30-10-2018

FNE at Jihlava IDFF: Vacancy Wins Opus Bonum

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    JIHLAVA: The Belgian documentary Vacancy won the main award of the international competition Opus Bonum at the 22nd Jihlava IDFF, at the awards ceremony on 29 October 2018.

    The Czech/Slovak film Talks with TGM directed by Jakub Červenka won a special mention. The Opus Bonum jury consisted, as always, of one person. This year’s juror was Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi.

    Romania took home the Between the Seas best film award, going to Timebox directed by Nora Agapi, with the special mention going to the Slovak film The Last Self-portrait directed by Marek Kuboš.

    The Czech national competition main prize went to Enclosed World by Karel Žalud, produced by the Czech TV, which has long been a strong supporter of national documentaries.

    The festival has continued is expansion, with a larger Inspiration Forum programme of panel discussions and talks with an impressive array of international guests on a broad range of topics, cementing its reputation for surprising visitors with the unexpected.  That included the festival jingle by Jean-Luc Godard, who was the recipient of the festival’s Achievement in World Cinema Award.

    The festival also continues to grow in terms of attendance, with record attendance of more than 40,000 and 5,270 accredited guests, including 1,185 film professionals and 345 journalists. Of the 327 films screened, 100 were world premieres. 

    The complete list of awards follows:

    OPUS BONUM

    Best World Documentary Film 2018
    Vacancy (Belgium)
    Directed by Alexandra Kandy Longuet

    Special mention
    Talks with TGM (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Jakub Červenka
    Produced by Bedna Films (Czech Republic), Fantomas Production (Slovakia)
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund

    BETWEEN THE SEAS

    Best Central and East European Documentary Film 2018
    Timebox (Romania)
    Directed by Nora Agapi
    Produced by Manifest Film

    Special mention
    The Last Self-portrait (Slovakia)
    Directed by Marek Kuboš
    Produced by Psyche Film, the Slovak TV

    BETWEEN THE SEAS STUDENT FILM COMPETITION

    A Well-Kept Secret (Estonia)
    Directed by Mihkel Oksmann

    Special mention
    Heavy Metal (Ukraine)
    Directed by Eugene Golovanevsky

    CZECH JOY

    Best Czech Documentary Film 2018
    Enclosed World (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Karel Žalud
    Produced by the Czech Television

    Special Mention

    Central Bus Station (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Tomáš Elšík
    Produced by Frame Films

    Solos for Members of Parliament (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Tereza Bernátková
    Produced by FAMU

    Student Jury Award
    Passengers (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Jana Boršková
    Produced by Film & Sociologie

    FASCINATIONS

    Best Experimental Documentary Film 2018
    Blending and Blinding (Australia)
    Directed by Richard Tuohy

    Special Mention
    Soar (France)
    Directed by Patrick Bokanowski

    FASCINATIONS: EXPRMNTL.CZ

    Best Czech Experimental Documentary Film 2018
    Apart (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Diana Cam Van Nguyen
    Produced by FAMU

    Special Mention
    puddles, I don't know (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Anna Petruželová
    Produced by FAMU

    FIRST LIGHTS

    Best Feature-Length Documentary Debut Film2018
    Owner's Portrait (Argentina)
    Directed by Joaquín Maito

    Special mention
    Boy of War (Germany, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Cyprien Clément-Delmas, Igor Kosenko
    Produced by Fabien & Fred (Germany)
    Coproduced by Analog Vision

    Student Jury Award
    Boy of War (Germany, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Cyprien Clément-Delmas, Igor Kosenko
    Produced by Fabien & Fred (Germany)
    Coproduced by Analog Vision

    SHORT JOY

    Best Short Documentary Film 2018
    The Holiday Inn-Side (Australia)
    Directed by Charby Ibrahim

    A TESTIMONY ON POLITICS

    Best Testimony on Politics 2018
    The Silenece of Others (USA, Spain)
    Directed by Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar

    Special mention
    Still Recording (Syria, France, Lebanon, Qatar, Germany)
    Directed by Ghiath Ayoub

    A TESTIMONY ON KNOWLEDGE

    Best Testimony on Knowledge 2018
    The Truth about Killer Robots (USA)
    Directed by Maxim Pozdorovkin

    A TESTIMONY ON NATURE

    Best Testimony on Nature 2018
    Welcome to Sodom (Austria)
    Directed by Florian Weigensamer, Christian Kroönes

    Audience Award of the 22nd edition of Ji.hlava IDFF
    Vote for Kibera (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Martin Páv
    Produced by Frame Films

    CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMA AWARD
    Jean-Luc Godard

    SILVER EYE AWARD

    Silver Eye Award feature length category
    When the War Comes (Czech Republic, Croatia)
    Directed by Jan Gebert
    Produced by Pink (Czech Republic)
    Coproduced by Hulahop (Croatia
    Coproduced by HBO

    Silver Eye Award for the best short documentary
    Eight Images from the Life of Nastya Sokolova (Russia)
    Directed by Alina Kotova, Vladlena Sandu

    Special mention:
    Lembri Uudu (Estonia)
    Directed by Eeva Mägi

    BEST FESTIVAL POSTER

    Festival Identity
    Taiwan International Documentary Festival

    Audience Award
    Academia Film Olomouc