Today, at 5pm, at Plage des Palmes in Cannes we found out the winner ofthis year's Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award for the best Eastern and Central European Script.
Through the decision of the Advisory Board members: Sandy Lieberson, Manfred Schmidt, Dariusz Jablonski and ScripTeast Heads of Studies: Tom Abrams and Christian Routh, the Award has been made to the script FALSE WITNESS by Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria), which was tutored by Head of Studies Tom Abrams and Creative Advisors: Peter Medak and Donato Rotunno.
The Advisory Board explained their decision with the following statement: Based on a true story, this extremely well-written account of one of the key trials of the Hague International War Tribunal reflects on some of the great confrontations of our times, including those between religions, political systems, and ideologies. It does so through an engaging examination of personal stories that is full of narrative twists and surprises, and will keep audiences on the edge of their seats until the very end. We believe it is a worthy winner of the Kieslowski award and look forward to seeing it on our screens soon.
The author of the winning script received the statue by Adam Fedorowicz and 10,000 Euros prize money.
False Witness by Iglika Triffonova joined the group of winners of The Krzysztof Kieslowski ScripTeast Award: “The House” by Zuzana Liová, “Womb” by Benedek Fliegauf (Hungary) , “Japanese Dog” by Ioan Antoci (Romania) and „The Day of Chocolate” by Jacek Piotr Bławut co written by Anna Onichimowska (Poland).
The Advisory Board also decided to give the SCRIPTEAST 2011 SPECIAL MENTION Award to the script CAR PARK by Bence Miklauzic and Ferenc Lengyel (Hungary) that was tutored by the Head of Studies Tom Abrams and Creative Advisors: Christoph Thoke and Peter Zawrel,
The jury appreciated the refreshing originality and charming characters in this unusual dark comedy drama set in a car park. From such an unpromising location the writers have crafted a delightful tale featuring two extraordinary main characters who challenge each other’s opposing ways of life in all sorts of unexpected ways. We hope and believe that it
has the potential to entertain audiences across a wide spectrum, and in many countries.
The following scripts, representing 8 countries of Eastern and Central Europe were competing for the prize:
BEYOND WORDS by Alexandra M. Paun (Romania)
CAR PARK by Bence Miklauzic and Ferenc Lengyel (Hungary)
THE COWARDS by Andrea Sedlackova (Czech)
DON JUAN REVISITED by Andrzej Bart (Poland)
FALSE WITNESS by Iglika Triffonova (Bulgaria)
FATHER by Artur Urbanski (Poland)
FOOTBALL FOR BEGINNERS by Jaak Kilmi and Andres Keil (Estonia)
NIGHTLIFE by Damjan Kozole (Slovenia) and Ognjen Svilicic (Croatia)
SANCTUARY by Wojciech Kasperski (Poland) -
TEN COMMANDMENTS by Gabor Herendi and Reka Divinyi (Hungary)
TOWN OF OTOL by Laura Sivakova and Biba Bohinska (Slovakia)
WHAT’S BETWEEN US by Natalia Koryncka-Gruz and Marek Modzelewski
(Poland)
A one-week session at Cannes focused on the promotion of the scripts
amongst the European participants. It was supported in co-operation with
the Producers Network (about 650 active producers accredited at IFF
Cannes), and ACE (Atelier du Cinema Europeen), as well as meetings with
representatives of the film funds and festivals.
Since September 2010, the authors have been working on the scripts with
help and advice from the Creative Advisors: Scott Alexander - author of
"The People vs. Larry Flynt" awarded with Golden Globe for Best
Screenplay, "Ed Wood" with two Oscars; Paddy Breathnach - an award-winning
Irish film director and producer ("I Went Down", "Man About Dog";, "Blow
Dry" and "Shrooms"); Fred Breinersdorfer - the author of
Oscar-nominated "Sophie Scholl: The Final Days"; Licia Eminenti - working
for European coproduction Funds, Eurimages, expert and reader for Arte
France Cinema and Media Program; Peter Medak - a
Hungarian-born director living in USA ("The Ruling Class", "The
Changeling", "The Krays"); Jan Miller- the organizer of the Strategic
Partners co-production workshop in Halifax, a prestigious platform created
specifically for the development of
cooperation between the best European and Canadian producers; Donato
Rotunno - Luxembourgian producer and director, co-founder of Tarantula
Luxembourg and Tarantula Belgium; Christoph Thoke - German producer
("Tropical Malady" - Jury Price in Cannes 2004, "Le Silence de Lorna" -
Best Script Award in Cannes 2008); Brian Ward - British screenwriter ("The
Interpreter" starring Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, directed by Sydney
Pollack) and Peter Zawrel - the managing director of the Vienna Film Fund,
which supported i.a. "Desert Flower" by Sherry Horman, "The White Ribbon"
and "The Piano Teacher" by Michael Haneke.
ScripTeast was created by the famous Polish director and producer Dariusz
Jablonski, in collaboration with his closest associates, producers:
Violetta Kaminska and Izabela Wojcik. Together, besides wide international
production activities through their companies Apple Film and Avocado TV,
they created the Independent Film Foundation, which promotes ambitious
films and its authors in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe.
ScripTeast is organized by the Independent Film Foundation and supported
by Media Program of EU, Polish Film Institute and Apple Film Production,
in cooperation with the European Film Academy, the ACE Program, Producers
Network, Final Draft, Film New Europe and festivals in Berlin, Cannes and
Karlovy Vary.
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