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Grief Drama 'Everytime' Wins Un Certain Regard Competition at Cannes

Sandra Wollner’s grief drama won best film in Un Certain Regard, with the jury citing a family tragedy that drives the story.

  • At the Cannes Film Festival, Austrian director Sandra Wollner's drama Everytime won the top Un Certain Regard Prize, exploring a family's struggle with grief following a tragic night involving the eldest daughter.
  • French actress Leila Bekhti presided over the Un Certain Regard jury, which judged 19 feature films, including six first-time works, in a section devoted to discoveries and auteur cinema.
  • The Jury Prize went to Abinash Bikram Shah's Elephants in the Fog, while Louis Clichy's Iron Boy won the Special Jury Prize and Bradley Fiomona Dembeasset earned Best Actor for Congo Boy.
  • Panama Films and The Barricades produced the film, which is currently sold by Charades and Best Friend Forever worldwide.
  • Serving as the second most prestigious category at the Cannes Film Festival, the Un Certain Regard section showcased several surprise hits this year, cementing its discovery-focused mission.
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Sandra Wollner wins "Everytime" in the section "Un Certain Regard" with Birgit Minichmayr; Valeska Grisebach's Austrian co-production "The Dreamed Adventure".

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Sandra Wollner has made it: The work "Everytime" by the Austrian director was named winner of the side rail Un Certain Regard at the 79th Cannes Film Festival on Friday evening. Born in Leoben in 1983, the election Berliner receives the main prize of the second most important section of the festival at the Croisette with her third feature film after "The Impossible Picture" and "The Trouble with Being Born" which awards the Golden Palme in the c…

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Everytime by Sandra Wollner won the Un Certain Regard award at the 79th Cannes Film Festival. The jury award goes to Les Éléphants Dans La Brume by Abinash Bikram Shah. (ANSA)

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