“King of the Belgians” wins Odessa Int’l Film Fest Grand Prix July 24, 2017 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - King of the Belgians, directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, was awarded the Grand Prix of Odessa International Film Festival at the closing ceremony held in the Ukrainian port city July 22, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Spanish director Carla Simon's Summer 1993 collected the international competition's best film award. Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross picked up the best director award for the Georgia/Germany/France co-production My Happy Family. The movie's stars Ia Shugliashvili and Tsisia Qumsashvili also collected the best performance award. Free and Easy by Chinese director Jun Geng received the jury's special mention. The Leading Role by Ukraine's Sergey Bukovsky was awarded the best European documentary prize. Dixie Land, directed by Roman Bondarchuk, was awarded the best film in the national competition prize. FIPRESCI awards went to Black Level by Valentin Vasyanovich and Lilac by Yekaterina Gornostai. French actress Isabelle Huppert and Poland-born Oscar-nominated director Agnieszka Holland collected lifetime achievement Golden Duke awards. Odessa IFF, Ukraine's main international film event, was held for the eighth time this year.   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 Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |
