30-11-2015

FNE at Tallinn Black Nights 2015: Prize Winners

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    The Throne by Lee Joon-ik The Throne by Lee Joon-ik

    TALLINN: The 19th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival awarded its top prize to the South Korean film Sado by director Lee Joon-ik with the director and producer picking up an award of 10 000 EUR.

    The jury prize for Best Director in the main competition went to Russian director Vitaly Manskiy’s controversial documentary Under the Sun a coproduction between, Russia, Germany, the Czech Republic and North Korea which apparently riled North Korean authorities with its unflinching view of life in the totalitarian state.

    The A-level Estonian festival ran from 13-29 November with three major competitions including the Main International Competition, the Tridens First Feature Competition and the Tridens Estonian Film Award. The festival also presented the subfestivals of Animated Dreams, Just Film and Sleepwalkers for short films. The programme also included a special focus on Georgian film this year.

    Highlighting the event was the European Film Forum held within the framework of the festival 18-19 November where five panels of film, media and technology industries leaders debated the issues such as the plans for a digital single market, territoriality and national film policies. Highlighting the event was an appearance by European Commission Vice-President and former Prime Minister of Estonia Andrus Ansip, in charge of the Digital Single Market.

    The Tallinn Festival industry events and the annual Baltic Event teamed up this year under the label Industry@Tallinn this year presenting Works in Progress, B’EST and other events for industry professionals.

    Full List of Prize Winners:

    Main Competition
    Grand Prix for Best Film
    The Throne/Sado (South Korea)
    Directed by Lee Joon-ik

    Jury Prize for Best Director
    Under the Sun (Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, North Korea)
    Directed by Vitaliy Manskiy
    Coproduced in the Czech Republic by Hypermarket Film and Czech TV

    Jury Prize for Best Actor
    Isaka Sawadogo for his role in The Paradise Suite (Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Joost van Ginkel
    Coproduced in Bulgaria by KaBoAl Pictures

    Jury Prize for Best Actress
    Martha Canga Antonio for her role in Black (Belgium)
    Directed by Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

    Jury Prize for Best Cinematographer
    Wojciech Staron for Dawn (Latvia, Poland, Estonia)
    Directed by Laila Pakalnina
    Produced by Hargla Company (Latvia), Miracle Worker (Poland), Staron Film (Poland), Digitaalne Sputnik (Estonia)

    Special Jury Prize
    Under the Sun (Russia, Germany, Czech Republic, North Korea)
    Directed by Vitaliy Manskiy

    Best Music
    Bang Jun-seok for The Throne / Sado (South Korea)
    Directed by Lee Joon-ik

    Tridens First Features Competition
    Delivery/ Nacimiento (Columbia)
    Directed by Martin Meija Rugeles

    Tridens Award for Best Cinematographer
    Peyman Shadmanfar for Two / Do (Iran)
    Directed by Soheila Golestani

    Tridens Award for Best Music
    Tristan Dewey and Tai Jordan for Pawno (Australia)
    Directed by Paul Ireland

    Tridens Estonian Film Award
    The Fencer / Miekkailija (Finland, Estonia, Germany)
    Directed by Klaus Haro
    Coproduced in Estonia by Allfilm

    Ecumenical Jury Award
    The Paradise Suite (Netherlands, Sweden, Bulgaria)
    Directed by Joost van Ginkel

    Special Mention
    Zinnia Flower/ Bai Ri Gao Bie (Taiwan)
    Directed by Tom Shu-Yu Lin

    NETPAC Award
    Stranger/ Zhat (Kazakhstan)
    Directed by Yeremek Tursunov

    FIPRESCI Award
    Best Debut
    Delivery / Nacimiento
    Directed by Martin Meija Rugles

    Special Mention
    The Prosecutor, The Defender, The Father and His Son (Bulgaria, Sweden, Netherlands)
    Directed by Iglika Triffonova
    Produced by Klas Film (Bulgaria)

    Audience Award
    The Find / Находка (Russia)
    Directed by Victor Dement

    Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams “Heino Pars” Grand Prix
    The Bigger Picture (UK)
    Directed by Daisy Jacobs

    Children’s and Youth Film Festival Just Film Grand Prix
    14+ (Russia)
    Directed by Andrei Zaitsev

    International Short Film Festival Sleepwalkers Grand Prix
    To Light/ Valguseks/ Valguseni/ Valgusena (Estonia)
    Directed by Nora Särak