Teenage girls, the documentary film wins 3 Césars!
Published on March 12, 2021 by Marie-Laure
Distinguished in Locarno by the Zonta Prize of the Critics' Week, then by the Louis Delluc Prize, this beautiful documentary film received 3 Césars in 2021 including that of Best Documentary. If that’s not Gaillard!
Brive in the spotlight of the 2021 Césars
The 46th Césars Ceremony was held on March 12, 2021 at the Olympia and rewarded the documentary 3 times Teens filmed in Brive.
Best documentary film
In his speech, director Sébastien Lifshitz paid tribute to our two Brivistes. "I think of Emma and Anaïs. They accepted the presence of a camera for five years. They represent youth, youth who are toasting today. I dedicate this Caesar to this youth, hoping that the good times return" declared the director on stage at the Olympia in Paris.
Best sound
This award was awarded to Yolande Decarsin, Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq and Olivier Goinard: "Emma, Anaïs, it was a pleasure to come with you, in your teenage life, we had a lot of fun working on this film".
Best Editing
500 hours of images (rushes) for 2h15 of film. A huge amount of work and a reward for editor Tina Baz.
Remember that the film was also nominated for Best Film, Best Direction, and Best Photo
Return to this documentary film
The journey of two young girls
Emma and Anaïs are inseparable and yet everything opposes them: physically and socially. Teens follows their journey from the age of 13 until they reach adulthood: an age group where we leave childhood without being completely adults. It’s a period where transformations and first times are all happening.
Guided by the desire to film the transformation of these young girls today, Sébastien Lifshitz himself did not know where this adventure would lead him. At their 18th birthday, we wonder what women they have become and where their friendship is. Through this chronicle of youth, the film also paints a portrait of France over the last five years.
Why Brive?
The director's choice fell on Brive because he wanted to show the life of teenage girls in a small town of 50 inhabitants, close to nature, thus making it possible to illustrate the passage of time and the seasons. Sébastien Lifshitz appreciated the calm and gentleness of the city in Brive. He did not want his film to be shot in the suburbs in order to avoid highlighting social reality to the detriment of portraits of individuals.
The choice of teenage girls
The choice of Sébastien Lifshitz was obvious: Emma and Anaïs were friends, from different social backgrounds with very different personalities. He appreciated the generosity and courage they showed during filming by revealing very intimate words.
This documentary is a film that is both tender and painful, where we go from bursts of laughter to moments of concentration. One thing is certain: the emotion is there!
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