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| The Good Daughter took the top prize Photo: Courtesy of POFF |
Catalan filmmaker Júlia de Paz Solvas took home the Grand Prix at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival last night with The Good Daughter, her exploration of the relationship between a father and daughter marred by the man's violence towards the girl's mother. The film also proved popular with the film community in Tallinn, winning the Audience Award, while star Kiara Arancibia also took home the prize for Best Actress.
The Official Competition award for Best Director went to Turkish filmmaker Ali Vatansever's LifeLike, about a terminally ill man who spends his time in virtual reality. It also won Best Score for Erdem Helvacıo Ju.
Aladdin Detlefsen and Kanji Tsuda we're jointly named Best Actor for Frog In The Water, directed by Thomas Stuber, while the Best Cinematography gong went to Yutaka Yamazaki for Yukihiro Morigaki's The Imaginary Dog And The Lying Cat. Norwegian film No Comment, directed by Peter Naess, won Best Script, while Richard Hawkins' UK production Think Of England - about a porn propaganda film being made during the Second World War - was celebrated for Best Production Design.
In the First Feature competition, Danish director Christian Bonke's Hercules Falling won best film, with Samuel Abrahams' UK mockumentary Lady winning Best Director. There were two special jury prizes in the section, for Simple Girl and Sunday Ninth.
Best Film in the Critics' Picks section went to Lithuanian director Jurgis Matulevičius' China Sea, while his fellow countryman Vytautas Katkus picked up Best Film in the Baltic Competition for The Visitor.
In the Doc@POFF international section, Finnish director Karin Pennanen won for Days Of Wonder, while Lithuania triumphed again in the Doc@POFF Baltic Competition with Aistė Žegulytė taking the top prize for Holy Destructors.
In the Rebels With A Cause sidebar, Best Film went to The Baronesses" directed byBen Yadir and Mokhtaria Badaoui.
The full list of winners is below:
Official Selection Competition
- Grand Prix - The Good Daughter, director Júlia de Paz Solvas (Spain)
- Best Director - Ali Vatansever LifeLike (Turkey, Greece, Romania)
- Best Production Design - Chris Richmond, David Hand, Think Of England (UK)
- Best Original Score - Erdem Helvacıoğlu, LifeLike (Turkey, Greece, Romania)
- Best Script - Ståle Stein Berg, No Comment (Norway)
- Best Cinematographer - Yutaka Yamazaki, The Imaginary Dog And The Lying Cat (Japan)
- Best Actor - Aladdin Detlefsen and Kanji Tsuda, The Frog And The Water (Germany)
- Best Actress - Kiara Arancibia, The Good Daughter (Spain)
First Feature Competition
- Best Film - Hercules Falling, director Christian Bonke (Denmark)
- Best Director - Samuel Abrahams, Lady (UK)
- Jury Special Prize - Easy Girl, director Hille Norden (Germany)
- Jury Special Prize - Best editing Jan Van Der Weken, Sunday Ninth (Belgium)
Critics’ Picks Competition
- Best Film - China Sea, director Jurgis Matulevičius (Lithuania, Taiwan, Poland, Czechia)
- Best Director - Matías Szulanski, A Summer Tale (Argentina)
- Special Mention - Mo Papa, director Eeva Mägi (Estonia)
- Special Mention - Oh, What Happy Days, director Homayoun Ghanizadeh
Rebels With a Cause Competition
- Best Film - The Baronesses, director Nabil Ben Yadir, Mokhtaria Badaoui (Belgium, Luxembourg, France)
- Best Director - Rógan Graham, Blindsight (Romania, Turkey)
- Best Rebel With a Cause Short Film - Pay Day, director Päivi Hirsiaho (Finland)
Baltic Film Competition
- Best Film - The Visitor, director Vytautas Katkus (Lithuania, Norway, Sweden)
- Best Director - Gabriele Urbonaite, Renovation (Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium)
- Best Baltic Producer for Co-Production - Zhannat Alshanova, Becoming, director Zhannat Alshanova (France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Lithuania, Sweden)
Doc@PÖFF Baltic Competition
- Best Film - Holy Destructors, director Aistė Žegulytė (Lithuania, France, Latvia)
- Jury Special Prize - My Family and Other Clowns, director Heilika Pikkov, Liina Särkinen (Estonia)
Doc@PÖFF International Competition
- Best Film - Days of Wonder, director Karin Pennanen (Finland, Denmark, Norway)
- Best Cinematographer - Max Golomidov, Edge Of The Night, director Vladimir Loginov (Estonia)
- Jury Special Prize - Raisa Răzmeriță and her team, Electing Ms Santa, director Raisa Răzmeriță (Moldova, Romania)
Just Film Youth and Children’s Film Festival
- Grand Prix - They Call Me Danka, director Dovile Gasiunaite (Lithuania)
- Juniors’ Jury Best Film Award - The Songbirds’ Secret, director Antoine Lanciaux (France)
- Children’s Jury Best Film Award - Leo & Lou, director Carlos Solano (Spain)
- Youth Jury Best Film Award - Wheelie, director Isis Mihrimah Cabolet (Netherlands)
- ECFA Award (European Children’s Film Association) - Mira, director Marie Limkilde (Denmark)
- #youngfilmmaker Award - Sunflower, director Ketlin Kõiv
Additional Awards
- International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award - Hercules Falling, director Christian Bonke (Denmark)
- NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asia Cinema) Jury Prize - The Muralist, director Sengedorj Janchivdorj (Mongolia)
- Audience Award - The Good Daughter, director Júlia de Paz Solvas (Spain)
Lifetime Achievement Award
- Janno Põldma
Honorary Award
- Jessica Hausner
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