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Le Nouveau winner Cinekid: real-life French teen film

Cinekid offered funny fantasy, exciting adventure and beautiful animation. Yet on Thursday night, the top prize - the Cinekid Lion - went to Le Nouveau, a seemingly modest French teen film that is above all very true to life. Light-footed yet seriously portrayed schoolgirl misadventures that any young viewer could go through themselves. The youth jury also chose this directorial debut by Rudi Rosenberg as the best. A choice I can only agree with wholeheartedly.

The strength of this French...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

Cinekid offered funny fantasy, exciting adventure and beautiful animation. Yet on Thursday night, the top prize - the Cinekid Lion - went to Le Nouveau, a seemingly modest French teen film that is above all very true to life. Light-footed yet seriously portrayed schoolgirl misadventures that any young viewer could go through themselves. The youth jury also chose this directorial debut by Rudi Rosenberg as the best. A choice I can only agree with wholeheartedly.

The strength of this French...

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