Best Film Award
Three Windows and a Hanging
Isa Qosja, Kosovo/ Germany
Special Jury Award
The Goob
Guy Myhill, United Kingdom
Best Director Award
Kyros Papavassiliou
Impressions of a Drowned Man, Cyprus/ Slovenia/ Greece
Best Cypriot Film Awards
Impressions of a Drowned Man
Kyros Papavassiliou, Cyprus/ Slovenia/ Greece
Honorary Distinctions
Difret
Zeresenay Mehari, Ethiopia/ USA
Neveh Tzur (actor)
Valley, Sophie Artus, Israel
Irena Cahani (actress)
Three Windows and a Hanging, Isa Qosja, Kosovo/ Germany
Student Jury Award
Three Windows and a Hanging
Isa Qosja, Kosovo/ Germany
Audience Award
Whiplash
Damien Chazelle, United States
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Best Film Award
For its extraordinarily authentic and honest cinematic approach to a universal taboo and for its powerful and courageous shuttering of the walls of silence and shame”, the Best Film Award- Glocal Images International Competition Section was awarded to Three Windows
and a Hanging, (Kosovo – Germany), directed by Isa Qosja and produced by Shkumbin Istrefi and Mentor Shala. The Mayor of Limassol Mr Andreas Christou presented the director with the award, which is accompanied by the amount of €6,000. Special Jury Award
For a brilliant portrayal of a coming-of-age story, set in the raw and violent world of rural modern day England”, the Special Jury Award was awarded to The Goob, (U.K.) directed by Guy Myhill and produced by Michael Elliott and Lee Groombridge. The Award, accompanied by the amount of €3,000, was received by Chairman of the Board of Rialto Theatre Mr Kikis Kazamias and will be sent to the winner through the British High Commission.
Best Director Award
For his innovative and challenging cinematic idiom and exceptional attention to detail in all aspects of the filmmaking process”, the Best Director Award went to Kyros Papavassiliou, for his film Impressions of a Drowned Man, (Cyprus, Slovenia, Greece). The award is accompanied by the amount of €1,000, and was presented by the former European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, Mrs Androulla Vassiliou.
Best Cypriot Film Awards
For its intellectual depth and poetic approach to filmmaking, as well as for its unconventional story telling”, the Best National Film Award went to the film Impressions of a Drowned Man, directed by Kyros Papavassiliou and produced by Monica Nicolaidou, Yiannis Halkiadakis, Kyros Papavassiliou, Giorgos Pantzis and Bojan Mastilovic. The award, accompanied by the amount of €2,000 as well as a sponsorship by Fullmoon Productions, for post production services worth €9,000 for the winner’s next film, was presented to the director by the Minister of Education and Culture, Mr Costas Kadis.
Honorary Distinctions
The Jury also awarded three honorary distinctions to:
• Difret, (Ethiopia – U.S.A.), directed by Zeresenay Berhane Mehari for illustrating a powerful story about an exceptional issue.
• Actor Naveh Tzur in the film Valley by Sophie Artus,
• and actress Irena Cahani in the film Three Windows and a Hanging by Isa Qosja for their outstanding performances.
Student Jury Award
The Student Jury Award, decided upon by a student committee of the University of Nicosia, was awarded to Three Windows and a Hanging.
Audience Award
Academy Award Nominee Whiplash, by Damien Chazelle, won this year’s Audience Award, sponsored by Kronenbourg beer.
