MACADAM STORIES : Best Film Fipresci Prize at Stockholm Film Festival

MACADAM STORIES : Best Film Fipresci Prize at Stockholm Film Festival

The Fipresci prize for best film in the Open Zone section, for more established directors, was nabbed by Samuel Benchetrit’s MACADAM STORIES on Friday night at the Stockholm Film Festival.
Last year, the Stockholm International Film Festival celebrated 25 years with record numbers of films and visitors. 201films were screened from 60 countries and had over 140 000 visitors.
The Fipresci Award - One film from the Open Zone section, is picked by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and honored with a special award for for Best Film. Stockholm International Festival has became the fourth in the world, after Cannes, Berlin and Venice, to host a FIPRESCI jury.
Past winners of Fipresci prize includes Nebraska by Alexander Payne (2013), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Tomas Alfredson (2011), Caramel by Nadine Labaki (2007) or Billy Elliott by Stephen Daldry in 2000.

MACADAM STORIES will open this week in Greece - November 26th

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MACADAM STORIES
Synopsis
The strange beauty of a cold urban landscape. Wind and neon, empty geometry. A stingy old man in a wheelchair on a moonlight escapade meets a lonely night nurse. A troubled actress in decline sparks the fascination of a latchkey teen. An American astronaut jettisoned from space onto a high-rise rooftop is taken in by a doting mother.
The ordinary turns extraordinary in this story of chance encounters between six solitary people that give rise to surprising moments of compassion and intimacy.
Shared moments that reveal human warmth with a touch of nostalgia. The essential humanity in us all.
Directed by
Samuel Benchetrit (I Always Wanted To Be A Ganster)

Starring
Isabelle Huppert (Amour, The Piano Teacher, 8 women)
Gustave Kervern (In the Courtyard, Mammuth)
Michael Pitt (Funny Games U.S., Last Days, Bully)
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (Munich, Human Capital, A Castle in Italy)