13/03/2017 - The film by the UK’s Miranda Pennell has gone home with the top prize at the Navarra International Documentary Film Festival, the 11th edition of which drew to a close on Saturday

(l-r) David Arratibel, Miranda Pennell and Eric Pauwels (© Punto de Vista)

Punto de Vista (the Navarra International Documentary Film Festival) wrapped its 11^th edition (the fourth – and last – helmed by Óskar Alegría) on Saturday 11 March. The gathering was dedicated to the concept of flight and to artist Jorge Oteiza, and it reached its climax during an original awards ceremony that featured these topics as its common theme. The movie The Host (UK), directed by Miranda Pennell, went home with the Punto de Vista Grand Prize for Best Film in the official section (“La región central”), worth €10,000.

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The Jean Vigo Award for Best Director (with a value of €5,000) was bestowed upon Eric Pauwels for The Second Night [+see also:
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Velasco Broca presented the world premiere of his X Film 2016 (backed by the festival itself), entitled Nuevo altar, boasting a screenplay written by Julián Génisson (Esa sensación [+see also:
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Here is the complete list of winners of Punto de Vista 2017:

Official Section - La Región Central

Punto de Vista Grand Prize for Best Film
The Host [+see also:
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Jean Vigo Award for Best Director
The Second Night [+see also:
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Best Short Film
Foyer - Ismaïl Bahri (Tunisia/France)

Special Awards

Special Audience Award for Best Film
Converso [+see also:
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Youth Award for Best Film
5 October [+see also:
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Proyecto X Films
8 de marzo, San Fermín - María Cañas (Spain)

(Translated from Spanish)