19/12/2022 - Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel’s movie wins the Crystal Arrow, The Happiest Man in the World scoops the Grand Prize, and Annabelle Lengronne and Yothin Clavenzani are crowned best actors

Jury president Roschdy Zem (centre) announces the Crystal Arrow for Vera by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel (© Maëva Benaiche/Les Arcs Film Festival)

Victory has been claimed at the 14th Les Arcs Film Festival by Vera [+see also:
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Les Arc’s prize for Best Director was likewise won by a film discovered in the Orizzonti programme: The Happiest Man in the World [+see also:
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film profile] by Macedonia’s Teona Strugar Mitevska, which also nabbed the Youth Jury Award.

Acting trophies, meanwhile, went to France’s Annabelle Lengronne for her performance in Léonor Serraille’s Mother and Son [+see also:
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The winners list also includes Pierre Földes who was rewarded for the music gracing the feature-length animation he also directed, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman [+see also:
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Worth a final mention is the Audience Award, which went to Eismayer [+see also:
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interview: Alex Schaad
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The winners list is as follows:

Crystal Arrow
Vera [+see also:
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Grand Jury Prize
The Happiest Man in the World [+see also:
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interview: Teona Strugar Mitevska
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Best Actress
Annabelle Lengronne – Mother and Son [+see also:
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interview: Léonor Serraille
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Best Actor
Yothin Clavenzani – Ghost Night [+see also:
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interview: Fulvio Risuleo
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Best Original Score
Pierre Földes – Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman [+see also:
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interview: Pierre Földes
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Best Photography
Hélène Louvart – Mother and Son

Best Short Film
Scale – Joseph Pierce (UK/France/Belgium/Czech Republic)

Short Film Crush
Léna Papaligoúra (actress) - AirHostess-737 (Greece)

Other awards

Audience Award
Eismayer [+see also:
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interview: David Wagner
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Cineuropa Prize
Skin Deep [+see also:
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interview: Alex Schaad
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Youth Jury Award
The Happiest Man in the World - Teona Strugar Mitevska
Special Mention
Skin Deep - Alex Schaad

Film Nuts’ Award
Eismayer - David Wagner

(Translated from French)