The award, including a checque for €10.000, was presented on July 13th this year during the Cannes Film Festival by the ScripTeast Artistic Board: Doreen Boonekamp, Sandy Lieberson, Antonio Saura, Manfred Schmidt, and Simon Perry, along with longtime heads of studies Christian Routh and Tom Abrams.
In their citation, the Artistic Board state: “We were full of praise about the way the screenwriters of this script have created such a fascinating main character who is struggling to establish her place in an indifferent and complicated world. Her incandescent rage against the people and institutions who are supposed to be responsible for her makes for a compelling and tense drama which sometimes veers seamlessly into thriller territory, even though the protagonist is just nine years old!”
The Artistic Board have also decided to award a Special Mention to a polished culture clash drama LEARN TO CRY by Denijal Hasanović (Bosnia & Herzegovina).“It is written with admirable economy and manages to create an escalating sense of dread as it is gradually revealed what the two main characters are planning to do after a terrible tragedy in their lives. The sense of how powerless refugees feel in an alien culture that constantly misunderstands them is sensitively portrayed with great skill.“
The winner was chosen from the 12 screenplays from 7 Central and Eastern European countries that took part in the 15th edition.
Projects featured in the 15th edition of ScripTeast:
Almost Happy - Ewa Podgórska, Sebastian Wasiński – Poland
An Enemy - Teresa Zofia Czepiec, Maciej Sobieszczański – Poland
A Sensitive Man - Tomas Klein, Kateřina Traburová, Lucie Vaňková – Czech Republic
Ground Zero - Zhanna Ozirna – Ukraine
Incident - Tomasz Wolski, Katarzyna Tybinka – Poland
Learn to Cry - Denijal Hasanović, Bosnia & Herzegovina
Marija’s Silence - Dāvis Sīmanis, Latvia
Miss Kebab - Kamila Czul, Natalia Koryncka-Gruz – Poland
The Border - Eryk Lenartowicz, Yvette Underwood – Poland, Australia
The Case of E.E. - Paweł Grajnert, Maja Costa, Sandra Buchta – Poland
The Elevator - Aleksandar Spasov, Miglena Dimova – Bulgaria
The White Mare - Teodor Kuhn – Slovakia
The programme of the 15th edition of ScripTeast began in October last year with a 10 days Zoom workshop that included individual meetings with world-famous screenwriters, directors and producers, followed by individual online consultations.
Among the previous recipients of the Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award are Benedek Fliegauf (WOMB - Locarno Festival 2008), Marysia Nikitiuk (WHEN THE TREES FALL - Berlinale 2018), and Simeon Ventsislavov (AGA - Berlinale 2018).
ScripTeast is organized by Polish Independent Film Foundation, co-funded by Creative Europe - MEDIA Sub-Programme of the EU, Polish Film Institute, Apple Film Production, in co-operation with the European Film Academy, Producers Network, European Producers Club, Transatlantic Partners, ACE – Atelier du Cinema European, under the patronage of Eurimages.
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