The comedy “Chevalier” directed by Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari scooped the top prize in the British Film Institute’s 59th London Film Festival.

Announcing the result, Pawel Pawlikowski, director of last year’s winning film, “Ida”, described Chevalier as “a study of male antagonism seen though the eyes of a brave and original film-maker. With great formal rigour and irresistible wit, Tsangari has managed to make a film that is both a hilarious comedy and a deeply disturbing statement on the condition of western humanity.”