For the primary time within the historical past of Estonia’s Tallinn Black Nights Movie Competition, or PÖFF, the winner of the highest prizes — the Grand Prix and Viewers Award — is identical movie, that of Spanish director Júlia de Paz Solvas’s The Good Daughter.
The awards ceremony of the twenty ninth version of the competition featured honorees from its six sub-festival competitors packages, together with the Business@Tallinn & Baltic Occasion (introduced to tasks in varied phases of completion) and the youth and children-oriented Simply Movie.
Under are the winners of the fest, which ran from Nov. 7-23:
OFFICIAL SELECTION COMPETITION
Grand Prix for the Greatest Movie
The Good Daughter — director Júlia de Paz Solvas, producers Sergio Grobas and Stefan Schmitz
Greatest Director
Ali Vatansever — Lifelike (Turkey, Greece, Romania)
Greatest Cinematography
Yutaka Yamazaki — The Imaginary Canine and the Mendacity Cat (Japan)
Greatest Actress
Kiara Arancibia — The Good Daughter
Greatest Actor
Aladdin Detlefsen, Kanji Tsuda — The Frog and the Water (Germany)
Greatest Unique Rating
Erdem Helvacıoğlu — Lifelike
Greatest Manufacturing Design
Chris Richmond and David Hand — Consider England (United Kingdom)
FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
Greatest Movie Award
Hercules Falling (Denmark)
Greatest Director
Samuel Abrahams — Girl (United Kingdom)
Particular Prize for Greatest Modifying
Jan Van Der Weken — Sunday Ninth, director Kat Steppe (Belgium)
Particular Prize for Greatest Manufacturing Design
Simple Lady — director Hille Norden (Germany)
CRITICS’ PICKS COMPETITION
Greatest Movie Award
China Sea — director Jurgis Matulevičius, producers Ieva Cern and Stasys Baltakis (Lithuania, Taiwan, Poland, Czechia)
Greatest Director Award
Matías Szulanski — A Summer season Story (Argentina)
Particular point out to Ali Nasirian
Oh, What Joyful Days — director Homayoun Ghanizadeh (Iran, France, Canada)
Particular point out to Eeva Mägi
Mo Papa (Estonia)
REBELS WITH A CAUSE COMPETITION
Greatest Movie Award
The Baronesses — administrators Nabil Ben Yadir and Mokhtaria Badaoui, producers Benoît Roland and Yadir (Belgium, Luxembourg, France)
Greatest Director
Adrian Sitaru — Blindsight (Romania, Turkey)
Greatest Quick Movie
Pay Day — director Päivi Hirsiaho (Finland)
BALTIC FILM COMPETITION
Greatest Baltic Movie Award
The Customer — director Vytautas Katkus, producers Marija Razgute, Brigita Beniusyte, Elisa Fernanda Pirir, Anna-Maria Kantarius and Mimmi Spång (Lithuania, Norway, Sweden)
Greatest Director
Gabriele Urbonaite — Renovation (Lithuania, Latvia, Belgium)
Greatest Baltic Producer for Co-production
Changing into — director Zhannat Alshanova, producers Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Denis Vaslin and Marija Razgutė (France, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Lithuania, Sweden)
DOC@PÖFF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Greatest Movie Award
Days of Marvel — director Karin Pennanen (Finland, Denmark, Norway)
Greatest Cinematography Award
Max Golomidov, Edge Of The Evening — director Vladimir Loginov (Estonia)
Jury Particular Prize
Raisa Răzmeriță, Electing Ms Santa — director Raisa Răzmeriță (Moldova, Romania)
DOC@PÖFF BALTIC COMPETITION
Greatest Movie Award
Holy Destructors — director Aistė Žegulytė (Lithuania, France, Latvia)
Jury Particular Prize
My Household and Different Clowns — administrators Heilika Pikkov, Liina Särkinen (Estonia)
Community for the Promotion of Asia Cinema Jury Prize
The Muralist — director Sengedorj Janchivdorj (Mongolia)
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI) AWARD
Hercules Falling — director Christian Bonke
AUDIENCE AWARD
The Good Daughter
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Juozas Budraitis and Janno Põldma
HONORARY AWARD
Jessica Hausner
BRUNO O’YA YOUNG ACTOR SCHOLARSHIP
Ursel Tilk
