Mediawan and BYD launch new Cannes prize with all-star jury led by Chen Kaige
By Ben Croll
Ukrainian filmmaker Zhanna Ozirna’s claustrophobic marital drama “Honeymoon” won the inaugural Build Your Dream award at a chic Cannes ceremony atop the JW Marriott on May 14.
Set at the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the intimate thriller follows Kyiv newlyweds trapped in their apartment and cut off from the outside world, a situation endangering both their lives and their relationship. The project draws on testimonies Ozirna gathered in the war’s early days, including accounts of families forced to crawl across their floors to avoid being seen.
An international jury chaired by Chinese filmmaker Chen Kaige and composed of Mélanie Laurent, Hafsia Herzi, Yann Demange and Première France editor-in-chief Thierry Chèze awarded the winning director an angular trophy made by Parisian designer Victoria Wilmotte, alongside a $46,539 grant for the filmmaker’s next feature.
