22-07-2019

FESTIVALS: The 9th Transatlantyk IFF Announces Winners

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    LODZ: German drama System Crasher directed by Nora Fingscheidt snagged the main Distribution Award in the New Cinema Competition of the 9th Transatlantyk International Film Festival. The festival took place in Lódź 12 - 17 July 2019.

    The Transatlantyk Distribution Award (10,000 EUR), voted by the audience, will go to the Polish distributor of the winning film.

    Full list of winners:

    Transatlantyk Distribution Award 2019 – New Cinema Competition:
    System Crasher (Germany)
    Directed by Nora Fingscheidt 

    Kamera Akcja Film Critics’ Festival Award:
    The Day After I’m Gone (Israel, France)
    Directed by Nimrod Eldar

    Special Mention:
    Still Recording (Lebanon, Syria, France, Qatar, Germany)
    Directed by Saeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub

    POLISH SHORT FILMS COMPETITION:

    1st Prize:
    The Rain (Poland)
    Directed by Piotr Milczarek

    2nd Prize:
    The Briefing (Poland)
    Directed by Filip Drzewiecki

    3rd Prize:
    Loved Ones (Poland)
    Directed by Zofia Kowalewska

    Special Mention:
    Bitter Herb (Poland)
    Directed by Maria Ornaf

    TRANSATLANTYK INSTANT COMPOSITION CONTEST™:

    1st Prize:
    Zuzanna Całka

    2nd Prize:
    Joanna Kucharczyk

    3rd Prize:
    Karolina Krzyżanowska

    Special Mention:
    Paweł Łapuć

    Best Polish Young Composer Award:
    Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz

    FIPRESCI Platinum Award 94:
    Arturo Ripstein