Valeska Grisebach’s The Dreamed Adventure won best film at the Chicago International Film Festival, with Yana Radeva also honoured for her lead performance. In the festival’s 62nd edition, Everytime took the jury prize and La Gradiva won directing and ensemble awards. The announced results also cover the new directors and documentary competitions.
The Dreamed Adventure won the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival.[1], [2]
The US festival announced the results of its 62nd edition on 23 October. Valeska Grisebach’s film took the international feature competition’s best film prize, while Yana Radeva won the Silver Hugo for lead performance. The jury praised the film’s relocation of the western to Europe’s eastern edge and the independence of its female protagonist.[1]
Marine Atlan won best director for La Gradiva, whose cast also received the ensemble performance award. Sandra Wollner’s Everytime took the jury prize, and Lotte Shirin Keiling won supporting performance for the same film. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi and Léa Le Dimna received the screenplay Silver Hugo for All of a Sudden. Senzo Ueno won cinematography for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Look Back, while Paolo Strippoli’s The Spiral was recognised for visual effects.[1]
In the New Directors competition, Gessica Généus’s Marie Madeleine won the Gold Hugo and Grzegorz Debowski’s What Belongs to Others took the Silver Hugo. The documentary Gold Hugo went to Alessandra Sanguinetti’s The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer, with Laura Cazador’s Tricontinental: Letter to Open in Case of... receiving Silver. Arlieta Hall and Brittany Alsot’s Finding Your Laughter won the Chicago Award in the local City & State competition.[1]
