29-04-2015

FESTIVALS: No One's Child Wins GoEast Festival

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    Koza by Ivan Ostrochovsky Koza by Ivan Ostrochovsky photo: Martin Kollar

    WIESBADEN: goEast, the international film festival held in Germany, which focuses on Eastern European films, has announced its award winners. The festival ran from 22 to 28 April 2015. The four awards of the Competition for Fiction Features and Documentaries at the 15th edition of goEast have been presented to films from Serbia, Croatia, the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic.

    The festival's director, Gaby Babic, summed up the festival week positively: "We are very happy with the success of this past festival week and with our nearly 11,450 guests this year, which is an all-time record number of festivalgoers for goEast".

    Full list of winners:

    Award for Best Film:

    No One’s Child (Serbia)
    Directed by Vuk Ršumović.

    Award of the City of Wiesbaden for Best Director:

    Ivan Ostrochovsky for Koza (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Produced by sentimentalfilm and endorfilm
    Coproduced by Czech Television, RTVS and Punkchart Films
    Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Czech Television
     
    Award of the Federal Foreign Office for Cultural Diversity:
     
    Destinacija_Serbistan / Logbook_Serbistan (Serbia)
    Directed by Zelimir Zilnik.

    Honourable Mentions:

    Drifter (Germany, Hungary)
    Directed by Gábor Hörcher

    My Home (Czech Republic)
    Directed by Jiří Stejskal
    Produced by Nutprodukce

    International Film Critics Award:

    Koza (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Ivan Ostrochovsky

    Open Frame Award:

    Eating from the Floor of History (Germany)
    Directed by Sita Scherer

    goEast Development Award:

    Sol/Messenger (Romania)
    Directed by Anda Puscas