30-01-2018

FESTIVALS: Arrhythmia Wins 29th Trieste Film Festival

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    Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov

    TRIESTE: Arrhythmia by Boris Khlebnikov won the Trieste Award for Best Feature Film at the 29th Trieste Film Festival (19-28 January 2018).

    Nine titles vied in the international competition. The festival also organised an international competition for documentaries and short films, an overview of the best animated films from CEE, a retrospective of the second half of the 1900s from two sides: the East and the West, Italian screenings, a showcase of works that tread the line between cinema and contemporary art, a showcase of films pitched at the When East Meets West meetings, as well as Eastweek Midpoint 1 workshop.

    WINNERS:

    Trieste Award for Best Feature Film:
    Arrhythmia (Russia. Finland, Germany)
    Directed by Boris Khlebnikov

    Alpe Adria Cinema Award:
    Wonderful Losers: A Different World (Lithuania, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Latvia, UK, Ireland, Spain)   
    Directed by Arunas Matelis

    Salani Award:
    The Man with the Lantern (Italy)
    Directed by Francesca Lixi

    Special Mention:
    Country for Old Men (Italy)
    Directed by Pietro Jona, Stefano Cravero

    TFF Shorts Award:
    60 Kilos of Nothing (Poland)
    Directed by Piotr Domalewski

    Skyarte Prize:
    Soviet Hippies (Estonia, Germany, Finland)
    Directed by Terje Toomistu

    Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Award:
    The Dead Nation (Romania)
    Directed by Radu Jude

    PAG Jury Award:
    The Miner  (Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
    Directed by Hanna Slak
    Produced by Nukleus Film
    Coproduced by VOLTE
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, FS Viba

    VR Hackathon Contest:
    Voci di Trieste (Italy)
    Directed by Giulia Massolino, Anna Violato

    Eastern Star Award:
    Rade Šerbedžija

    Cinema Warrior Award:
    Livio Jacob, Piera Patat 

    Central European Initiative Award:
    Ada Solomon 

    Cineuropa Prize:
    Soldiers. Story from Ferentari (Romania, Serbia, Belgium)
    Directed by Ivana Mladenovic
    Produced by HiFilm Productions
    Coproduction by Bas Celik, FRAKAS Productions
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the Serbian Film Fund, Tax Shelter Belgium, Eurimages