06-06-2016

FNE at ZLIN IFF 2016: Korea Takes Zlin Golden Slipper

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    The World of Us by YOON Ga-eun The World of Us by YOON Ga-eun

    ZLIN: The Korean film The World of Us by Yoon Ga-eun won the prize for the best feature film for Children at the 56th Zlin IFF, which concluded on 3 June 2016.

    The film also won the prize of the City of Zlin.

    The festival welcomed as a special guest Dagmar Havlova, the widow of the Czech President Vaclav Havel. Havlova was an actress on film and stage prior to becoming the First Lady of the Czech Republic.

    The awards follow:


    Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film for Children

    The World of Us (Korea)
    Director: YOON Ga-eun

    Town of Zlín Award for best children's performance
    CHOI Soo-in for The World of Us

    Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film for Youth
    Keeper (Belgium, Switzerland, France)
    Directed by Guillaume Senez

    Miloš Macourek Award for Best Youth Actress
    Hiba Atallah for The Idol (Palestine, Qatar, Netherlands, UAE)
    Directed by Hany Abu-Assad

    Golden Slipper for best animated film
    The Orchestra (Australia)
    Directed by Mikey Hill

    Award for Young Artists up to 35 years
    About a Mother (Russia)
    Directed by Dina Velikovskaya

    Main Prize of the Children Jury for Best Feature Film for Children
    Abulele (Israel)
    Directed by Jonathan Geva

    Main Prize of the Youth Jury for Best Feature Film for Youth
    The Pitch (Russia)
    Directed by Eduard Bordukov

    Europe Award for Best European debut
    Union Rag (Russia)
    Directed by Mikhail Mestetskiy

    Special Jury Prize for Best European debut
    Alen Huseyin Gursoy for her role in the film Rauf (Turkey)
    Directed by Baris Kaya, Soner Caner


    Zlin Dog Student film award
    Loudmouth (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Ondrej Hudeček

    ECFA Prize
    Learn by Heart (France)
    Directed by Mathieu Vadepied

    Ecumenical Jury Award:
    Abulele / Abulele

    Special recognition of the Ecumenical Jury:
    Learn by Heart

    Golden Apple Audience Award for Best Feature Film
    Abulele

    Golden Apple Audience Award for Best Animated Film
    Tiger (Germany)
    Directed by Karim Saleh
     

    Audience Award for Best short animated film for children
    I am not a Mouse! (UK)
    Directed by Evgenia Golubeva