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Far removed from commercial calculations and festival momentum,
the Jean Vigo Prize remains one of French cinema's most distinctive honours. Its 2026 winners reaffirm the award's enduring commitment to artistic freedom, formal ambition and films that challenge the way we see the world.
With The Shepherd and the Bear, Max Keegan delivers a rare documentary, both raw and tender, in which the beauty of Ariège never quite softens the harshness of pastoral life. Between shepherds, animals, fatigue, fascination and political absence, the film observes a French fracture without ever reducing it to a slogan.