The City of Zlín Award for the Best Children’s Performance in a Feature Film for Children went to a Slovak/Czech coproduction and actress Vanessa Szamuhelová for the role of Jarka in the film Little Harbour, while the Golden Slipper for the Best Feature Film for Youth was awarded to a UK production Just Charlie directed by Rebekah Fortune. The French production Heartstrings received awards in two categories: the Audience Award for Best Feature Film and the Children's Jury Prize. The costume designer and painter Theodor Pištěk was awarded the Golden Slipper for extraordinary contribution to cinematography for children and youth.
A total of 2,900 people were accredited for this year’s Zlín Film Festival, which noted high attendance reaching last year’s 125,000 visitors. A total of 89 delegations presented their films and the guests of the festival included Swedish director Daniel Bergman, the Czech mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená and the Oscar winner Theodor Pištěk.
"The 58th Zlín Film Festival will take place from 25 May till 2 June 2018 and will be devoted to Czech and Slovak cinematography in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of independent Czechoslovakia," said the President of the festival Čestmír Vančura.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS OF THE 57th ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL 2017
International Expert Jury for Feature Films:
Golden Slipper
Mountain Miracle – The Unexpected Friendship (Germany, Italy)
Directed by Tobias Wiemann
The City of Zlín Award
Vanessa Szamuhelová for the role of Jarka in the film Little Harbour (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Iveta Grófová
Produced by Hulapa film, Endorfilm, Katapult Film, Silverart
Golden Slipper for the Best Feature Film for Youth
Just Charlie (UK)
Directed by Rebekah Fortune
The Miloš Macourek Award
Daniel Huttlestone for the role of Shay in the film London Town (UK)
Directed by Derrick Borte
Special Mention
Goodbye Berlin (Germany)
Directed by Fatih Akin
Joint International Jury of Children and Adults for Animated Films:
Golden Slipper
Two Trams (Russia)
Directed by Svetlana Andrianova
The Hermína Týrlová Award
Cloudberry (Russia)
Directed by Polina Minchenok
International Children’s Jury for Feature Films for Children:
Main Prize of the Children’s Jury
Heartstrings (France)
Directed by Michel Boujenah
International Youth Jury for Feature Films for Youth:
Main Prize of the Youth Jury
Goodbye Berlin (Germany)
Directed by Fatih Akin
International Expert Jury for European First Films:
The Europe Award
Heartstone (Iceland)
Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
Special Recoginition
Sami Blood (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
Directed by Amanda Kernell
International Expert Jury for Student Films Zlín Dog:
Main Prize for the TOP Film of Zlín Dog
Shujayya (Poland, Palestine)
Directed by Mohammed Almughanni
Produced by Łódź Film School
Supported by Polish Film Institute
Genre prizes:
Best Animated Film:
Indigestion (Belgium)
Directed by Mathilde Remy
Best Documentary Film:
The Unknown Soldier (Israel)
Directed by Efim Graboy
Best Live-Action Film:
The Silence (France, Italy)
Directed by Farnoosh Samadi, Ali Asgari
Prizes awarded by non-statutory juries:
EFCA – International jury:
ECFA Award
Up in the Sky (Sweden)
Directed by Petter Lennstrand
International Ecumenical Jury:
Ecumenical Jury Award
Half Ticket (India)
Directed by Samit Kakkad
Special mention of the ecumenical jury:
Railway Children (India)
Directed by Prithvi Konanur
Audience awards:
Golden Apple for the Best Feature Film
Heartstrings (France)
Directed by Michel Boujenah
Golden Apple for the Best Short Animated Film
The Gift (Japan)
Directed by Kohei Kajisa
ČT: D Audience Award – for the Best Short Animated Film
Peep and the Paperplane (Germany)
Directed by Christoph Englert
