GriGris

{{Infobox film

| name = GriGris

| image = Grigris 2013 film poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Mahamat Saleh Haroun

| producer = Florence Stern

| writer = Mahamat-Saleh Haroun

| starring = Soulémane Démé
Mariam Monory
Cyril Guei
Marius Yelolo

| music = Wasis Diop

| cinematography = Antoine Héberlé

| editing = Marie-Hélène Dozo

| studio = Pili Films

| distributor = Les Films du Losange

| released = {{film date|2013|5|22|Cannes|df=yes}}

| runtime = 100 minutes

| country = France
Chad

| language = French
Arabic

| budget =

}}

GriGris is a 2013 French-Chadian drama film directed by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, starring Soulémane Démé, Mariam Monory, Cyril Guei and Marius Yelolo. It is about a 25-year-old man with a paralysed leg who dreams of becoming a dancer, and starts to work for a gang of petrol smugglers. The film was produced through the French Pili Films with co-production support from the Chadian Goï Goï Productions. It also received support from Canal+, Ciné+, TV5Monde, Canal Horizons and the CNC. Filming started 29 October 2012.{{Cite web|last=Lemercier|first=Fabien|date=2012-09-18|url=http://www.cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=226014|title=Mahamat-Saleh Haroun prepares Grisgris|work=cineuropa.org|publisher=Cineuropa|accessdate=2013-03-03}}

The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/59652.html |title=2013 Official Selection|date=18 April 2013|accessdate=18 April 2013|work=Cannes}} and won the Vulcan Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2013/awardCompetition.html |title=Cannes Film Festival: Awards 2013 |date=26 May 2013|accessdate=26 May 2013|work=Cannes}} The film was selected as the Chadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2013/20131007a.html |title=76 Countries In Competition For 2013 Foreign Language Film Oscar |accessdate=2013-10-07 |work=The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/mahamat-saleh-harouns-grigris-is-chads-entry-for-best-foreign-language-film-oscar |title=Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's 'Grigris' Is Chad's Entry For Best Foreign Language Film Oscar |accessdate=2013-10-08 |work=Indie Wire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007213018/http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/mahamat-saleh-harouns-grigris-is-chads-entry-for-best-foreign-language-film-oscar |archive-date=2013-10-07 |url-status=dead }} but it was not nominated. The film also screened at the 36th Denver Film Festival.{{cite web|last=Cangialosi|first=Jason|title='GriGris' Movie Review: Starz Denver Film Festival|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/grigris-movie-review-starz-denver-film-festival-12409426.html?cat=40|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131118213012/http://voices.yahoo.com/grigris-movie-review-starz-denver-film-festival-12409426.html?cat=40|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 November 2013|publisher=Yahoo! Voices|accessdate=18 November 2013}}{{unreliable source?|date=September 2015}}