24/10/2022 - The film by Icelandic filmmaker Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson wins the Grand Prize and You Won’t Be Alone by Goran Stolevski receives the Special Jury Prize

The jury of the international competition of the 13th La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival has awarded the 2022 Grand Prize (endowed by Ciné+ with 15,000 euros for French distribution) to Beautiful Beings [+see also:
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The jury (composed of Claire Diao, Olivia Cooper-Hadjian and Abel Davoine) awarded its special prize to You Won't Be Alone [+see also:
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The Audience Award went to Santiago Mitre's Argentina, 1985 (produced for Amazon Prime Video and unveiled in competition in Venice), which beat Call Jane by American filmmaker Phyllis Nagy and Spare Keys [+see also:
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The awards:

Ciné+ Grand Jury Prize
Beautiful Beings [+see also:
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Special Jury Prize
You Won’t Be Alone [+see also:
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Nouvelles Vagues Acuitis Award ex-aequo
Je serai quand même bientôt tout à fait mort - Isabelle Prim (France) (short film)
Rojek - Zaynê Akyol (Canada)

BNP Paribas Trajectories Award (high-school jury)
Rêves - Pascal Catheland et Arthur Perole (France) (documentary series)

Audience Award
Argentina, 1985 - Santiago Mitre (Argentina/United States)

Favourites of the school jury
Panique au village : les grandes vacances - Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier (Belgium/France/Switzerland) (short film)
Naissance des oasis - Marion Jamault (France) (short film)

(Translated from French)