Way Out Wins at Art Film Fest

04-07-2014

By Cathy Meils

The Way Out by Peter Vaclav

TRENCIANSKE TEPLICE: Petr Vaclav’s The Way Out won the main prize of the 22nd Art Film Fest which returned to its home base in the small Slovak spa resort after a year in the larger neighbor city of Trencin.

The film also earned a best female performance award for Klaudia Dudová. A second award in that category was given to María Renée Prudencio in the film Club Sandwich which also picked up the best director award for Fernando Eimbcke. The Norwegian film Letter to the King was another double award winner, with a special mention for director Hisham Zaman and the City of Trencianske Teplice’s Mayor’s Award.

Among the honorees at the 2014 festival were actress Claudia Cardinale and Hungarian director Istvan Szabo who also gave a master class attended by participants of the MIDPOINT training programme held during the festival.

An award recognizing the international achievements of Slovak filmmakers, presented by the Slovak media company Film Europe, was given to the filmmakers Peter Begányi and Andrej Kolenčík for the international festival success of their short film comedy The Exhibition.

The list of awards follows:

Blue Angel for Best Film

Cesta ven | The Way Out
d. Petr Václav, CZ/FR (Moloko Film, Czech TV)

Award for the producer: Miloš Lochman

Blue Angel for Best Director

Club Sandwich
d. Fernando Eimbcke,
Award for the director: Fernando Eimbcke

Blue Angel for Best Female Performance

Club Sandwich
actress: María Renée Prudencio

Blue Angel for Best Female Performance

Cesta ven | The Way Out
actress: Klaudia Dudová

Blue Angel for Best Male Performance

Still Life
d. Uberto Pasolini, GB/IT
actor: Eddie Marsan