The 36th Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur (FIFF) wrapped Saturday, October 8 with the awards ceremony, during which Mélanie Thierry received the Best Actress Award for her performance in the role of a young mother in The Family.
Although the Swiss film La MIF received the coveted Bayard d'or for Best Film, French cinema also won a number of awards, including two films: Freda by Gessica Geneus (Audience Award and Prix Découverte), Our Men by Rachel Lang (Bayard d'or for Best Screenplay and Critics' Prize).
All the awards for French cinema at the 36th FIFF
- Best Actress: Mélanie Thierry for The Family by Fabien Gorgeart
- Bayard d'or for Best Screenplay: Our Men by Rachel Lang
- Mention Prix du Jury Junior: Animal by Cyril Dion
- Jury Special Mention: The Heroics by Maxime Roy
- Prix Be TV: The Divide by Catherine Corsini
- Prix Découverte : Freda by Gessica Geneus
- Audience Feature Film Award: Freda by Gessica Geneus
- Prix Cinevox: Aya by Simon Coulibaly Gillard
- Critics' Prize: Our Men by Rachel Lang
- Best Performance: Marie-Josée Degny Kokora for Aya by Simon Coulibaly Gillard
- Prix RTBF: The Divide by Catherine Corsini
Short films
- Best Director: The World Within by Sandrine Stoïanov, Jean-Charles Finck
- Best Photography: Amine Berrada for Astel by Ramata-Toulaye Sy
- Best Performance: Zouhair Sabri for Jmar by Samy Sidali
- Audience Award: The Push Pins by Lisa Sallustio
- Prix Marion-Hänsel: Locked Out by Julien Goudichaud
- Prix de l'Université de Namur: The World Within by Sandrine Stoïanov, Jean-Charles Finck
- Prix Be TV: Titan by Valéry Carnoy
- Prix Arte: Kids by Nolwenn Lemesle
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