Overview
- Reims Polar announced its official awards with Disaster by Yutaro Seki and Kentaro Hirase taking both the Grand Prix and the Police Prize, while Winter of the Crow by Kasia Adamik won the Jury and Critics’ awards.
- Both top winners have French distributors, with Art House set to release Disaster, which points to theatrical runs in France this year.
- The sixth edition featured nine competition films selected from 26 nationalities and organizers reported a 20% rise in attendance.
- The Audience Award went to Red Code Blue, the new-talent Sang Neuf prize went to Father, and the Young Jury honored Growing Down.
- Reporters highlighted that crime cinema is losing talent and attention to series and platforms, which makes festival prizes an important route to visibility and distribution.