The Special Jury Prize went to the French/Georgian coproduction Brides, dir. Tinatin Kajrishvili
Main documentary award went to Sergei Loznitsa for his latest documetary Maidan about the Ukrainian protests against president Viktor Yanukovych and the government at the Independence Square in Kiev.
List of winners BIAFF 2014:
International Competition - Feature Films
Grand Prix
Frank (UK/Ireland)
directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Jury Special Prize
Brides (Georgia, France)
Directed by Tinatin Kajrishvili
Production: Studio Gemini, (Georgia) MillimeterFilm (Georgia)
Supported by Georgian National Film Centre (GNFC)
Best Film Directing
Ivan I. Tverdovsky for film Correction Class (Russia/Germany)
Best Actor
Irrfan Khan for film Lunchbox (India/France/Germany/USA)
directed by Ritesh Batra
Best Actress
Sylvie Marinkovic for the film Cure (Switzerland /Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina)
directed by Andrea Staka
Production Okofilm productions, Deblokada, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
International Competition - Doc Films
The Best Doc film
Maidan
directed by Sergei Loznitsa
Ukraine/Netherlands
Special Mention
Waiting for August
directed by Teodora Ana Mihai
Belgium/Romania
International Competition - Shorts Films
The Best Short film
Butter Lamp (France/China)
directed by Hu Wei
BIAFF Lifetime Achievement awards for contribuitone to World cinema was granted to:
- Roman Balayan (Ukraine)
- Irakli Kvirikadze (Georgia)
- Avto Makharadze (Georgia)
The festival is organized by the Art House "Argani" and sponsored in part by the Georgian National Film Center (GNFC).
