Girls Will Be Girls wins the top award at Transilvania
- Shuchi Talati’s Indian-French-US-Norwegian co-production has scooped the Transilvania Trophy, while Horia Cucută and George ve Ganæaard's Dismissed won the Romanian Days Award
Sporting an extra day for its 23rd edition, the Transilvania International Film Festival announced its award winners on Saturday. Even if the festival’s official competition was dominated by European features, most of the awards went either to non-European films or to European co-productions with other continents. The top prize, the Transilvania Trophy, went to the Indian-French-US-Norwegian coming-of-age drama Girls Will Be Girls [+see also:
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There was only one award offered by the official competition jury that went to a 100% European film – a Special Mention for young actors Jarne Heylen and Joël in ‘t Veld, who star in Joren Molter’s Summer Brother [+see also:
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film profile]. The Dutch-Belgian production also took home the Audience Award and the Ecumenical Jury Award, the first ever handed out at the festival.
A Romanian documentary took home three gongs: Isabela von Tent’s Alice On&Off [+see also:
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film profile], which was shot over as many as ten years, won a Special Mention in the documentary competition, What’s Up, Doc?, the Romanian Days Award for Best First Feature and the FIPRESCI Award. The top prize in the Romanian Days competition went to Dismissed by Horia Cucută and George ve Ganæaard, while a Special Mention went to Mihnea Toma’s school documentary Family Weekend.
As for the What's Up, Doc? Competition, the main winner was KIX [+see also:
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Italian director Daniele Luchetti was the main guest at this edition, winning a Special Award for Contribution to World Cinema.
Here is the complete list of award winners:
Competition
Transilvania Trophy
Girls Will Be Girls [+see also:
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Best Director
Sebastián Quebrada - The Other Son [+see also:
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Special Jury Award
The Adamant Girl - Vinothraj Palani (India)
Best Performance Award
Hassan Pourshirazi - The Old Bachelor (Iran)
Special Mention
Jarne Heylen, Joël in ‘t Veld - Summer Brother [+see also:
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interview: Joren Molter
film profile] (Netherlands/Belgium)
Romanian Days Competition
Romanian Days Award for Best Film
Dismissed - Horia Cucută, George ve Ganæaard (Romania)
Special Mention
Family Weekend - Mihnea Toma (Romania)
Romanian Days Award for Best First Feature
Alice On&Off [+see also:
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interview: Isabela Tent
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Romanian Days Award for Short Film
Truth or Dare - Simona Borcea (Romania)
What's Up, Doc? Competition
What's Up, Doc? Award for Best Documentary
KIX [+see also:
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Special Mentions
Alice On&Off – Isabela von Tent
La Reine - Nikola Klinger (Czech Republic)
Other awards
Audience Award
Summer Brother - Joren Molter
Ecumenical Jury Award
Summer Brother – Joren Molter
Special Mention
Where Elephants Go [+see also:
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FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in Romanian Days
Alice On&Off - Isabela von Tent
SIGNIS Award for Best Short Film in Romanian Days
Cat Funeral - Ana-Maria Comănescu (Romania)
Special Award for Contribution to World Cinema
Daniele Luchetti
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