05-12-2019

FESTIVALS: Germany’s Effigy – Poison and the City Wins Cyprus IFF 2019 Golden Aphrodite

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    PAPHOS: German film Effigy – Poison and the City directed by Udo Flohr was awarded the Golden Aphrodite for best film in the debut features competition of the 14th edition of Cyprus International Film Festival (CΥIFF). Portugal’s Snu directed by Patrícia Sequeira was awarded best film in the Veterans competition.

    Jelena Mila’s Iron Warrioresses, a coproduction between Sweden and Serbia, received the 50/50 Award, while the Czech film Daughter directed by Daria Kashcheeva received the Animation Award.

    The festival was held from 22 to 30 November 2019.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    GOLDEN APHRODITE FIRST FEATURE FILM COMPETITION:

    Golden Aphrodite for Best Film:
    Effigy – Poison and the City (Germany)
    Directed by Udo Flohr

    Best Director:
    Monica Lairana for La Cama (Argentina)
    Directed by Monica Lairana

    Best Script:
    Monica Lairana for La Cama (Argentina)
    Directed by Monica Lairana

    Best Cinematography:
    Alejandro Montero Hernandez-Barahona for Phoenix Romance (China)
    Directed by Youxue-Thomas Chen & Yuan-Ann Chen

    Best Actress:
    Sandra Sandrini for La Cama (Argentina)
    Directed by Monica Lairana

    Best Actor:
    Michel Poghosyan for Lorik (Armenia)
    Directed by Alexey Zlobin

    Best Editing:
    Sven Pape for Effigy – Poison and the City (Germany)
    Directed by Udo Flohr

    Best Production Design:
    Thomas Chan for Phoenix Romance (China)
    Directed by Youxue-Thomas Chen & Yuan-Ann Chen, China

    Best Sets/Costumes:
    Melanie Ullrich and Katja Pilgrim for Effigy – Poison and the City (Germany)
    Directed by Udo Flohr

    Best Music:
    Limei You for Phoenix Romance (China)
    Directed by Youxue-Thomas Chen & Yuan-Ann Chen

    VETERANS COMPETITION:


    Best Film:
    Snu (Portugal)
    Directed by Patrícia Sequeira

    Best Director:
    The Shepherd (Hungary)
    Directed by Illés László

    Best Cinematography:
    Snu (Portugal)
    Directed by Patrícia Sequeira
     
    Script Honourary Mention:
    The Tale of a Corporate Slave (USA)
    Directed by Molly Jacobs

    SCRIPT CONTEST:

    First Place:  
    74
    Written by Paul Lambis

    Second Place:   
    A Gift of the Heart
    Written by Andrew Heller

    Third Place:   
    The Lease of Nature
    Written by Anderson Boyd

    Best Mobile Film:
    Alter (Mexico)
    Directed by Marcos Obregón

    Best Art-Dance Award for a Short Film:
    Blank Canvas (USA)
    Directed by Alisa Traskunov

    Animation Award:
    Daughter (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Daria Kashcheeva

    Aphrodite Cinematic Award:
    Alex’s Strip (Spain)
    Directed by Irene Zoe Alameda

    50/50 Award:
    Iron Warrioresses (Sweden, Serbia)
    Directed by Jelena Mila

    Got Talent In Cinematography Award:
    Unicorn In Tel Aviv (Israel)
    Directed by Zohar Ballas

    Got Talent in Direction Award:
    Fishing with Father (Japan)
    Directed by Shigeru Hirai

    Got Talent Award:
    The Buzz (Hungary)
    Directed by Dániel Füzes

    Best Cinematography in a Veteran Short Film (ex-aequo):

    Gregueria (Canada)
    Directed by Leonid Karnitsky

    The Tram (Russia)
    Directed by Yulia Trofimova

    Best Director in Veterans Short Film Competition:
    Taniel (Armenia, UK)
    Directed by Garo Berberian

    Best Film in Veterans Short Film Competition:
    The Night the Wind Blew (UK)
    Directed by David Alamouti

    Best Greek Short Film:
    Later Aphrodites
    Directed by Demeter Stavropoulos

    Best Proof of Concept:
    Fifty (Spain)
    Directed by Javier Dampierre

    Best Short Documentary:
    Unknown Ravens (UK)
    Directed by Sema Basharan

    Best Cinematography in a Long Documentary:
    Back to Berlin (UK)
    Directed by Catherine Lurie-Alt

    Best Director in Long Documentary Competition:
    The Creepy Line (USA)
    Directed by Matthew A. Taylor

    Best Long Documentary:
    Remembering: The Maurits Kiek Story (USA)
    Directed by Cheryl Halpern, Mitchell Stuart & Alex Dolginko

    Nostimon Imar Award:
    Greece Year Zero (Canada)
    Directed by Dannis Koromilas

    Best Leading Young Artist:
    Shang Wingyee for the short documentary Raise Me Up (China)
    Directed by Huaqing Jin

    Best Foreign Language Film in the Short Film Competition:
    Original Intention (China)
    Directed by Han Dong

    Best Foreign Language and Popular Feature Film:
    Dance and Love (China)
    Directed by Cui Daihong

    FOTOMESSAGE COMPETITION:

    First Place:
    Marios Ioannides

    Second Place:
    Andriana Malekidou

    Third Place:
    Sandra Constantinou