Prague Independent Film Festival
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Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) is an international film festival held annually in August in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. The festival focuses on independent cinema.
History
Prague Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on 15–18 August 2016 in the cinemas Kino Evald, Kino Atlas and Kino Lucerna. The festival program consisted of 33 films. Opening film of the festival was Rocco has Your Name by Angelo Orlando. Angelo Orlando won the Best Screenplay award and the leading actor Michele Venitucci won the Best Actor award.
Grand Prix of the festival – The Golden Eagle – was awarded to the Bulgarian film Sinking of Sozopol by Kostadin Bonev.[1][2][3][4] This philosophical film depicts a middle aged man caught in between past and future, lost in his memories and feelings of guilt.
Shamim Sarif received the Best Feature Film award for her film Despite the Falling Snow.[5][6] Rebecca Ferguson was awarded Best Actress and Anthony Head received the Best Supporting Actor award.[7] [8] The film is an espionage story about love and betrayal set against the Cold War based on the best selling novel by Shamim Sarif.
Best Animated Film was awarded to The Snow Queen 2 from the Russian animation company Wizart Animation.[9][10][11][12] The film was written and directed by Aleksey Tsitsilin and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.
Best Short Film award was given to the short film Cora made by Kevin Maxwell, a student of Santa Monica College who was supervised by Salvador Carrasco.[13][14]
The film festival closed with the short film Green Lake directed by Derek Frey who currently runs the Tim Burton Productions. The film received the Best Music Score award for the music by Matthew Reid.
Gallery
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Angelo Orlando and Saro Cosentino presenting the film Rocco Has Your Name
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Director Angelo Orlando
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Composer Saro Cosentino
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Sinking of Sozopol Screening
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Kostadin Bonev with the Grand Prix
Winners
2016
Grand Prix
- Sinking of Sozopol — Directed by Kostadin Bonev
Best Feature Film
- Despite the Falling Snow — Directed by Shamim Sarif
Best Director
- Kostadin Bonev — Sinking of Sozopol
Best Screenplay
- Angelo Orlando — Rocco Has Your Name
Best Cinematography
- Konstantin Zankov — Sinking of Sozopol
Best Actor
- Michele Venitucci — Rocco Has Your Name
Best Actress
- Rebecca Ferguson — Despite the Falling Snow
Best Supporting Actor
- Anthony Head — Despite the Falling Snow
Best Short Film
- Cora — Directed by Kevin Maxwell
Best Experimental Film
- NO SIGNAL — Directed by David Ellis
Best Animated Film
- The Snow Queen 2 — Directed by Aleksey Tsitsilin
Best Comedy Film
- Seth — Directed by Zach Lasry
Best Horror Film
- Woods — Directed by Sean van Leijenhorst
Best Art Direction
- Forgiveness — Directed by Rima Irani
Best Special Effects
- Forgiveness — Directed by Rima Irani
Best Music Score
- Green Lake — Directed by Derek Frey
Best Music Video
- FIRE by The Winery Dogs — Directed by Steven Lyon
References
- ↑ ""Филмът "Потъването на Созопол" се прибира с три награди от фестивал в Прага (Bulgarian)". bTV Новините. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ ""Потъването на Созопол" триумфира в Прага (Bulgarian)". standartnews.com. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ ""Потъването на Созопол" с три награди в Прага (Bulgarian)". FlashNews (Bulgarian). Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ ""The sinking of Sozopol claims three awards at Prague Independent Film Festival, 2016". BNR Radio Bulgaria. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "A trio of awards for Despite The Falling Snow". Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ↑ "Thrilled to say #DespiteTheFallingSnow just won Best Feature Film at the Prague Independent Film Festival – @shamimsarif Tweet". Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "Anthony Stewart Head on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "PIFF 2016 Winners | PIFF 2017". www.prague-film-festival.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "Воронежский мультик "Снежная королева 2" оценили на кинофестивале в Чехии (Russian)". Argumenty i Fakty. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "Мультик воронежских аниматоров "Снежная королева 2" взял приз на фестивале в Праге (Russian)". Komsomolskaya Pravda. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "Воронежская "Снежная Королева-2" победила на кинофестивале в Праге (Russian)". news.mail.ru. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ ""Снежная Королева-2: Перезаморозка" получила приз кинофестиваля в Праге (Russian)". kinobusiness.com. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ "Cora wins best short film at Prague independent film festival". Santa Monica Observer. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "Santa Monica College Film Wins Prague Festival Award". Santa Monica Lookout. Retrieved 25 August 2016.