The International Competition Jury members, including Małgorzata Bela-Pawlikowska (Poland), Oana Giurgiu (Romania), Hanna Slak (Slovenia) Bujar Alimani (Albania) and Michal Leszczyłowski (Poland), gave the Warsaw Grand Prix founded by the City of Warsaw to Shindisi directed by Dito Tsintsadze. Tsintsadze also snagged the Best Director Prize. The Special Jury Award went to the Iranian drama A Hairy Tale directed by Homayoun Ghanizadeh.
Move the Grave, a drama from South Korea directed by Seung-o Jeong, won the First Award in the 1-2 Competition. The main prize of the Documentary Competition went to Overseas, a Belgian/French coproduction directed by Sung-A Yoon, and the Short Grand Prix for the best short film was awarded to a French production Sororal directed by Frederic Even and Louise Mercadier.
The Jury FIPRESCI members, including Anna Serdiukow (Poland), Victoria Smirnova (Russia) and Clementine van Wijngaarden (Netherlands), gave the award for best debut from Eastern Europe to the film Cat in the Wall directed by Mina Mileva and Vesela Kazakova, a coproduction between Bulgaria, the UK and France.
Full list of winners:
Warsaw Grand Prix, funded by the Capital City of Warsaw
Shindisi (Georgia)
Directed by Dito Tsintsadze
Produced by 20 Steps
Coproduced by Free Movie Studio
Support by the Georgian National Film Center
Best Director
Dito Tsintsadze for Shindisi (Georgia)
Special Jury Award
A Hairy Tale (Iran)
Directed by Homayoun Ghanizadeh
COMPETITION 1-2
Competition 1-2 Winner: First Award
Move the Grave (South Korea)
Directed by Seung-o Jeong
Special Mentions
All for My Mother / Wszystko dla mojej matki (Poland)
Directed by Małgorzata Imielska
Produced by Naima Film
Supported by the Mazuria Film Fund, Pomerania Film, the Lower Silesia Film Centre
The Forgotten (Ukraine, Switzerland)
Directed by Daria Onyshchenko
FREE SPIRIT COMPETITION
Free Spirit Award
Lost Holiday (USA)
Directed by Michael Kerry Matthews and Thomas Matthews
Special Mention
II (Two) (Belarus)
Directed by Vlada Senkova
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Best Documentary Feature
Overseas (Belgium, France)
Directed by Sung-A Yoon
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
Short Grand Prix
Sororal (France)
Directed by Frederic Even & Louise Mercadier
Best Live Action Short
Keep it Quiet (USA)
Directed by Ilya Simakov
Best Animated Short
Why Slugs Have No Legs (Switzerland)
Directed by Aline Höchli
Best Documentary Short
El Infierno (Spain)
Directed by Raul de la Fuente
FIPRESCI Award
Cat in the Wall (Bulgaria, UK, France)
Directed by Mina Mileva & Vesela Kazakova
Produced by Activist 38, Glasshead Limited, Ici et Là Productions
Young FIPRESCI Award
Sister (Bulgaria, Qatar)
Directed by Svetla Tsotsorkova
Ecumenical Jury Award
Omar and Us (Turkey)
Directed by Maryna Er Gorbach&Mehmet Bahadir Er
NETPAC Award
Move the Grave (South Korea)
Directed by Seung-o Jeong
