The movie "Ni juge ni soumise" wins an award at San Sebastian

The movie Ni juge ni soumise, by Belgians Jean Libon and Yves Hinant, won an award in the Signis Award category at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

The documentary Ni juge ni soumise follows the atypical and eccentric judge Anne Gruwez, within the Belgian justice system, in Brussels. Criminal investigations, witness interviews, and crime scene visits… the directors capture what no-one has ever managed to film until now. It is a film both profoundly – and voluntarily – politically incorrect and has drawn a lot of attention at the San Sebastian Festival.

In 1985, Jean Libon, a journalist and documentary director, created the famous documentary Strip-tease, for which he was joined by journalist Yves Hinant. In particular, in 2009, they co-directed – with Eric Cardot and Delphine Lehericey – the documentary Les arbitres, focussing on the reality for referees at the 2008 European Football Championships, which had been presented at Locarno.

Since its very beginnings, the San Sebastian International Film Festival, founded in 1953, has set a precedent: liberalisation. The aim is to present films that are innovative and strange, unsettling, and that do away with the censorship seen to date. In so doing, we will find out the degree to which such a production attracts them.

Ni juge ni soumise is produced by Le Bureau Films (FR), in co-production with Artémis Productions (BE), France 3 Cinéma, RTBF, VOO, Be Tv and Shelter Prod, with contributions from Canal+, in association with Cofinova, with the support of Procirep-Angoa and the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter. The film will be broadcast in France by ARP Sélection and by Cinéart in Belgium. The Sales Office is in charge of international sales.

This 65th edition of the San Sebastian International Film Festival was held from 22 to 30 September.

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