The Claude Chabrol prize

Created in 2011 after French director Claude Chabrol passed away, the Claude Chabrol Prize rewards each year a French film released in the past year whose cinematographic qualities honour the thriller genre, as a tribute to the man who was “President for life” of the Cognac Thriller Film Festival and naturally the first Jury President of the Beaune International Thriller Film Festival.

The 2012 Claude Chabrol Prize goes to Guilty by Vincent Garenq.