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PÖFF award winners announced

Official Competition EurAsia Jury Awards

GRAND PRIX FOR BEST EURASIAN FILM (scholarship of 10.000 euros)
MY JOY / SCHASTYE MOE (Director Sergei Loznitsa, Germany / Ukraine / Netherlands)

JURY PRIZE FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
CHRIS KRAUS (The Poll Diaries / Poll, Germany / Austria / Estonia)

JURY PRIZE FOR THE BEST ACTOR
MIKAEL PERSBRANDT (In a Better World / Hævnen, Denmark / Sweden)

JURY PRIZE FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
KATJA KÜTTNER (Princess / Prinsessa, Finland)

JURY PRIZE FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
MIKHAIL KRICHMAN (Silent Souls / Ovsjanki, Russia)

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
SON OF BABYLON (Director Mohamed Al-Daradji, Iraq / United Kingdom / France / Netherlands / Palestinian Territory / United Arab Emirates / Egypt)

SPECIAL MENTION
STORY OF BIBINUR / BIBINUR (Director Yuri Feting, Russia (Tatarstan))


Tridens Baltic Feature Film Competition Jury Awards

BEST FILM (scholarship of 5000 euros)
EASTERN DRIFT / INDIGÈNE D'EURAISIE (Director Sharunas Bartas, France / Lithuania / Russia)

SCOTTISH LEADER ESTONIAN FILM AWARD (scholarship of 50 000 Estonian kroons)
THE TEMPTATION OF ST. TONY / PÜHA TÕNU KIUSAMINE (Director Veiko Õunpuu, Estonia / Finland / Sweden)

SILVER AWARD FOR THE BEST BALTIC FILM (promotion with TV channel Silver)
THE TEMPTATION OF ST. TONY/ PÜHA TÕNU KIUSAMINE (Director Veiko Õunpuu, Estonia / Finland / Sweden)

PETRI MUTASEN ELOKUVAKONEPAJA OY AWARD FOR THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER (scholarship of 1000 euros)
MARIUS MATZOW GULBRANDSEN (The Snow Queen / Lumekuninganna, Estonia / Norway)

SPECIAL MENTION
PIT NO 8 / AUK NR 8 (Director Marianna Kaat, Estonia / Ukraine)


FIPRESCI Award for Best Baltic Film

THE TEMPTATION OF ST. TONY/ PÜHA TÕNU KIUSAMINE (Director Veiko Õunpuu, Estonia / Finland / Sweden)


North American Independent Film Competition Programme Jury Award:

SILVER AWARD OF THE BEST FILM (promotion with TV channel Silver)
INCENDIES (Director Denis Villeneuve, Canada / France)

SPECIAL MENTION
GROWN UP MOVIE STAR (Director Adriana Maggs, Canada)


FICC Jury Award

DON QUIJOTE AWARD
3 SEASONS IN HELL / 3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE (Director Tomáš Mašin, Czech Republic / Germany / Slovakia)

SPECIAL MENTION
SILENT SOULS / OVSJANKI (Director Aleksei Fedorchenko, Russia)


NETPAC Jury Award

PEEPLI LIVE (Director Anusha Rizvi, India)

THE LIGHT THIEF / SVET-AKE (Director Aktan Arym Kubat, France / Germany / Kyrgyzstan / Netherlands )


Audience Award

TOILET/ TOIRETTO (Director Naoko Ogigami, Japan)


Lifetime Achievement Award

VESA-MATTI LOIRI(Actor and musician, Finland)