16-09-2015

FESTIVALS: The Duke of Burgundy Wins Cinematik Film Festival

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    PIEŠTANY: The Duke of Burgundy by Peter Strickland won the Meeting Point Europe Award at the 10th Cinematik Film Festival running from 10 to 15 September 2015, while wave vs. shore / vlna vs. breh by Martin Štrba won the Cinematik.doc Award.

    Eleven documentaries and feature films chosen by European critics competed in the Meeting Point Europe section, while nine Slovak documentaries have been selected for Cinematik.doc.

    This year the festival highlighted the Catalan cinema and gave its Respect Award to Jaime Rosales. The fifth edition of Eye on Films (EoF), the support platform for the diffusion of first and second feature films, screened a selection of its films.

    WINNERS:

    Meeting Point Europe Award
    The Duke of Burgundy (UK)
    Directed by Peter Strickland

    Cinematik.doc Award
    vlna vs. breh / wave vs. shore (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Martin Štrba
    Produced by PubRes
    Coproduced by SMIK s.r.o. and the Czech Television
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic

    Award of the Mayor of the Town of Pieštany
    Farby piesku / Colours of the Sand (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Ladislav Kaboš
    Produced by Media film
    Coproduced by Kaboš Film & Media
    Supported by Slovak Audiovisual Fund, State Cinematography Fund Czech Republic

    Audience Award
    Mommy (Canada, France)
    Directed by Xavier Dolan

    Eye on Films - Audience Award
    Cruel (France)
    Directed by Eric Cherrière