Other awards include the Cinematik.doc award, which features Slovak documentaries premiered within the last 12 months. This year’s award went to Patrik Lančarič's The Edge - 4 Films About Marek Brezovsky. Told from four different points of view, this is the story of one of Slovakia's most talented modern composers who died at age 20 after a heroin overdose.

The Mayor of Piestany Prize went to Slovak film Comeback, a feature-length political documentary told from the point of view of repeat offence prisoners. The Audience Award went to Irish film Calvary.  Highlights of this year’s festival included also a selection of films from Eye on Films, an international platform of film distribution companies and film festivals initiated by the French company Wide Management and a retrospective of films by award winning documentary maker Helena Třeštíková.

The film festival, held annually in the Slovak town of Piestany, is in its ninth edition this year. The festival took place from the 10-15 September 2014. The international film festival Cinematik Piestany is supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund.

Cinematik festival prize winners:

Meeting Point Europe Award:

The Great Beauty (Italy)
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino

Cinematik.doc Award:

The Edge - 4 Films About Marek Brezovsky
Directed by: Patrik Lančarič
Production: Beetle
Coproduction with Punkchart Films
Coproduction with Strižňa
Supported by the Slovak Film Institute

Mayor of Piestany Prize:

Comeback (Slovakia)
Directed by: Miro Remo
Production: VŠMU
Supported by the Slovak Film Institute

Audience Award:

Calvary  (Ireland, UK)
Directed by John Michael McDonagh