Closing ceremony and revelation of a very international prize list for the 2022 edition of the Saint-Jean-de-Luz Film Festival this Saturday evening at Le Sélect cinema. With his first feature film “Butterfly Vision”, the Ukrainian Maksym Nakonechnyi won the Grand Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award thanks to his actress Rita Burkovska. The prize for male interpretation goes to Adam Bessa in “Harka” by Lofty Nathan finally the public prize is awarded to the first feature film by Emilie Frèche “Les engaged”.
The 2022 winners of the festival
The prizes awarded by the jury chaired this year by Géraldine Pailhas with Charlène Favier, Stéphane Foenkinos, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Valérie Karsenti at her side
- Grand Jury Prize awarded to Butterfly Vision by Maksym Nakonechnyi
- Favorite and special mention to Alma Viva by Cristele Alves Meira
- Directing Prize awarded to carla simon for our suns
- Best Actress Award for Rita Burkovska in Maksym Nakonechnyi’s Butterfly Vision
- Best Actor Award for Adam Bessa in Lofty Nathan’s Harka
The awards of the other juries:
- Audience Award to the Film The committed by Emilie Frèche
- Youth Jury Prize at Amore Mio by Guillaume Gouix. Special mention to Alma Viva by Cristele Alves Meira
- Critics’ Jury Prize (SFCC) awarded to Our suns by Carla Simon