09-04-2018

New East West Golden Arch Film Prize Launched

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    WARSAW: The new East West Golden Arch Film Prize has announced the nominees for its first edition. The award ceremony will take place in Moscow on 14 April 2018 at the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Centre. Films from CEE countries scoring slots in the nominations line-up include films from Bulgaria, Romania, Estonia, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia and Hungary.

    The award was founded following a seminar organised by Andrei Plakhov and Konstantin Shavlovsky during last year’s St Petersburg Cultural Forum. The seminar that looked at the place of contemporary Russian cinema in today’s global cinema culture was attended by a group of leading international film critics and FIPRESCI members. The award was set up under the auspicies of the Cinematographers Unions Confederation.

    Nominations for the awards were compiled of the vote results by 24 jury members, leading experts on cinema in Asia and Eastern Europe including Film New Europe’s Editor-in-chief Anna Franklin, who was one of the original St Petersburg FIPRESCI group attending the seminar that resulted in the establishing of the new award.

    Anna Franklin said “This is the kind of culturally diverse initiative that FNE likes to support. The East West Golden Arch is already garnering attention from serious critics and is set to become one of the most prestigious and sought after awards for filmmakers in Europe and in Asia.”

    The prize is open to films from Eurasia which spans 32 countries and gives a unique perspective on the region covering a wide range of people’s and cultures.

    NOMINEES EAST WEST GOLDEN ARCH AWARD:

    Best Fiction Feature Film:

    Western (Bulgaria, Germany, Austria)
    Directed by Valeska Grisebach
    Produced by Komplizen Film Production
    Coproduced by Chouchkov Brothers, Coop99, KNM, ZDF-Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, Arte

    Loveless (Russia)
    Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

    On Body and Soul (Hungary)
    Directed by Ildiko Enyedi

    Closeness (Russia)
    Directed by Kantemir Balagov

    Foxtrot (Israel)
    Directed by Samuel Maoz

    Best Director:

    Kantemir Balagov for Closeness (Russia)
    Valeska Grisebach for Western (Bulgaria, Germany, Austria)
    Andrey Zvyagintsev for Loveless (Russia)
    Samuel Maoz for Foxtrot (Israel)

    Best Screenplay:

    Boris Khlebnikov, Natalia Meshchaninova for Arrhythmia (Russia)
    Directed by Boris Khlebnikov

    Valeska Grisebach for Western (Bulgaria, Germany, Austria)
    Directed by Valeska Grisebach

    Oleg Negin, Andrey Zvyagintsev for Loveless (Russia)
    Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

    Ildiko Enyedi for On Body and Soul (Hungary)
    Directed by Ildikó Eneydi

    Kantemir Balagov, Anton Yarush for Closeness (Russia)
    Directed by Kantemir Balagov

    Best Cinematography:

    Pyotr Dukhovskoy, Timothy Lobov for The Bottomless Bag (Russia)
    Directed by Rustam Khamdanov

    Mikhail Krichman for Loveless (Russia)
    Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

    Mart Taniel for November (Estonia, Netherlands, Poland)
    Directed by Rainer Sarnet
    Produced by Homeless Bob Productions (Estonia) Opus Film (Poland) and the Dutch company PRPL

    Best Actor:

    Bogdan Dumitrache for his role in Pororoca (Romania, France)
    Directed by Constantin Popescu
    Produced by Scharf Film & Advertising
    Coproduced by Irreverence Films
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Eurimages, the French CNC’s Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, l’Institut Français

    Meinhard Neumann for his role in Western (Bulgaria, Germany, Austria)
    Directed by Valeska Grisebach

    Alexander Yatsenko for his role in Arrhythmia (Russia)
    Directed by Boris Khlebnikov

    Best Actress:

    Alexandra Borbély for her role in On Body and Soul (Hungary)
    Directed by Ildikó Eneydi

    Daria Zhovner for her role in Closeness (Russia)
    Directed by Kantemir Balagov

    Mirjana Karanovic for her role in Requiem for Mrs. J (Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, France, Russia)
    Directed by Bojan Vuletic
    Produced by SEE Film Pro, Geopoly Film, Skopje Film Studio
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Macedonian Film Fund and Eurimages

    Laura Koroleva for her role in Sveta (Kazakhstan)
    Directed by Zhanna Issabayeva

    Best Supporting Actor:

    Sakari Kuosmanen for his role in The Other Side of Hope (Finland, Germany)
    Directed by Aki Kaurismäki

    Alexey Serebryakov for his role in How Viktor “the Garlic” Took Alexey “the Stud” to the Nursing Home (Russia)
    Directed by Aleksandr Khant

    Sherwan Haji for his role in The Other Side of Hope (Finland, Germany)
    Directed by Aki Kaurismäki

    Best Supporting Actress:

    Giovanna G. for her role in Requiem for Mrs. J (Serbia, Bulgaria, Republic Of Macedonia, Russia, France)
    Directed by Bojan Vuletić

    Olga Dragunova for her role in Closeness (Russia)
    Directed by Kantemir Balagov

    Sarah Adler for her role in Foxtrot (Israel)
    Directed by Samuel Maoz

    Best Music:

    Evgeny Galperin for Loveless (Russia)
    Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

    Alexander Hunt, Konstantin Shevelev for How Viktor “the Garlic” Took Alexey “the Stud” to the Nursing Home (Russia)
    Directed by Aleksandr Khant

    Jacaszek for November (Estonia, Netherlands, Poland)
    Directed by Rainer Sarnet

    Best Production Design:

    Irina Ochina for The Bottomless Bag (Russia)
    Directed by Rustam Khamdanov

    Jaagup Roomet, Mathis Maesalu for November (Estonia, Netherlands, Poland)
    Directed by Rainer Sarnet

    Arad Sawat for Foxtrot (Israel)
    Directed by Samuel Maoz