27-10-2014

FNE at Zagreb IFF: Blind Dates Wins Zagreb Fest

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    ZAGREB: Levan Koguashvili's Blind Dates from Georgia, Andrei Creţulescu's Kowalski from Romania and Matjaž Ivanišin's Karpotrotter from Slovenia were awarded Best Feature Film, Best Short Film and Best Documentary at the 12th edition of Zagreb Film Festival (19-26 October 2014).

    The festival was honored this year by the presence of Her Majesty the Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, as it highlighted the collaboration between Denmark and Croatia through 15 Danish films and a panel of discussions Danes Go South. The festival had 12 programmes in its six usual venues, including a new programme of films by directors previously selected by the festival.

    César Charlone, Jørgen Leth and Čedomir Kolar gave masterclasses. A section dedicated to the WWI, a Derek Jarman retrospective, the workshop My First Script and the 12th Scriptwriters Forum - Palunko 12, completed the programme. The jury for feature and short films was composed of Charlone, Kolar and Konstantin Bojanov. The jury for documentary films was composed of Alice Bardan, Željka Suková and Petra Seliškar. The Checkers short film jury was composed of Aki Isoyama, Giulia Iannello and Ivan Sikavica.

    The festival was organized by Zagreb Film Festival Arts Organization and it was financially supported by Hrvatski Telekom, the Office for Culture of the City of Zagreb, Croatian Audiovisual Center and Creative Europe – MEDIA subprogramme.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS

    FEATURE-LENGTH FICTION FILM

    Golden Pram for Best Feature Film:

    Blind Dates / Shemtkheveviti paemnebi (Georgia)
    Directed by Levan Koguashvili
    Produced by Kino Iberica, Millimeter Film
    Supported by Georgian National Film Center

    Special Mentions:

    Difret (Ethiopia, USA)
    Directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari

    Of Horses and Men / Hross i oss (Iceland / Norway / Germany)
    Directed by Benedikt Erlingsson

    SHORT FICTION FILM

    Golden Pram for Best Short Film:

    Kowalski (Romania)
    Directed by Andrei Creţulescu
    Produced by Kinosseur
    Coproduced by We Are Basca

    DOCUMENTARY FILM

    Golden Pram for Best Documentary Film:

    Karpotrotter/ Karpopotnik (Slovenia)
    Directed by Matjaž Ivanišin
    Produced by Studio Legen

    Special Mention:

    Naked Island / Goli (Croatia)
    Directed by Tiha K. Gudac
    Produced by Factum
    Coproduced by Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT), Zagreb Film
    Supported by Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    CHECKERS

    Golden Pram for Best Croatian Short Film:

    On Shaky Ground / Tlo pod nogama (Croatia)
    Directed by Sonja Tarokić
    Produced by R44

    Special Mention:

    Manjaca/Manjača (Croatia)
    Directed by Tin Žanić
    Produced by Kinoclub Zagreb

    THE AUDIENCE AWARD FOR THE BESTFEATURE-LENGTH FICTION FILM:

    No One’s Child / Ničije dijete (Serbia, Croatia)
    Directed by Vuk Ršumović
    Produced by Art & Popcorn
    Coproduced by Baboon Production, Kinorama

    SCREENWRITERS WORKSHOP PALUNKO

    Best Script:

    Minjonja njanjonja
    Written by Josip Lukić

    Special Mention:

    Highway /Autoput
    Written by Miloš Popović

    Award for Best Development Project in Pitching Shorts Program:

    My Brother / Moj brat
    By Mateja Posedi