The Quebec CINEMANIA Festival rewards the Luxembourg co-production "Plus que jamais" (More than ever)

The Francophone Film Festival Cinemania held in Montreal from 2 to 13 November, unveiled the winners of its 28th edition on Sunday evening.^e edition and crowned the feature film More than ever by Emily Atef, a Samsa Film co-production. The film was competing in the "Visages de la Francophonie" section and won the Best Film TV5 Canada-Québec.

The Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, who took part in the Festival at the beginning of November as part of the mission to promote Luxembourg in Montreal, at the heart of the international Francophonie, is delighted with the success of Luxembourg cinema and salutes the work of the teams behind the award-winning film, proof of Luxembourg's dynamism and cultural influence abroad.

More than ever directed by Emily Atef, is a co-production between France, Luxembourg (Samsa Film), Germany and Norway. Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps plays the lead role alongside young French actor Gaspard Ulliel, who died last January. The Luxembourg team includes actresses Sophie Langevin and Valérie Bodson; The technical team at Filmand Studios in Kehlen includes Catherine Dauphin (script editor), Capucine Courau (sound editor), Brigitte Kerger-Santos (executive producer), Kevin Dresse (head electrician), Jean François Roqueplo (head grip), Jill Kibbey (set designer), Barbara Prati (props assistant) and Ambroise Gayet (Luxembourg location manager).

The film was selected for this year's Cannes Film Festival in the "Un certain regard" section.

This year's Cinemania was marked by a unique focus on Luxembourg cinema, with 20 films, including 6 in the official competition: the feature-length fiction film "Plus que jamais" by Emily Atef (Samsa Film), 3 short films "L'Ogre" by Aurélien Pira (Zeilt Productions), "Caroline sur toit" by Alejandro Bordier (Calach Films) and "La valise rouge" by Cyrus Neshvad (Cynefilms), "Caroline sur le toit" by Alejandro Bordier (Calach Films) and "La valise rouge" by Cyrus Neshvad (Cynefilms), as well as 2 feature-length documentaries, "L'invitation" by Fabrizio Maltese (Red Lion) and "Les témoins vivants" by Karolina Markiewicz & Pascal Piron (Paul Thiltges Distributions).