FIDMarseille 2016 Awards and Highlights: Hong Sang-soo Retrospective, Music, and Migration

In 2016, Marseille, France, hosted the 27th FIDMarseille festival, which has been under the direction of Jean-Pierre Rehm since 2002. Initially focused on documentaries, the festival broadened its scope to include fiction starting in 2007. All films in competition were premieres, without any separation between short and feature films. Ignacio Agüero received the Grand Prix of the International Competition for 'Como me da la gana II' (Chile), while Benjamin Klintoe won the Grand Prix for the French Competition with 'Crève cœur'. The Prix Premier for debut films was awarded to Djamel Kerkar for 'Atlal' (Algeria, France). A retrospective showcased the works of Hong Sang-soo. The festival featured 200 films, exploring themes such as music, humor, and reflexive storytelling, with highlights including 'Dans la Barque silencieuse', 'The Dust Channel', 'Münster', and 'Havarie'.