Toto and his Sisters (Toto si surorile lui), a film directed by Romanian Alexander Nanau, won the 2015 Grand Jury Prize at the Premiers Plans Festival in Angers, France.

Two Jury Special Mentions went to Crosswind directed by Martti Helde and The Look of Silence by Joshua Oppenheimer. The latter also took the Audience Award. This year’s edition of the Premiers Plans Festival was organized between January 16 and January 25. Director Laurent Cantet chaired the festival’s jury.

Find the entire award list here.

Toto and his Sisters tells the story of a 10-year old Roma boy named Toto who lives with his two sisters in a ghetto on the poor outskirts of Bucharest. The siblings have taken care of one another ever since their mother was arrested for dealing drugs. Watch the trailer below.

The film won the award for best documentary in the 2014 edition of the Warsaw Film Festival, which took place between October 10 and October 19. It also won the Golden Eye for best international documentary at the Zurich Film Festival.

Nanau's movie will represent Romania in this year’s edition of Rotterdam International Film Festival.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com