54 Gijón International Film Festival - Award List
The Festival Awards have been unveiled this morning
The International Jury of the 54th Gijón International Film Festival, chaired by Ms. Judith Colell and made up of Mr. David Matamoros, Ms. Kathleen Haney, Mr. Nima Javidi and Ms. Claudia Pinto has awarded the following prizes to the feature films participating in the Official Selection:
Best Feature Film
Glory by Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov
(Bulgaria, 2016)
Best Director
Brillante Mendoza
for Ma’Rosa (Filipinas, 2016)
AISGE Award for Best Actor
Casey Affleck
Manchester by the Sea for (Estados Unidos, 2016)
AISGE Award forBest Actress
Julia Vysotskaya
Paradise for (Rusia, Alemania, 2016)
Best Script
Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Decho Taralezhkov
por Glory (Bulgaria, 2016)
Best Cinematography
Alexander Simonov
for Paradise (Rusia, Alemania, 2016)
“Gil Parrondo” Award for Best Art Direction
Juraj Fábry
for The Teacher (Rep. Checa, Eslovaquia, 2016)
Best Score
Michal Novinski
for The Teacher (Rep. Checa, Eslovaquia, 2016)
Special Jury Award
Manchester frente al mar
by Kenneth Lonergan (Estados Unidos, 2016)
"Because it has unanimously moved the Jury through a close, deep story that shows how fragile we are and a man's struggle to rebuild himself and a poignant exploration of pain.”
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The International Short Film Jury of the 54th Gijón International Film Festival, made up of Nacho Vigalondo, Elena Furiase and Emiliano Allende has awarded
Best Short Film Prize
Oh What a Wonderful Feeling by François Jaros (Canadá, 2016)
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The ANIMAFICX International Jury of the 54th Gijón International Film Festival, made up of Anca Damian, Fumio Obata and Isabel Herguera, has awarded the
ANIMAFICX Prize
Window Horses (The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming)
by Ann Marie Fleming (Canadá, 2015)
“All the seven features had beauty of its own and quality but unfortunately we had to pick only one. We looked at the flow of the narrative, art directions, character concepts, movements, turning points within the story and also if the time length of the film was appropriate for the narrative. We found ‘Window Horses’ ticked all the boxes. Animation narrative is different from that of live action based for many reasons. One example is that very often the directors have to imagine the world from almost nothing but from their own heads. The possibilities for the style of artworks and illustrations, what the world on screen can look like, can be infinite. So much energy is spent on this and often the narrative element is compensated. It’s such a sheer balance. In ‘Window Horses’ we thought the story and artwork worked hand in hand, no more or less, complimenting and supporting each other very well”.
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The FIPRESCI Jury of the 54th Gijón International Film Festival, made up of Abbas Bozkurt, Pablo García Conde and Jean-Max Mejean, has awarded the
FIPRESCI Award
Glory
by Kristina Grozeva & Petar Valchanov (Bulgaria, 2016)
“For its sarcastic look at the corruption in all the spheres of society and its simple yet powerful story that exposes universal issues related to class struggle”.
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The CIMA Jury made up of Francesca Delise, Marian Matachana and Maria Reyes Arias has awarded the Prize for the BEST FEATURE FILM DIRECTED BY A WOMAN within the competitive Selections of the 54th Gijón International Film Festival to
Le Ciel attendra
by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar (Francia, 2015)
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The audience of the 54th Gijón International Film Festival has awarded the following prizes:
Award for Best Feature Film in the Official Selection, sponsored by Fundación Foro Jovellanos del Principado de Asturias)
Almacenados
by Jack Zagha (México, 2015)
RELLUMES Award
Rosalie Blum
de Julien Rappeneau (Francia, 2015)
GRAN ANGULAR Award for Best Asturian Film
Mi vida entre las hormigas
by Juan Moya y Chema Veiga (España, 2016)
Día d’Asturies Award for Best Asturian Short Film
Ad-vientu
by Roberto F. Canuto y Xu Xiaoxi (España, China 2016)
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The Young audience of “Enfants Terribles” have voted and decided to award the following prizes
Enfants Terribles Award for Best Feature Film (up to 12 years old category):
Savva
by Max Fadeev (Rusia, 2015)
Enfants Terribles Award for Best Feature Film (over 13 years old category):
Cigarettes et chocolat chaud
by Sophie Reine (Francia, 2016)
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The Youth Jury of the 54th Gijón International Film Festival, made up of young people aged 17 to 25, has awarded the following prizes:
Youth Jury Award for Best Feature Film
Paradise
by Andrei Konchalovsky (Rusia, Alemania, 2016)
Youth Jury Award for Best Short Film
Oh What a Wonderful Feeling
by François Jaros (Canadá, 2016)
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The Jury of the “Día D’Asturies” selection, made up of Rodrigo Sopeña, Isabel Friera y Antonio Virgili has awarded the “DÍA D’ASTURIES” prize, sponsored by TPA, to the short film:
Nocturno
by Jorge Dopacio
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The Jury made up of Guadalupe Arensburg, David Rodríguez and Nacho Carballo has awarded the “PROYECTO CORTO MOVISTAR + - PECERA ESTUDIO 2016” prize to the following project:
72%
presented by Euphoria Productions and directed by Lluís Quílez
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The Jury of the NUEVOS REALIZADORES DEL PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS AWARD , made up of Almudena Cueto, Kiko Prada, Isabel Friera, Nacho Carballo and Margarita Llamas, and sponsored by the Government of the Principality de Asturias has awarded the prize to the following project:
El diañu
by Samuel Fernández Martínez
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