18-04-2016

FESTIVALS: I, Olga Hepnarova and Thirst Win Kino Pavasaris

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    FESTIVALS: I, Olga Hepnarova and Thirst Win Kino Pavasaris www.kinopavasaris.lt

    VILNIUS: I, Olga Hepnarova, the debut feature by Petr Kazda and Tomáš Weinreb, and Thirst by Svetla Tsotsorkova, won Best Film ex-aequo in the New Europe – New Names Competition of the 21st Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris, which wrapped on 14 April 2016.

    The biggest film festival in Lithuania organised the traditional New Europe – New Names and the Baltic Gaze Competitions with 10 films each, and also the Short Films Competitions with 27 films. The festival also launched a new programme, I Am a Hybrid, with films blurring the line between documentary and fiction, while the Comedy Programme screened comedies dealing with complicated issues using sharp humor.

    This year, Kino Pavasaris screened 130 feature films and 70 short films from all over the world with a special focus on Baltic countries and Central Europe. The festival also hosted Meeting Point Vilnius, the film industry networking event designed to promote the Baltic film industry.

    The 21st Vilnius International Film Festival Kino Pavasaris took place from 31 March to 14 April 2016 and had an attenadance of more than 100,000 people at the screenings, which took place in five largest Lithuanian cities.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    New Europe – New Names Competition Winners

    I, Olga Hepnarova by Petr Kazda Tomáš WeinrebBest Film:

    I, Olga Hepnarova / Ja, Olga Hepnarova (Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, France)
    Directed by Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb
    Produced by Black Balance
    Coproduced by Media Brigade, Alef Film and Media Group, Love.FRAME, Spoon, Barrandov StudiosMichael Samuelson Lighting Prague,  FAMU, Arizona Productions, Odra Film
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute , the Czech Film Fund, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Odra Film

    Thirst / Jajda (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova
    Produced by Front Film
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Best Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska for The Lure / Córki Dancingu (Poland)Thirst by Svetla Tsotsorkova
    Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska
    Produced by WFDiF
    Coproduced by HBO Poland, Telewizja Polska
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Actress: Monika Naydenova for Thirst (Bulgaria)

    Best Actor: Uliks Fehmiu for Our Everyday Life / Naša Svakodnevna Priča (Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia)
    Directed by Ines Tanović
    Produced by Dokument Sarajevo
    Coproduced by Spiritus Movens and Slovenia's Studio Maj
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center , the Croatian Audiovisual Center, Film Fund SarajevoThe Lure by Agnieszka Smoczyńska

    The CICAE Award: A Good Wife / Dobra Zena (Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia)
    Directed by Mirjana Karanovic
    Produced by This&That Productions
    Coproduced by Deblokada, Nukleus Film, Cineplanet
    Supported by Film Fund Sarajevo

    Baltic Gaze Competition Winners

    Best Film: Under the Sun (Ukraine) Documentary
    Directed by Vitaly ManskyOur Everyday Life by Ines Tanović

    Best Director: Mantas Kvedaravičius for Mariupolis (Lithuania, Germany, France, Ukraine) Documentary

    Best Actress: Trine Dyrholm for The Commune (Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands)
    Directed by Thomas Vinterberg

    Best Actor: Oleg Maximov for Don Juan (Sweden, Finland, Poland) Documentary
    Directed by Jerzy Śladkowski

    Special Mention: Granny‘s Dancing on the Table (Sweden)
    Directed by Hanna Sköld.

    Short Film Competition Winners and Audience Awards

    Best Film: Fear (Slovakia / Czech Republic)A Good Wife by Mirjana Karanović
    Directed by Michal Blaško

    Special Mention: End of Puberty (Hungary)
    Directed by Fanni Szilágyi

    Audience Award: Truman (Spain)
    Directed by Cesc Gay

    Best Short Film voted by the festivalgoers: Otto (Netherlands)
    Directed by Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins and Job Roggeveen