian actor Hugh Jackman, artist C.J. Hendry, and photographer Luo Yang. His feature film directorial debut, The Kingdom, premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the César Award for Best First Film.
Crew
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DirectorJulien Colonna
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ProductionHugo Sélignac & Antoine Lafon
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ScriptJulien Colonna & Jeanne Herry
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CinematographyAntoine Cormier
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EditingAlbertine Lastera & Yann Malcor
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MusicAudrey Ismaël
Cast
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Ghjuvanna Benedetti
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Saveriu Santucci
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Anthony Morganti
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Andrea Cossu
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Frédéric Poggi
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Régis Gomez
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Éric Ettori
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Thomas Bronzini
Information
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OriginFrance
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Year2024
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Duration1h51
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LanguageFrench & Corsican with French subtitles
The 2025 Claude Chabrol Prize is awarded to The Kingdom directed by Julien Colonna.
Created in 2011 after French director Claude Chabrol passed away, the Claude Chabrol Prize each year rewards a French film released in the past year whose cinematographic qualities honour the thriller genre, as a tribute to the man who was “President for life” of the Cognac Thriller Film Festival and then the one of Beaune when created in 2009.
Claude Chabrol
“Any thriller involves two dimensions. First of all a metaphysical willingness of some sort, then a form of humility. These two things almost make up a definition of what an artist is.”
Past Award Winners
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GREEN TIDE
by Pierre Jolivet – 2024
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THE ORIGIN OF EVIL
by Sébastien Marnier – 2023
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BLACK BOX
by Yann Gozlan – 2022
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OH MERCY!
by Arnaud Desplechin – 2020
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CUSTODY
by Xavier Legrand – 2019
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BLOODY MILK
by Hubert Charuel – 2018
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DARK INCLUSION
by Arthur Harari – 2017
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HEAT WAVE
by Raphaël Jacoulot – 2016
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THE BLUE ROOM
by Mathieu Amalric – 2015
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FOXFIRE
by Laurent Cantet – 2014
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ARMED HANDS
by Pierre Jolivet – 2013
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ONE NIGHT
by Lucas Belvaux – 2013
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GUILTY
by Vincent Garenq – 2012