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Jerusalem Film Festival: ‘The Story of Souleymane’, ‘Santosh’ & ‘Eid’ Win Top Prizes


Jerusalem Film Festival Awards: ‘The Story of Souleymane’, ‘Santosh’ & ‘Eid’ Win Top Prizes

The feature, which was feted with the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize in May, revolves around a young man rehearsing his lines ahead of an asylum application interview as he cycles around Paris delivering food. Romania’s Emanuel Parvu won best director for Three Kilometers to the End of the World about a young gay man who is brutally attacked when he returns to his conservative village in the Danube Delta wetlands region for the summer. The unrequited love story revolves around a young playwright, who secretly writes a play based on the sexual assault he experienced as a child, with the help of a married woman in Paris who is the object of his desire, while faces an arranged marriage at home.

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