Kurdish workers drama and Rodrigo Plá’s A Monster With a Thousand Heads triumph at festival; industry prizes revealed.
Dust Cloth by Turkish director Ahu Öztürk and A Monster With a Thousand Heads by Mexican director Rodrigo Plá were among big winners at the Istanbul Film Festival.
Dust Cloth about two Kurdish cleaning ladies struggling to make ends meet in Istanbul took home the Golden Tulip Prize in the National Competition in a jury headed by Turkish actress Müjde Ar. The film also won awards for Best Actress for Asiye Cinçsoy and Best Screenplay.
The other big winner was Cold Of Kalandar, which won Best Director for Mustafa Kara, best cinematography by co-cinematographers Cavanhir Sahin and Kürsat Üresin, as well as Best actor, which was awarded to Haydar Sisman.
In the International Competition, presided over by Argentinean director Pablo Trapero, the Golden Tulip was awarded to Pla’s A Monster with a Thousand Heads. The sleek thriller...
Dust Cloth by Turkish director Ahu Öztürk and A Monster With a Thousand Heads by Mexican director Rodrigo Plá were among big winners at the Istanbul Film Festival.
Dust Cloth about two Kurdish cleaning ladies struggling to make ends meet in Istanbul took home the Golden Tulip Prize in the National Competition in a jury headed by Turkish actress Müjde Ar. The film also won awards for Best Actress for Asiye Cinçsoy and Best Screenplay.
The other big winner was Cold Of Kalandar, which won Best Director for Mustafa Kara, best cinematography by co-cinematographers Cavanhir Sahin and Kürsat Üresin, as well as Best actor, which was awarded to Haydar Sisman.
In the International Competition, presided over by Argentinean director Pablo Trapero, the Golden Tulip was awarded to Pla’s A Monster with a Thousand Heads. The sleek thriller...
- 4/16/2016
- ScreenDaily
A still from Liar’s Dice
Liar’s Dice, directed by Geethu Mohandas, took home the Special Jury award at the 18th Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria recently.
The Grand Prix in the International Competition went to Georgian film Blind Dates by Levan Koguashvili.
The International Jury, headed by Ukrainian filmmaker Alexander Rodnyansky, comprised of French producer Cedomir Kolar, German producer Alexander Ris, Turkish director Lusin Dink and Bulgarian actress Silvia Petkova.
Liar’s Dice received its world premiere at Mumbai Film Festival last year and went on to screen at Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film is also scheduled to screen at the International Film Festival Prague.
Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Geetanjali Thapa, the film follows a young woman in Himachal Pradesh who embarks on a journey with her daughter to find her missing husband. Along this journey, they find a free-spirited army deserter...
Liar’s Dice, directed by Geethu Mohandas, took home the Special Jury award at the 18th Sofia International Film Festival in Bulgaria recently.
The Grand Prix in the International Competition went to Georgian film Blind Dates by Levan Koguashvili.
The International Jury, headed by Ukrainian filmmaker Alexander Rodnyansky, comprised of French producer Cedomir Kolar, German producer Alexander Ris, Turkish director Lusin Dink and Bulgarian actress Silvia Petkova.
Liar’s Dice received its world premiere at Mumbai Film Festival last year and went on to screen at Sundance Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film is also scheduled to screen at the International Film Festival Prague.
Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Geetanjali Thapa, the film follows a young woman in Himachal Pradesh who embarks on a journey with her daughter to find her missing husband. Along this journey, they find a free-spirited army deserter...
- 3/18/2014
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Georgia was the big winner at the 18th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival (Siff) which closed at the weekend with the Grand Prix for Best Film and Best Director award going to Levan Koguashvili’s second feature Blind Dates.
The melancholic comedy, which premiered at the Berlinale’s Forum last month, also received the Fipresci International Film Critics’ Prize. Handled internationally by Films Boutique, it is already booked to screen at the April festivals in Wiesbaden (goEast) and Lecce and in Odessa in July.
Presenting the Grand Prix to Koguashvili, the International Jury’s president producer Alexander Rodnyansky said that the jury’s discussion on the top prize had ¨lasted only about 10 minutes and was unanimous. This film has become the absolute winner of this festival!¨
In addition, Vladimer Katcharava of Tbilisi-based 20 Steps Production received the Sofia Meetings’ €10,000 Digimage - Lvt Postproduction Award for Miriam Khachvani’s Dede which he pitched in the Plus Minus...
The melancholic comedy, which premiered at the Berlinale’s Forum last month, also received the Fipresci International Film Critics’ Prize. Handled internationally by Films Boutique, it is already booked to screen at the April festivals in Wiesbaden (goEast) and Lecce and in Odessa in July.
Presenting the Grand Prix to Koguashvili, the International Jury’s president producer Alexander Rodnyansky said that the jury’s discussion on the top prize had ¨lasted only about 10 minutes and was unanimous. This film has become the absolute winner of this festival!¨
In addition, Vladimer Katcharava of Tbilisi-based 20 Steps Production received the Sofia Meetings’ €10,000 Digimage - Lvt Postproduction Award for Miriam Khachvani’s Dede which he pitched in the Plus Minus...
- 3/17/2014
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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