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French Environmental Activist Documentary Wins Yamagata Festival’s Top International Prize

The feature-length award was selected from more than 1,300 entries.

Overview

  • Organizers announced all section winners on October 15 at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in Yamagata City.
  • The International Competition’s grand prize recognized a feature-length documentary about a French environmental activist.
  • The prize was decided from a pool of more than 1,300 submissions.
  • The outcome was reported by Nishinippon Shimbun me in a subscriber-only article published the same day.
  • The publicly available excerpt did not disclose the winning film’s title, director, or any jury comments.