The festival usually organises competitions for feature films, documentaries and short films, and in 2017 focused on New Romanian Cinema and Baltic films.
Ten projects, including ones from Croatia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Macedonia and the Czech Republic, participated at Eastweek, an international scriptwriting workshop.
When East Meets West (22-24 January 2017) had an East & West double focus, bringing together over 350 film professionals from all over Europe and, in particular, from the 2017 spotlight territories: France and the Baltic countries.
The winners of the main competition were chosen, as usually, by the audience.
LIST OF WINNERS:
Feature Film Competition
The Trieste Award for best feature film:
A Good Wife / Dobre žena (Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia)
Directed by Mirjana Karanovic
Produced by This&That Productions
Coproduced by Deblokada, Nukleus Film, Cineplanet
Supported by Film Fund Sarajevo
Documentary Competition
The Alpe Adria Award for best documentary:
Communion / Komunia (Poland)
Directed by Anna Zamecka
Short Film Competition
The TFF Shorts Award for best short film:
Written / Unwritten (Scris/nescris) (Romania)
Directed by Adrian Silisteanu
The CEI (Central European Initiative) Award:
Sieranevada (Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, France)
Directed by Cristi Puiu
Produced by Mandragora
Coproduced by Studioul de Creaţie Cinematografică Romania, 2006 d.o.o., Spiritus Movens, Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production, Alcatraz Films
Supported by the Romanian National Film Centre, Fondacija za Kinematografiju Sarajevo, the Macedonian Film Agency, Eurimages, Region Ile de France
The Salani Award:
The Nature of Things (Italy)
Directed by Laura Viezzoli
The SkyArte Award:
Koudelka Shooting Holy Land (Germany, Czech Republic)
Directed by Gilad Baram
Eastweek Awards
The Matador Award for best story:
Shadow Cone / Cono d’ombra (Italy)
Directed by Luca Mastrogiovanni
The Best Eastweek Project:
Parents (Poland)
Directed by Artur Wyrzkowsky
The Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Award:
The Good Postman (Finland, Bulgaria)
Directed by Tonislav Hristov
Produced by Soul Food Films
Coproduced by Making Movies Oy
Erasmus Jury Prize:
Amerika Square (Greece, UK, Germany)
Directed by Yannis Sakaridis
