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04-12-2017

FESTIVALS: Night Accident Wins 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

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    TALLINN: Night Accident directed by Temirbek Birnazarov from Kyrgyzstan won the Grand Prix for Best Film at the 21st Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (17 November - 3 December 2017). The awards were announced at the Russian Theatre in Tallinn on 2 December 2017.

    Ju-hyoung Lee from South Korea was awarded best director for Excavator / Pokeulein.

    Different Kinds of Rain (Germany), directed by Isabel Prahl, was awarded best film in the First Feature Film Competition, while November by Rainer Sarnet, a coproduction between Estonia, Netherlands and Poland, won the Estonian Competition.

    The jury of the Official Selection was composed of Dennis Davidson, Zeynep Atakan Graziano Diana, Ivo Felt, Zygmunt Krauze, Naoko Ogigami, Laila Pakalnina.

    The First Feature Competition jury and the Estonian Competition jury were composed of Eitan Anner, Aiste Diržiute, Takeo Hisamatsu, Fernando Loureiro, Tiina Mälberg and Guillaume de Seille.

    OFFICIAL SELECTION:
     
    Grand Prix for Best Film:
    Night Accident / Tunku Kyrsyk (Kyrgyzstan)
    Directed by Temirbek Birnazarov
     
    Best Director:
    Ju-hyoung Lee for Excavator / Pokeulein (South Korea)

    Best Cinematography:
    Erik Põllumaa, Ivar Taim for The Manslayer / The Virgin / The Shadow /  Mehetapja / Süütu / Vari (Estonia, Lithuania)
    Directed by Sulev Keedus
    Produced by F-Seitse
    Coproduced by Era Film
     
    Best Script:
    Baris Bicakci, Pelin Esmer for Something Useful / Ise Yarar Bir Sey (Turkey, France, Netherlands, Germany)
    Directed by Pelin Esmer
     
    Best Actress:
    Barbara Auer for Vacuum / Vakuum (Switzerland, Germany)
    Directed by Christine Repond

    Best Actor:
    Rhys Ifans for Dominion (USA)
    Directed by Steven Bernstein

    Best Music:
    Martynas Bialobžeskis for The Manslayer / The Virgin / The Shadow / Mehetapja / Süütu / Vari (Estonia, Lithuania)
    Directed by Sulev Keedus

    FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
    Best First Feature Award:
    Different Kinds of Rain /1000 Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben (Germany)
    Directed by Isabel Prahl
     
    Special Jury Prize for Directing:
    Clara Laperrousaz, Laura Laperrousaz for Sunbeat / Soleil battant (France, Portugal)
       
    Special Jury Prize for the Ensemble of Cast:
    The Marriage / Martesa (Kosovo, Albania)
    Directed by Blerta Zeqiri

    November by Rainer SarnetESTONIAN FILM COMPETITION
    Best Estonian Film Award:
    November (Estonia, Netherlands, Poland)
    Directed by Rainer Sarnet
    Produced by Homeless Bob Production
    Coproduced by PRPL, Opus Film

    NETWORK FOR THE PROMOTION OF ASIAN CINEMA (NETPAC) AWARD
    Goodbye, Grandpa! / Ojichan, shinjattatte! (Japan)
    Directed by Yukihiro Morigaki

    FIPRESCI AWARD
    The Marriage / Martesa (Kosovo, Albania)
    Directed by Blerta Zeqiri

    AUDIENCE AWARD
    Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle (Netherlands, Italy, Canada)
    Directed by Mike van Diem

    REBELS WITH A CAUSE AUDIENCE AWARD
    The Wild Boys / Les garçons sauvages (France)
    Directed by Bertrand Mandico