FESTIVALS: Emerging Documentary Projects Awarded at the East Doc Platform

10-03-2015

FESTIVALS: Emerging Documentary Projects Awarded at the East Doc Platform

By FNE Staff

Estonian project The Good, the Bad and the Living by Ksenia Okhapkina photo: www.dokweb.net

PRAGUE: The fourth edition of East Doc Platform, which ran from 2 to 8 March 2015, has come to a close. The Golden Funnel Award was given to the Estonian project Working on Title by Aleksandr Kheyfets. Yorinde Segal presented the IDFA Forum Award to the new project of Bulgarian documentarists Vesela Kazakova and Milna Mileva, The Beast is Still Alive.

Full list of winners:

East Doc Platform Development Award

Afterglow (Hungary)
Directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi

Czech TV Postproduction Award

People from Nowhere (Latvia, Estonia, USA)
Directed by Jaak Kilmi
Produced by Mistrus Media

HBO Europe Co-Production Award

Afterglow (Hungary)
Directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi

The Golden Funnel Award

Working on Title (Estonia)
Directed by Aleksandr Kheyfets
Produced by Exitfilm

IDFA Forum Award

The Beast is Still Alive (Bulgaria)
Directed by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
Produced by Activist 38

DocsBarcelona Award