Icelandic drama “Of Horses and Men” wins big at Brussels Film Fest June 16, 2014 - 13:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nordic cinema won big at Brussels Film Festival with Benedikt Erlingsson’s Icelandic drama “Of Horses and Men” snatching up best film and Swedish artist-turned-filmmaker Anna Odell’s directorial debut, “The Reunion” nabbing best directorial debut. Another Nordic talent, the Norwegian up-and-comer Iram Haq nabbed the script nod for “I Am Yours”, Variety said. “Of Horses and Men” received the Golden Iris Award for best film. “The Reunion,” meanwhile, won the White Iris Award. Pic also won the Fedex Cinephile prize, which is given by four young cinema lovers, and the TV Prize of Best Film from broadcaster RTBF. Richard Ayoade’s British pic “The Double” won the Audience Award Euromillions. Spanish helmer Alfonso Zarauza’s “Aces” took home the jury award. The cinematography kudo went to Dick Tuinder for “Farewell to the Moon.” Pic also earned the Prime TV Prize for best film. Andreas Prochaska’s “The Dark Valley” grabbed the BeTV Prize for best film. “Vis-a-vis,” from Croatia’s Nevio Marasovic won the Cineuropa Award.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan  The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops.Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skillsArmenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi ArabiaPashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |
