These grants were announced by the Georgian National Film Center on 13 November 2017.

MAIN COMPETITION Golden Frog: On Body and Soul

cin. Máté Herbai 
dir. Ildikó Enyedi Silver Frog: Loveless
cin. Mikhail Krichman
dir. Andrei Zvyagintsev Bronze Frog: First They Killed My Father
cin. Anthony Dod Mantle
dir. Angelina Jolie*** *** ***

FIPRESCI AWARD

The International Critics Prize to the director of the best film in the Main Competition – under specific consideration of its cinematography: Sweet Country

cin. Dylan River, Warwick Thornton

dir. Warwick Thornton

*** *** ***

AUDIENCE AWARD

Camerimage Audience Award: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

cin. Ben Davis

dir. Martin McDonagh

*** *** ***

POLISH FILMS COMPETITION 

Best Polish Film: The Art of Loving. Story of Michalina Wislocka
cin. Michał Sobociński
dir. Maria Sadowska*** *** ***

STUDENT ETUDES COMPETITION

Laszlo Kovacs Student Award - Golden Tadpole – All of Us
cin. Felix Striegel 
dir. Katja Benrath 
school: Hamburg Media School (HMS)

Silver Tadpole: Across the Street
cin. Tom Durand
dir. Jeanne Privat
school: Institut National Superieur des Arts du Spectacle et des Techniques de Diffusion (INSAS)

Bronze Tadpole: Rocco
cin. Martín Urrea 
dir. Gerard Nogueira 
school: Hamburg Media School (HMS)*** *** *** 

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

Golden Frog — to a documentary film: Radio Kobanî
cin. Nina Badoux
dir. Reber Dosky

Golden Frog — to a docudrama: Potentiae
cin. Ricardo Garfias
dir. Javier Toscano

Special Mention: Normal Autistic Film
cin. Miroslav Janek
dir. Miroslav Janek*** *** ***

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION

Golden Frog — Grand Prix: Zhalanash - Empty Shore
cin. Marcin Sauter
dir. Marcin Sauter

Special Mention: Find Fix Finish
cin. Nikolai Huber 
dir. Sylvain Cruiziat, Mila Zhluktenko *** *** *** 

DIRECTORS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)

Best Directorial Debut: Borg McEnroe
cin. Niels Thastum 
dir. Janus Metz*** *** *** 

CINEMATOGRAPHERS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP) 

Best Cinematography Debut: Winter Brothers
cin. Maria von Hausswolff 
dir. Hlynur Pálmason*** *** *** 

MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION

Best Music Video: Leningrad "Kolschik" 
cin. Genrih Meder
dir. Ilya Naishuller

Best Cinematography In A Music Video: alt-J "3WW" 
cin. Dustin Lane 
dir. Young Replicant*** *** ***

FIRST LOOK - TV PILOTS COMPETITION

Best Pilot: Black Spot: Stranger Comes To Town
cin. Christophe Nuyens 
dir. Julien Despaux, Thierry Poiraud

 

 

The People's Jury of the 11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival has awarded the Grand Prix  of the Festival to "Free and Easy" (Hong Kong 2017) directed by Geng Jun. The 3500 euro award was founded by the Polish Film Institute.

The Special Mention goes to "KFC" (Vietnam 2017) directed by Lê Bình Giang.

The NETPAC Jury chose "Marlina the Murder in Four Acts" (Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/France 2017) directed by Mouly Surya as the best picture of the festival.

People's Jury included: Jowita Agnieszka Czubek, Dominika Drzastwa, Agata Herbich, Maja Jankowska, Katarzyna Karpińska, Michał Mielnik, Julia Niedziejko, Paweł Skrzypczak, Szymon Szeszuła, Patrycja Wysokińska, Marcin Zwolan. The NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema) Jury included: Siddiq Barmak, Cüneyt Cebenoyan, and Sonali Joshi.

FESTIVAL GRAND PRIX AWARDED BY PEOPLE'S JURY: FREE AND EASY (dir. Geng Jun, Hong Kong 2017)

For a brave social satire disregarding the censorship, for creating a unique cinematic space in which the Chinese province becomes the background for an ironic tale of evil, and for the subversive use of soap as a weapon of mass destruction; the People's Jury of the 11th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival chooses "Free and Easy" directed by Geng Jun as the best film of the New Asian Cinema section.

SPECIAL MENTION AWARDED BY PEOPLE'S JURY: KFC (dir. Lê Bình Giang, Vietnam 2017)

For combining genre conventions with a non-compromising, auteur vision, for the pop cultural potential and a pioneering contribution to Vietnamese exploitation cinema, and finally for crossing the borders of taste between Coca Cola and Pepsi; the People's Jury awards the Special Mention to "KFC," the debut feature by Lê Bình Giang.

NETPAC JURY AWARD: MARLINA THE MURDERER IN FOUR ACTS (dir. Mouly Surya, Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/France 2017)

"Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts" was our unanimous choice for the NETPAC award at this year’s Five Flavours Film Festival. The film has a unique singular vision, particularly in its stylistic qualities, using the iconography of the western transposed onto contemporary Asian landscapes. It is striking and challenging, and carries with it exceptional qualities in editing and sound design in particular. Mouly Surya is no doubt one of Asian cinema’s outstanding talents today, and she brings her distinctive voice to this film.

Congratulations to the winners!

 

Fest Anca International Animation Festival has just opened its call for 2018 entries. Our webpage has all the info you need about our free submission process.

Registration is open until February 25, 2018. Only short animated films and music videos created after January 1, 2016 can be accepted for competition.

Interested in submitting your film right away?
Here's the link to our entry form.

Competition Awards:
- Anca Award (EUR 800) for the best film of the festival
- Anca Student Award (EUR 400) for the best student film
- Anca Music Video Award (EUR 400) for the best music video
- Anca Kids' Award (EUR 400) for the best film for children
- Anca Slovak Award (EUR 700) for the best Slovak film
- D Award (distribution prize for Slovak film)

Fest Anca 2018 will be held from June 28 to July 1, 2018 in Zilina, Slovakia.

 

This year’s EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES, an award acknowledging the decisive role of co-productions in the European film industry, goes to the producer Cedomir Kolar.

Cedomir Kolar has been active in film production for more than 30 years. He was born in former Yugoslavia, in the city of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, and graduated in film production at the Belgrade Academy of Dramatic Arts. He has produced over 30 feature films by authors from all over the world. He is an Oscar Nominee for BEFORE THE RAIN by Milcho Manchevski and an Oscar winning producer for Danis Tanovic's NO MAN’S LAND.

In 1991 he joined Noe Productions in Paris where he produced BEFORE THE RAIN by Milcho Manchevski, AS YOU LIKE ME by Carmine Amoroso, TRAIN OF LIFE by Radu Mihaileanu, THE ADOPTED SON and THE CHIMP by Aktan Abdykalykov, NO MAN'S LAND by Danis Tanovic and Danis Tanovic's short film in the collection of films 11'09''01-SEPTEMBER 11, produced by Galatée Films and StudioCanal.

In 2003 he launched a new Paris-based production entity, A.S.A.P. Films, together with director Danis Tanovic and fellow producer Marc Baschet. In 2005, A.S.A.P. Films produced the new feature by Danis Tanovic, HELL (L'ENFER), written by Krzysztof Piesiewicz in collaboration with the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, and WELL TEMPERED CORPSES by Benjamin Filipovic. This was followed by Marion Hänsel's SOUNDS OF SAND (SI LE VENT SOULÈVE LES SABLES) in 2006, Danis Tanovic's TRIAGE and Srdjan Karanovic's BESA in 2008, WOMB by Benedek Fliegauf, THE LIGHT THIEF by Aktan Abdykalykov, CIRKUS COLOMBIA by Danis Tanovic and BLACK OCEAN by Marion Hänsel (in 2010), THE LUNCHBOX by Rites Batra (2013), ALBÜM by Mehmet Can Mertoglu (2016) and FOXTROT by Samuel Maoz (2017). Most of these films have been supported by Eurimages.

Cedomir Kolar was member of the EFA Board from 2004 to 2014.

The EUROPEAN CO-PRODUCTION AWARD – Prix EURIMAGES will be presented during the European Film Awards Ceremony on Saturday, 9 December, in Berlin.