07/03/2016 - After its success at Denmark’s Robert Awards, Martin Zandvliet’s film adds a Luxembourgian award to its CV

Director Martin Zandvliet picking up the Grand Prize for Land of Mine (© Christophe Olinger/Luxemburger Wort)

The sixth Luxembourg City Film Festival came to an end on Friday evening, crowning Danish film Land of Mine [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Louis Hofmann
interview: Martin Zandvliet
film profile] by Martin Zandvliet with the Grand Prize. The film, which focuses on German prisoners of war who were used to demine the coast of Denmark at the end of World War II, also took home the Young Jury Award and the Audience Award.

But Land of Mine was not the only Scandinavian film to make a splash: Swedish director Magnus von Horn’s debut, The Here After [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Magnus von Horn
film profile], was handed the Critics’ Award. The film centres on a teenage boy returning home after serving time in prison and having to face a suspicious community that has not forgotten his crime.

In the documentary section, the winner was Czech film Mallory by Helena Trestikova, about a former drug addict trying to reintegrate herself into society.

According to the organisers, over 200,000 people attended the festival this year. The next edition will be held from 2-12 March 2017.

Here is the full list of winners:

Grand Prize
Land of Mine [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Louis Hofmann
interview: Martin Zandvliet
film profile] – Martin Zandvliet

Special Mention for a Fiction Feature
Frenzy [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Emin Alper
film profile] – Emin Alper

Best Documentary Award
Mallory – Helena Trestikova

Special Mention for a Documentary
Sonita [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] – Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami

Critics’ Award
The Here After [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Magnus von Horn
film profile] – Magnus von Horn

Critics’ Special Mention
Wild [+see also:
trailer
film profile] – Nicolette Krebitz

Audience Award
Land of Mine – Martin Zandvliet

Young Jury Award
Land of Mine – Martin Zandvliet

Children’s Coup de Coeur Award
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