The film, directed by Erol Mintaş and coproduced by Mintas Film (Turkey), Arizona Productions (France) and Mitosfilm (Germany), won the prize of international jury, chaired by Hungarian director Béla Tarr for its “courageous simplicity and pure cinematic language.” Feyyaz Duman playing a “stoic Kurdish teacher and writer in Istanbul” received the Best Actor award and a prize of 2,500 EUR. and was announced “best actor” of the festival.
The Special Jury Prize and 10,000 EUR provided by Agnes B went to the Georgian-French coproduction Brides directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili and produced by Millimeter Film and Adastra Films. Mari Kitia won the Best Actress award and a prize of 2,500EUR for “playing a complex role with strength and dignity.”
Oscar-winning Bosnia & Herzegovina director Danis Tanović received the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo prize as did designer and filmmaker Agnes B and Mexican actor Gael García Bernal.
Speaking about the 2014 CineLink edition, producer Amra Baksic Camo told FNE: “This year it became obvious that more and more producers want to make regional coproductions with lower budgets.”
The festival hosted 240 films from 60 countries, 3,000 foreign guests and 400 journalists.
The complete list of awards follows:
BEST FILM
SONG OF MY MOTHER
director: Erol Mintaş
produced by: Mintas Film, Arizona Productions, Mitosfilm
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
BRIDES
director: Tinatin Kajrishvili
produced by: Millimeter Film/Adastra Films
BEST ACTRESS
Mari Kitia for BRIDES
BEST ACTOR
Feyyaz Duman for SONG OF MY MOTHER
BEST SHORT FILM
THE CHICKEN
director: Una Gunjak
produced by:Zak Film Productions
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
NAKED ISLAND
director: Tiha K. Gudac
produced by: Factum
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
JUDGEMENT IN HUNGARY
director: Eszter Hajdu
produced by: Sandor Mester
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
JUDGEMENT IN HUNGARY / PRESUDA U MAĐARSKOJ
CINELINK AWARDS
EAVE SCOLARSHIP
16 PRODUCER
Ipek Kent
LIVING PICTURES SERVICE CINELINK AWARD
THE BLACK PIN
director: Ivan Marinović
produced by:Adriatic Western
ARTE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CINELINK AWARD
HILAL, FEZA AND OTHER PLANETS
directors: Kutluğ Ataman, Fabian Gasmia
produced by:THE INSTITUTE FOR THE READJUSTMENT OF CLOCKS
CNC CINELINK AWARD
PARI
Siamak Etemadi, Konstantinos Kontovrakis
produced by:Heretic Creative Productions
EURIMAGES COPRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT AWARD
MY HAPPY FAMILY
directors: Nana Ektimishvilli, Simon Gross
Polare Film
POSTREPUBLIC AWARD
THE WOUNDED ANGEL
director: Emir Baigazin
produced by:Kazakhfilm JSC
RESTART AWARD
OUR EVERYDAY LIFE
director: Ines Tanović
produced by: Document Sarajevo/Studio maj, Spiritus Movens
