Saint Omer [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], the debut fiction piece from French-Senegalese documentary filmmaker Alice Diop (We [+lire aussi :
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The jury at the event in Andalusia, Spain, consisted of Mounia Akl, Charles Tesson, Laurentina Guidotti, Elisa Victoria and Rocío Mesa (Tobacco Barns [+lire aussi :
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This year's event, says José Luis Cienfuegos, recovered more than 12% of its audience compared with 2021: the screening were full of spectators, many of them young; this is one of the concerns of festivals today, as they are keen to build up the audiences of the future. This was evident in an event where the other award-winners were also announced, including the films that shared the Grand Jury Prize: Close [+lire aussi :
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interview : Eden Dambrine
interview : Lukas Dhont
interview : Lukas Dhont
fiche film], by the Belgian film-maker Lukas Dhont, another work that has shot straight to the top this season, and Will-o’-the-Wisp [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], by Portugal's Joao Pedro Rodrigues, a fun and very daring queer-environmental musical cocktail with a socio-political backdrop and a tragic-romantic halo.

The remaining awards went to the Italian Pietro Marcello –who triumphed here three years ago with  Martin Eden [+lire aussi :
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interview : Pietro Marcello
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interview : Lola Quivoron et Julie Ledru
fiche film], shared with Zahra Amir Ebrahimi for  Holy Spider [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ali Abbasi
interview : Ali Abbasi
interview : Zar Amir Ebrahimi
fiche film]; Spain's Mauro Herce (Best Photography for his work on the coproduction between his country, Argentina and France on Matadero [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]); and Géraldine Mangenot, Best Editing for Other People's Children [+lire aussi :
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interview : Rebecca Zlotowski
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In the Directors’ section, the jury gave a special mention to Paolo Taviani for his Leonora Addio [+lire aussi :
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The award winners:

Official Section

Giraldillo de Oro for Best Film
Saint Omer [+lire aussi :
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interview : Alice Diop
interview : Kayije Kagame
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Grand Jury Prize (ex aequo)
Close [+lire aussi :
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interview : Eden Dambrine
interview : Lukas Dhont
interview : Lukas Dhont
fiche film] - Lukas Dhont (Belgium/France/Netherlands)
Will o’ the Wisp [+lire aussi :
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interview : João Pedro Rodrigues
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Best Director
Pietro Marcello – Scarlet [+lire aussi :
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interview : Pietro Marcello
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Best Actor
Eden Dambrine - Close

Best Actress (ex aequo)
Julie Ledru – Rodéo [+lire aussi :
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interview : Lola Quivoron et Julie Ledru
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Zar Amir Ebrahimi - Holy Spider [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ali Abbasi
interview : Ali Abbasi
interview : Zar Amir Ebrahimi
fiche film] (Germany/Denmark/France/Sweden)

Best Screenplay
Alice Diop, Amrita David, Marie Ndiaye - Saint Omer

Best Editing
Geraldine Mangenot - The Children of Others [+lire aussi :
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interview : Rebecca Zlotowski
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Best Photography
Mauro Herce – Matadero [+lire aussi :
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New Waves

Best Film
Aftersun [+lire aussi :
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New Non-Fiction Waves Best Film
Journey to the Sun- Susana de Sousa Dias, Ansgar Schaefer (Portugal)

New Waves Special Award
The Bride [+lire aussi :
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Endless Revolutions

Best Film
Afterwater [+lire aussi :
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Andalusian Panorama

Best Film
Como ardilla en el agua - Mayte Gomez Molina, Mayte Molina Romero (Spain)

Rosario Valpuesta Award for Best Short Film
Mothertruckers - Paula Romero (Spain)

Rosario Valpuesta Award for technical-artistic contribution
Menudo viaje. El sueño torcido del arte contemporáneo - María Cañas (short film) (Spain)

Other Awards

Audience Award for Best Film in the Extraordinary Stories Section
Blue Jean [+lire aussi :
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interview : Georgia Oakley
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Grand Audience Award for Best Film in the EFA Selection
Tori and Lokita [+lire aussi :
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interview : Joely Mbundu
interview : Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne
fiche film] - Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France)

AC/E (Spanish Cultural Action) Award for Best Spanish Film Director
Carlos Pardo Ros – H [+lire aussi :
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interview : Carlos Pardo Ros
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Award for Best Director of first or second European feature film
Nikola Spasić – Christina [+lire aussi :
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interview : Nikola Spasic
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Future Film-lovers’ Award
Rodéo - Lola Quivoron

Junior European Film Award
Las vacaciones de Yoko - Juanjo Elordi (Spain)

ASECAN Award for Best Film from the Official Section
Siete Jereles - Pedro G. Romero y Gonzalo García-Pelayo (Spain)

Ocaña Freedom Award
Skin Deep [+lire aussi :
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AAMMA Women in Focus Award
Blue Jean - Georgia Oakley

15th University of Seville European Film Award-Cinematographic Screenplay - Fiction
En recuerdo de Lupi - Silvia Mares García  

15th University of Seville European Film Award-Cinematographic Screenplay - Non-fiction
Erosión - Jesús Minchón Rodicio