FNE at Finale Plzen 2015: Petr Vaclav Scores Another Win

04-05-2015

FNE at Finale Plzen 2015: Petr Vaclav Scores Another Win

By FNE Staff

The Way Out by Petr Vaclav

PLZEN: The Way Out, which marked Petr Václav’s return to directing after an absence of 13 years, took the main award at the 28th Finale Plzen Film Festival which wrapped on 2 May 2015. The film also won seven awards at the Czech Lions in late February, including the prize for best film.

For the second year, Slovak films were also in the competition for the main award, the Golden Kingfisher. Two Slovak productions garnered Golden Kingfishers: Miro Remo’s Comeback won the best documentary prize, and public broadcaster Slovak TV won with its series Secret Lives.

The Czech/German coproduction Schmitke, which won the best pitching award at Plzen two years ago when the producing/directing team were just completing their film school studies, won the student jury award for best feature film.

Plzen is celebrating its status as a European Culture Capital in 2015 and the festival marked that with a series of films about Plzen as well as by highlighting the long and notable tradition of Czech animation.

Full list of winners:

Golden Kingfisher:

The Way Out / Cesta ven (Czech Republic / France)
Directed by Petr Václav
Produced by Moloko Film
Coproduced by the Czech Television, Cinema Defacto
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic

Golden Kingfisher for Best Documentary:

Comeback (Slovakia) Comeback by Miro Remo, credit: AH Production
Directed by Miro Remo
Produced by AH Production
Coproduced by The Academy of Performing Arts and RTVS
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

Golden Kingfisher for Best Cyclic TV Project:

Secret Lives: part 4 (Slovakia)
Directed by John Sebechlebského
Prouced by Slovak TV

Golden Kingfisher for Best Non-Cyclic TV Project:

It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (Czech Republic, France)
Directed by Robert Sedlacek
Produced by Czech Television

Student Jury Competition Prize:

Schmitke (Czech Republic, Germany)
Directed by Štěpán Altrichter
Produced by Tomas Vach
Coproduced by credo:film, Filmuniversitat Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Produkce Radim Prochazka
Supported by State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary Region

Student Jury Documentary Prize:

Daniel’s World (Czech Republic)
Directed by Veronika Lišková
Produced by Vernes, HBO Europe, Czech Television

Student Jury Prize for Best Cyclic TV Project:

The Life and Times of Judge A.K. (Czech Republic)
Directed by Robert Sedláček
Produced by Czech Television

Student Jury Prize for Best Non-Cyclic TV Project:

My Uprising (Slovakia)
Directed by Jonáš Karásek, Marika Beňadik Majorová

Produced by RTVS, MW Promotion, SebikTV

Audience Award:

Three Brothers / Tři bratří (Czech Republic, Denmark)
Directed by Jan Svěrák
Produced by Biograf Jan Svěrák s.r.o.
Coproduced by Phoenix Film Investments
Supported by the State Cinematography Fund – Czech Republic