08/10/2012 - Radu Jude, Nabil Ayouch, Manuel Von Stürler, Nolwenn Lemesle, and Catherine Corsini have all been awarded at the 27th Namur Francophone Film Festival

The 27th Namur International Francophone Film Festival ended on Friday, October 5, once again handing out its top award to a Romanian film. For several years now, the festival has been living a real love story with Romanian cinema. Not only have Romanian films regularly enriched the festival’s programme, but they have also often appeared in its list of winners. In 2005, the Bayard d’Or was awarded to Cristi Puiu’s The Death of Mr. Lazarescu [+see also:
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interview: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Oleg Mutu
film profile]). In 2006, the Jury’s Prize was awarded to Radu Muntean’s The Paper Will Be Blue. In 2007, the Bayard for Best Short Film went to Adrian Sitaru’s Waves (Valuri). In 2009, there was a special mention for Mélissa de Raaf and Razvan Radulescu’s First of All, Felicia [+see also:
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interview: Melissa de Raaf and Razvan …
film profile]. Barely two years ago, Radu Muntean’s Tuesday, After Christmas [+see also:
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interview: Radu Jude
film profile], while the Bayard for Best Actor has rewarded the performance of its main actor Serban Pavlu.

The following films also received awards. Swiss filmmaker Manuel Von Stürler’s documentary Hiver Nomade won Best Cinematography and Best Documentary, while Nabil Ayouch’s God’s Horses [+see also:
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interview: Arta Dobroshi
film profile], while the Bayard d’Or for Best First Film went to Nolwenn Lemesle’s Des morceaux de moi.

Belgian cinema also did well, with the BeTV awards (Vincent Lannoo’s Au nom du Fils [+see also:
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(Translated from French)