"Neon Bull" gets Warsaw Film Festival Grand PrixOctober 21, 2015 - 04:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Boi Neon (Neon Bull), directed by Gabriel Mascaro and co-produced by Brazil, Uruguay and the Netherlands, was awarded the Grand Prix at the 31st Warsaw International Film Festival, which drew to a close in the Polish capital this past weekend, The Hollywood Reporter said. The jury said that the film was awarded for "its genuine and unforgettable imagery and its universal idea, and for shifting the boundaries of gender stereotypes and opening the deep archetypes that live among all of us." Mexico's Rodrigo Pla collected the best director award for Un monstruo de mil cabezas (A Monster with a Thousand Heads), in which he "uses sound design and precise visual language to deliver the story and to serve the message," according to the jury. The film's actress Jana Raluy collected the jury special award. Runar Runarsson's Sparrows, co-produced by Iceland, Denmark and Croatia, was announced the winner of the Competition 1-2, in which directors' first and second features competed. A Flickering Truth by New Zealand's Pietra Brettkelly was awarded as the best documentary and Klara Kochanska's Lokatorki (The Tenants) picked up the Short Grand Prix. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |