Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson was awarded Best Director for Heartsone, a coproduction between Iceland and Denmark, while the winner of 1-2 Competition was the French production Toril directed by Laurent Teyssier.
The International Competition jury was composed of Ralitza Petrova (Bulgaria), Maria Sadowska (Poland), Bence Fliegauf (Hungary), Mehmet Can Mertoğlu (Turkey) and Rodrigo Plá (Mexico).
The FIPRESCI jury composed of Marcin Adamczak (Poland), Alberto Castellano (Italy) and Jan Schulz-Ojala (Germany) gave the award for best debut from Eastern Europe to the Bulgarian film Godless by Ralitza Petrova.
The 12th edition of the Centeast Warsaw annual industry event also took place as part of the festival from 14 to 16 October 2016 and included presentations of works-in-progress selected from Slovakia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania, Russia, Poland, Latvia, Georgia and Estonia. CentEast Market is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
International Competition
Warsaw Grand Prix:
Malaria (Iran)
Directed by Parviz Shahbaz
Best Director:
Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson for Heartsone (Iceland, Denmark)
Special Jury Award:
Ahmad Thaher for his role in Blessed Benefit (Jordan, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar)
Special Mention:
Baldur Einarsson for his role in Heartsone (Iceland, Denmark)
Competition 1-2:
Best Film:
Toril (France)
Directed by Laurent Teyssier
Special Mention:
Playground (Poland)
Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski
Produced by Film It
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Special Mention:
Quit Staring At My Plate (Croatia, Denmark)
Directed by Hana Jušić
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduced by Beofilm
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Croatian Radiotelevision
Documentary Competition:
Best Long Documentary:
Communion (Poland)
Directed by Anna Zamecka
Produced by Otter Films, Wajda Studio, HBO Europe
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Special Mention:
An Insignificant Man (India)
Directed by Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla
Free Spirit Competition:
Free Spirit Award:
The Giant (Sweden, Denmark)
Directed by Johannes Nyholm
Special Mention:
Anomie (Russia)
Directed by Vladimir Kozlov
Short Film Competition:
Short Grand Prix:
First Pole On Mars (Poland)
Directed by Agnieszka Elbanowska
Best Live Action Short:
The Play-Off (Poland)
Directed by Tomasz Gąssowski
Best Short Animated Film:
The Talk. True Stories About the Birds and the Bees (Canada)
Directed by Alain Delannoy
Best Short Documentary:
Love Bite: Laurie Lipton and Her Disturnbig Black & White Drawings (UK)
Directed by James Scott
Special Mention:
Fabricated (USA)
Directed by Brett Foxwell
FIPRESCI Award:
Godless (Bulgaria)
Directed by Ralitza Petrova
Produced by Klas Film
Coproduced by SnowGlobe
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Danish Film Institute, Eurimages
Young FIPRESCI Award:
Hristo (Bulgaria)
Directed by Grifor Lefterov, Todor Matsanov
Produced by Lema Film
Supported by the Bulgarian Film Center
Ecumenical Jury Prize:
Heartsone (Iceland, Denmark)
Directed by Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson
NETPAC Jury Prize for the best Asian film:
Blessed Benefit (Jordan, Germany, Netherlands, Qatar)
Directed by Mahmoud al Massad
Audience Awards:
Feature Film:
My Life as a Courgette (Switzerland, France)
Directed by Claude Barras
Long Documentary:
Dancer (UK)
Directed by Steven Cantor
Short Film:
Greetings from Kropsdam (Netherlands)
Directed by Joren Molter
Films for Children:
Feature film: Louis &Luca - The Big Cheese Race / Solan og Ludvig - Herfra til Flåklypa (Norway)
Directed by Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Short film: Mr. Toti and the Magic Wand (Poland)
Directed by Grzegorz Handzlik, Jarosław Baran
