17-04-2019

FESTIVALS: Russia Takes Top Prize at goEast

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    Acid by Alexander Gorchilin Acid by Alexander Gorchilin

    WIESBADEN: The Russian debut film Acid by Alexander Gorchilin won the Best Film award at the 19th goEast film festival at the closing ceremony on 16 April 2019.

    Two Polish coproductions took home awards: Home Games directed by Alisa Kovalenko and the documentary Strip and War directed by Andrei Kutsila.

    The president of the jury was the Macedonian director/writer/producer Teona Strugar Mitevska.

    Complete list of winners:

    Golden Lilly for Best Film
    Acid (Russia)
    Directed by Alexander Gorchilin

    Award of the City of Wiesbaden for Best Director
    The Gentle Indifference of the World (France)
    Directed by Adlikhan Yerzhanov

    Award of the Federal Foreign Office for Cultural Diversity
    Home Games (Ukraine, France, Poland)
    Directed by Alisa Kovalenko
    Produced by East Road Films
    Coproduced by Garmata Film Production, TVP

    Honourable Mention
    Cold November (Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia)
    Directed by Ismet Sijarina
    Produced by Buka Film (Kosovo)
    Coproduced by Thumbs Up (Kosovo), AlbaSky (Albania), Audiohouse (Macedonia)

    FIPRESCI Prize (fiction feature)
    The Gentle Indifference of the World (France)
    Directed by Adlikhan Yerzhanov

    FIPRESCI Prize (documentary film)
    Strip and War (Belarus, Poland)
    Directed by Andrei Kutsila

    Open Frame Award
    Aftermath VR: Euromaidan (Ukraine)
    Directed by Alexey Furman and Sergiy Polezhaka

    RheinMain Short Film Award
    I Can Barely Remember the Day (Croatia)
    Directed by Leon Lučev

    Renovabis Research Grant
    The Mothers’ Crusade (Belarus)
    Directed by Alexander Mihalkovich

    goEast Development Award
    Landing (Moldavia)
    Directed by Ksenia Ciuvaseva