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
