The 36th Namur International French-Language Film Festival ended this weekend with the announcement of its prize list, which honoured the film by Swiss director Frédéric Baillif, The Fam [+lee también:
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The Special Jury Prize went to Întregalde [+lee también:
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The Bayard for Best Performance went to French actress Mélanie Thierry for Fabien Gorgeart's La Vraie famille [+lee también:
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Belgian cinema also did well, as Rachel Lang's second feature film Our Men [+lee también:
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The full list of winners is below:

Competition
Bayard d'Or for Best Film
The Fam [+lee también:
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Special Jury Bayard
Întregalde [+lee también:
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Bayard for Best Screenplay
Our Men [+lee también:
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Bayard for Best Cinematography
Mathieu Laverdière - Souterrain (Canada)

Bayard for Best Performance
Mélanie Thierry - La Vraie famille [+lee también:
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Special Mention
Théodore Pellerin - Souterrain (Canada)

Agnès Prize
The Fam - Frédéric Baillif (Switzerland)

Jury Special Mention
La Mesure des choses - Patric Jean (Belgium/France)

First Film Competition

Bayard for Best First Film
Poppy Field [+lee también:
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Discovery Prize
Freda [+lee también:
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Best Performance Award
Marie-Josée Kokora- Aya (Belgium/France)

Petit Agnès Prize
Neptune Frost - Saul Williams, Anisia Uzeyman (Rwanda/United States)

Special Jury Mention
The Heroics [+lee también:
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Other Prizes

Junior Jury Prize
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Critics' Prize
Our Men [+lee también:
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Cinevox Prize
Aya - Simon Coulibaly Gillard

RTBF Prize
The Divide [+lee también:
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BeTV Prize
The Divide - Catherine Corsini 

Audience Award for Best Fiction Feature
Freda - Gessica Généus 

Audience Award for Best Documentary
Les Mots de la fin - Gaëlle Hardy, Agnès Lejeune (Belgium)