The best director award went to May el-Toukhy for Queen of Hearts (Denmark, Sweden), while Andrei Cohn’s sophomore feature Arrest was awarded best feature film in the Romanian Days competition.
The Clergy by the Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski received the FIPRESCI Prize.
The Hungarian project Democracy Work In Progress by Mihály Schwechtje received the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, the main award in the Transilvania Pitch Stop industry section.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Transilvania Trophy:
Monos (Columbia)
Directed by Alejandro Landes
Best Director:
May el-Toukhy for Queen of Hearts (Denmark, Sweden)
Best Acting:
Ingvar E. Sigurdsson for A White, White Day (Island)
Directed by Hlynur Palmason
Jury Special Prize:
Un homme fidèle (France)
Directed by Louis Garrel
FIPRESCI Prize (to a film from the Religion Class section):
The Clergy / Kler (Poland)
Directed by Wojciech Smarzowski
Produced by Profil Film Jacek Rzehak
Coproduced by Showmax, Moderator Inwestycje, Atlas Sztuki, Tovares, Studio Metrage, Kino Świat, Krakow Festival Office, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Audience Award:
System Crasher (Germany)
Directed by Nora Fingscheidt
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Costume designer Oana Păunescu
Excellence Award:
Actor Marcel Iureș
Romanian Days Competition:
Best Feature Film:
Arrest / Arest (Romania)
Directed by Andrei Cohn
Produced by Mandragora
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre
Best Debut Feature:
Monsters. / Monștri. (Romania)
Directed by Marius Olteanu
Produced by Parada Film
Coproduction by Wearebasca
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre
Special Mention:
Timebox (Romania)
Directed by Nora Agapi
Produced by Manifest Film
Audience Award:
Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time / Moromeții 2 (Romania)
Directed by Stere Gulea
Produced by Libra Film
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre
Best Short Film:
Opinci (Romania)
Directed by Anton Groves and Damian Groves
Short Film Special Mentions:
The Phone / Telefonul (Romania)
Directed by Anca Damian
Celed (Romania)
Directed by Anghel Damian
Shadows Competition:
The Wheel / La Noria (Spain)
Directed by Carlos Baena
Special Mention:
Corvidae (UK)
Directed by Tom de Ville
“Alex. Leo Șerban” Grant Main Prize:
Lina Vdovîi and Radu Ciorniciuc for the documentary Il Bel Canto
“Alex. Leo Șerban” Grant Special Mention:
Iosif Prodan for the web platform Dokumentar.ro
“Alex. Leo Șerban” Grant Special Mention:
Actor Alex Bogdan
Jeunes Francophones Jury Award:
Through the Fire / Sauver ou périr (France)
Directed by Frédéric Tellier
Transilvania Pitch Stop Awards:
Eurimages Co-production Development Award (20,000 EUR):
Democracy Work In Progress (Hungary)
Directed by Mihály Schwechtje
Special Mention:
Athlete (Turkey)
Directed by Semih Gulen and Mustafa Emin Buyukcoskun
Postproduction services of 25,000 EUR by Chainsaw Europe:
Between Two Dawns (Turkey)
Directed by Selman Nacar
Romanian Film Centre Award (5,000 EUR):
Spas (Ukraine)
Directed by Maksym Nakonechnyi
CoCo Award (invitation to Connecting Cottbus East West Co-production Market):
Carbon (Moldova)
Directed by Ion Borș
Villa kult Cultural Residency (five days residency in Berlin):
Océane (Romania)
Directed by Eva Pervolovici
