10-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Emerging Documentary Projects Awarded at the East Doc Platform

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    Estonian project The Good, the Bad and the Living by Ksenia Okhapkina Estonian project The Good, the Bad and the Living by Ksenia Okhapkina photo: www.dokweb.net

    PRAGUE: The fourth edition of East Doc Platform, which ran from 2 to 8 March 2015, has come to a close. The Golden Funnel Award was given to the Estonian project Working on Title by Aleksandr Kheyfets. Yorinde Segal presented the IDFA Forum Award to the new project of Bulgarian documentarists Vesela Kazakova and Milna Mileva, The Beast is Still Alive.

    Full list of winners:

    East Doc Platform Development Award

    Afterglow (Hungary)
    Directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi

    Czech TV Postproduction Award

    People from Nowhere (Latvia, Estonia, USA)
    Directed by Jaak Kilmi
    Produced by Mistrus Media

    HBO Europe Co-Production Award

    Afterglow (Hungary)
    Directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi

    The Golden Funnel Award

    Working on Title (Estonia)
    Directed by Aleksandr Kheyfets
    Produced by Exitfilm

    IDFA Forum Award

    The Beast is Still Alive (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
    Produced by Activist 38

    DocsBarcelona Award

    The Good, the Bad and the Living (Estonia, Germany)
    Directed by Ksenia Okhapkina
    Produced by Vesilind

    DOK Leipzig Co-Prod. Meeting Award

    Working on Title (Estonia)
    Directed by Aleksandr Kheyfets
    Produced by Taiga Film