Stories of transcendence in the face of adversity dominated the Ji.hlava docu fest in the Czech Republic Monday, with a precedent-setting award for best film shared among 10 imprisoned juveniles in…
Stories of transcendence in the face of adversity dominated the Ji.hlava docu fest in the Czech Republic Monday, with a precedent-setting award for best film shared among 10 imprisoned juveniles in Madagascar.
The winners, Ravo Henintsoa Andrianatoandro, Lovatiana Desire Santatra, Sitraka Hermann Ramanamokatra, Jean Chrisostome Rakotondrabe, Erick Edwin Andrianamelona, Elani Eric Rakotondrasoa, Todisoa Niaina Sylvano Randrialalaina, Sitrakaniaina Raharisoa, Adriano Raharison Nantenaina and Alpha Adrimamy Fenotoky, shared the honor with Zacher, who also won a special mention for her work on “Fonja.”
The best Czech docu award, along with 10,000 euros , went to “Solo” by French director Artemio Benki, about Martin Perano, a young Argentine piano virtuoso and composer who struggles with mental illness. Belgium’s “Aphasia” by Jelena Juresa, a visually rich essay focused on silence surrounding the crimes of Belgian colonialism, won best docu debut along with won the Student Jury award.
“Life Could Be So Beautiful,” co-directed by Angelika Herta and Filip Jacobson, who cycled through France along the path of wartime Polish writer Andrzej Bobkowski, won the student competition of Between the Seas, standing out among seven entries for “its free-flowing, unpredictable style, which subverts the conventional narrative of a masculine adventure, and for its wry, open-ended enquiry into the nature of historical trauma and memory.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Irony and Sense of Dramaturgy Distinguish Czech Documentaries at Ji.hlavaThe 21 films in the Czech Joy section at the Ji.hlava docu fest represent a remarkably wide range of stylistic approaches, several representing international collaboration and taking on weighty sub…
Lire la suite »
Convicted rapist accidentally set free from Georgia prisonThe mistaken release of Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez was called 'incomprehensible' by the prosecutor who handled the case, which involved a child.
Lire la suite »
Korea Box Office: Local Drama ‘Kim Ji-young’ Debuts on TopKorean drama “Kim Ji-young, Born 1982” opened on Wednesday and landed on top of the South Korean box office. The film adaptation of a best-selling feminist novel of the same title earned $8.3 milli…
Lire la suite »
Inside 'Club Fed,' Where Felicity Huffman Served Her 14-Day Prison SentenceActress Felicity Huffman plead guilty to her involvement in the college admissions scandal. But her two week stint in prison was more like summer camp.
Lire la suite »
What A Prison Gang Leader Taught Ben Horowitz About Running A BusinessAn exclusive excerpt from venture capitalist Ben Horowitz's new book, 'What You Do Is Who You Are,' slated to debut on October 29.
Lire la suite »