04-06-2018

FNE at Zlin IFF: Supa Modo Wins 58th Zlin Film Fest

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    ZLIN: A Kenyan/German coproduction for the youth audience, Supa Modo directed by Likarion Wainaina, won the Golden Slipper for the Best International Feature Film at the 57th Zlin IFF for Children and Youth, which took place 25 May - 2 June 2018. The film also won the prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

    The City of Zlín Award for the Best Children Performance in a Feature Film for Children went to Mihajlo Milavić and Silma Mahmut for the roles of Jovan and Milica in the Serbian/Macedonian The Witch Hunters directed by Raško Miljković, while the Golden Slipper for the Best Feature Film for Youth was awarded to a UK production Barley Fields on the Other Side of the Mountains directed by Tian Tsering. The Europe Award for Best European First Film went to the Austrian production The Best of All Worlds directed by Adrian Goiginger.

    A total of 2,600 people were accredited for this year’s Zlín Film Festival, which noted its highest attendance. "It seems that we will go beyond last year’s 125,000 visitors. The next edition of the Zlin Film Festival will take place between 24 May and 1 June 2019. We are already preparing some changes in both the programme and supporting events sections in order to push the festival even further,“ said the President of the festival Čestmír Vančura.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS OF THE 58th ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL 2018

    Prizes awarded by the statutory juries:

    International Expert Jury for Feature Films:

    Golden Slipper
    Supa Modo (Kenya, Germany)
    Directed by Likarion Wainaina


    The City of Zlín Award
    Mihajlo Milavić and Silma Mahmut for the roles of Jovan and Milica in the film The Witch Hunters (Serbia, Macedonia)
    Directed by Raško Miljković
    Produced by Akcija Production
    Co-produced by Dream Factory 
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, Macedonian Film Agency, Creative Europe, Ministry of Education of Republic of Serbia and The City of Belgrade


    Golden Slipper for the Best Feature Film for Youth
    Barley Fields on the Other Side of the Mountains (UK)
    Directed by Tian Tsering


    The Miloš Macourek Award
    Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau for the role of Manon in the film Cross My Heart (Canada)
    Directed by Luc Picard


    Joint International Jury of Children and Adults for Animated Films:

    Golden Slipper
    Blueberry Hunt (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Alexandra Májová, Kateřina Karhánková
    Produced by Bionaut Animation

    The Hermína Týrlová Award
    Kuap (Switzerland)
    Directed by Nils Hedinger

    International Children’s Jury for Feature Films for Children:

    Main Prize of the Children’s Jury
    Los Bando (Norway)
    Directed by Christan Lo

    International Youth Jury for Feature Films for Youth:

    Main Prize of the Youth Jury
    Cross My Heart (Canada)
    Directed by Luc Picard

    International Expert Jury for European First Films:

    The Best of All Worlds (Austria)
    Directed by Adrian Goiginger

    Special Recoginition
    Once Upon a Time in Indian Country (Germany)
    Directed by Ilker Çatak

    International Expert Jury for Student Films Zlín Dog:

    Leave of Absence (Israel)
    Directed by Moshe Rosenthal

    Genre prizes:
    Best Animated Film:
    Hybrids (France)
    Directed by Florian Brauch, Mathieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thierau, Romain Thirion

    Best Documentary Film:
    The Last Prior (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Petr Januschka, Tereza Vágnerová
    Produced by the University in Zlin


    Best Live-Action Film:
    Into the Blue (Croatia)
    Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
    Produced by Columbia University in New York


    Prizes awarded by non-statutory juries:

    EFCA – International jury:

    ECFA Award
    Wilder Than Wilderness (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Marián Polák
    Produced by Produkce Radim Prochazka


    International Ecumenical Jury:

    Ecumenical Jury Award
    Supa Modo (Kenya, Germany)
    Directed by Likarion Wainaina

    Audience awards:

    Golden Apple for the Best Feature Film
    The Third Wish (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
    Directed by Vít Karas
    Produced by the Czech Television, Markiza TV
    Supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund


    Golden Apple for the Best Short Animated Film
    Trunky (Russia)
    Directed by Ekaterina Filippova

    ČT: D Audience Award – for the Best Short Animated Film
    Belly Flop (South Africa)
    Directed by Jeremy Collins, Kelly Dillon