Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic, June 28 – July 6, 2013). Prize: "Shame" (Styd) by Yusup Razykov (Russia, 2013, Color, DCP, 90 mins). Jury: György Báron, Hungary, president ("Elet és Irodalom"), Mike Naafs, The Netherlands ("De Filmkrant"), Richard Mowe, UK ("The Herald"), Latika Padgaonkar, India (The Asian Age), Simon Safranek, Czech Republic ("Aktualne.cz"). Print source: Producer: Vladimir Malyshev, Andrey Malyshev; Production: Cultura Initiatives; Contact: Yusup Razykov, urazikov@yandex.ru
Festival: www.kviff.com
Moscow (Russia, International Film Festival, June 20-29, 2013). Prize: "Memories They Told Me" (A memória que me contam) by Lúcia Murat (Brazil, 2012), shown in competition. Jury: Gerald M. Peary, USA, president ("Boston Phoenix"), Alexandra Zawia, Austria ("Wiener Zeitung"), Cristina Corciovescu, Romania ("Bucarest Hebdo"), Hans-Joachim Schlegel, Germany ("Berliner Zeitung"), Sergei Anashkin, Russia (temporarily) ("Iskusstvo Kino"). World sales: Taiga Filmes, taigafilmes.com São João Batista Street, 86A | #5 – Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brasil 22270-030, Tel / Fax: +55 21 2537 0651, +55 21 2579 3895 / 2579 3951, Cell: 55 21 8169 4637, taiga@taigafilmes.com and producao@taigafilmes.com, Skype: taiga.filmes, Facebook: www.facebook.com/taiga.filmes
Festival: www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/eng/
Annecy (France, International Animated Film Festival, June 10-15, 2013). Prize: "Gloria Victoria" by Theodore Ushev (Canada, 2013). Special Mention: "Feral" by: Daniel Sousa (USA, 2012). Jury: Katharina Dockhorn, Germany ("Rheinpfalz"), Giulia Dobre, Romania ("Romanian National Radio"), Marcin Gizycki, Poland ("Kwartalnik Filmowy"). Print sources. "Gloria Victoria". Production and World Sales: CNF – Office National du Film du Canada, P.O Box 6100, Station Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec, HC3 3H5, www.nfb.ca. – "Feral": World Sales: Magnetfilm, Rheinsberger Str. 38, 10435 Berlin, Germany, T +49 163 8010753, info@magnetfilm.de, http://magnetfilm.de/data/Feral.pdf
Festival: www.annecy.org
Troia (Portugal, FESTROIA – International Film Festival, June 7-16, 2013). Prize: "The Broken Circle" (The Broken Circle Breakdown) by Felix van Groeningen (Belgium, 2012), featured in the Official Section. Jury: Stephen Locke, Germany ("epd-Film", "Der Tagesspiegel"), Marie-Pauline Mollaret, France ("Ecran Noir"), José Ramón Otero, Spain ("Cambio 16"). Print source: The Match Factory, 50670 Cologne, Germany, Balthasarstraße 79-81, T +49 221 539709, info@matchfactory.de, www.the-match-factory.com/. Motivation: "An unconventional tale of a couple coping with loss, a timeless story of love and sorrow highlighted with traditional bluegrass music. With this award, the FIPRESCI Jury also wishes to acknowledge the diversity and originality of Belgian films, as featured in the Homage to Belgian Cinema."
Festival: www.festroia.pt
Cluj-Napoca (Romania, Transilvania International Film Festival, May 31 – June 9, 2013). Prize: "The Cleaner" (El limpiador) by Adrian Saba (first feature, Peru, 2012, 35mm, 95') presented in the section "This is the End". Jury: Furio Fossati, Italy ("Corriere Mercantile"), Maricke Nieuwdorp, The Netherlands ("Glamcult"), Iaromira Popovici, Romania ("Dilemma veche"). Print source: International Sales: Flamingo Films E.I.R., Lima, Peru.
Festival: www.tiff.ro
Seattle (USA, May 16 – June 9, 2013). Prize, dedicated to the Best New American Film: "C.O.G., written and directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. Jury: Anders Larsson, Sweden ("Kristianstadsbladet"), Andrés Nazarala, Chile ("La Segunda"), José Antonio Teodoro, Canada ("Cinema Scope", "Film Comment"). Print source: Preferred Content, Zac Bright, 6363 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 350, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA, info@preferredcontent.net, www.preferredcontent.net. Motivation: "We, the members of FIPRESCI, are very pleased to award the International Critics Prize for Best New American Film to C.O.G., written and directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. Unsentimental yet openhearted, Alvarez’s adaptation of David Sedaris’ essay tells a compelling story of youthful self-actualization, of defining encounters with class, sex and religion, that refuses to succumb to the dictates of fashionable identity politics. Its narrative trajectory is fundamentally wayward, yet its clipped, idiosyncratic pacing, its evocative visualization of the fecund landscapes and overcast light of the Pacific Northwest, and its use of the percussive music of Steve Reich converge to immerse us in a very particular world, and to create a film of unlikely momentum, unnerving humour and subtle emotional resonance."
Festival: www.siff.net/festival/index.aspx