Shining a light on first and second full-length films, the 7th edition of the Saint-Jean-de-Luz International Film Festival has crowned Beasts [+lee también:
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Decorated with the 2020 Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week label, this second feature by the filmmaker (who made his name with She Walks [+lee también:
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Another work honoured by the jury was Slovak director Ivan Ostrochovsky’s Servants [+lee también:
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The festival also paid tribute to the Bhutanese film L’école du bout du monde, by Pawo Choyning Dorji (which will be distributed in France by ARP Sélection), by way of the Best Actor award, which went to Sherab Dorji, in addition to the Audience Award. Last but not least, the Youth Jury handed their trophy to French director Hélier Cisterne’s Faithful [+lee también:
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The winners are as follows:

Grand Prize
Beasts [+lee también:
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Best Direction
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Best Actress
Daria Lorenci-Flatz - Mater [+lee también:
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Best Actor
Sherab Dorji - L’école du bout du monde (Bhutan)

Best Original Score
Servants – Ivan Ostrochovsky

Audience Award
L’école du bout du monde - Pawo Choyning Dorji

Youth Jury Award
Faithful [+lee también:
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Jury Award for Best Short Film
Le cercle d’Ali - Antoine Beauvois-Boetti (France)

Youth Jury Award for Best Short Film
Camille sans contact - Paul Nouhet (France)

Audience Award for Best Short Film
Camille sans contact - Paul Nouhet