Festival

2024 Jury committees

F5C Trophy

Made by a young artist from Pays de Gex, Victor, alias Thorvie Créations. The F5C trophy is made up of a metal sphere which represents the Earth, overhung by a small lens. The 5 continents made of cold forged sheet metal rotate around it and are connected by metal rods. A metal dish shaped like a Dremel follows the contour of the earth, resting on a sheet metal base. This is the design of the trophy, the sculpture will be revealed during the inauguration of the festival.

Two trophies will also be awarded during the festival, for the High School Prize and the Audience Prize.

3 Prizes awarded:

5 Continents Jury Award (F5C)
High School Jury Award
Public Award

2024 Winners’ list!

F5C Jury Award:

No Other Land

Special Mention F5C :

L’Histoire de Souleymane

High School Jury Award:

No Other Land

Public Award:

No Other Land

9 films in competition for the F5C and High School awards:

Satoshi
L’histoire de Souleyman
Black Tea

Chien blanc
Le Moine et le fusil
Septembre sans attendre

No other land
Dissidente
Monolith

Chairman of the F5C Jury

Wissam Tanios

Born in Beirut to a Lebanese father and a Syrian mother, Wissam Tanios graduated in film production from Saint-Joseph University in Beirut. In his films, he likes to portray characters facing grief, undergoing metamorphosis, and adapting to new realities.

After the success of two short films presented and awarded at numerous film festivals around the world, his first feature-length documentary, We Are From There, had its world premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2020. Developed during the Global Media Makers film residency in Los Angeles, the film has received several awards, including Best Arab Film and Best Documentary Film at the Cairo International Film Festival. We Are From There was released in France, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in 2022.

Currently, Wissam is developing his first feature-length fiction film, The Sun Sees Everything, a project he initiated during his writing residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.

5 members of the F5C Jury

	Kabeza M. Kalumiya, to represent Africa
	Anoun Sabri, to represent Americas
	Claude Briand, to represent Asia
	Christian Besson, to represent Europe
	Amélie Huber, to represent Oceania

Chairman of the High School Jury

Théo Ivanez

Théo Ivanez was born and raised in Gex. He spent a lot of time at the Le Patio cinema where he did his 9th grade internship. Théo has made short films with the MJC (Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture). He had to leave the Pays de Gex, with regret because he loves nature and the forest, to take a very technical course, an audiovisual BTS in Cannes.

Then leaving for Paris, Théo discovered the documentary during an internship. He has worked on several on-camera projects. During a trip to Norway, he heard some unknown post-war stories and wanted to make a film on one of these subjects.

It was with his documentary on the first camp for war refugee children opened in Germany in 1945, in Indersdorf, that Théo Ivanez experienced the 5 Continents Film Festival for the first time in 2019 to present his film, La Babel des enfants perdus. Today, he is back at the F5C to present his latest documentary, DGSE, la fabrique des agents secrets, and to chair the 2024 High School Jury.

5 members of the High School Jury

	Mali Lechevalier
	Jasmine Eugène
	Loan Willig
	Ana Mosimann
	Apolline Huez