23^rd International Film Festival
Etiuda&Anima
November 22^nd–27^th 2016, Kraków

Results of the ETIUDA competition

The Jury
Maciej J. Drygas (Chairman)
Ryszard Jaźwiński, Yoav Kosh, Martin Stoll, Fernanda Valdez

On November 26^th 2016, after seeing 40 competition films from 16 countries, the Jury decided to award the following prizes:

The Grand Prix Golden Dinosaur and PLN 15,000

EDUCATION/ NAUKA
dir. Emi Buchwald, prod. PWSFTviT, Poland

„For a wise documentary told in an original cinematic language.”

The Silver Dinosaur

STILL / DIE STILLE
dir. Lily Erlinger, prod. Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany

„For a moving, multidimensional and subtle psychological drama”.

The Bronze Dinosaur

UMBILICAL CORD / NABELSCHNUR
dir. Eliza Petkova, prod. German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), Germany

„For the original aesthetics and a filled with humor and formally intriguing storytelling”.

The Special Golden Dinosaur for the best film school

Film School Lodz (Poland)

The Jury has also decided to award 3 Honourable Mentions to:

SAMIRA
dir. Charlotte A. Rolfes, prod. Hamburg Media School, Germany

„For a powerful and emotional story behind the big issue of immigration”.

TENANTS / LOKATORKI
dir. Klara Kochańska, prod. PWSFTviT, Poland

„For the perfect performance and a story full of tensiosn that do not provide simple solutions”.

BENEATH THE WHEEL
dir. KWAK Eun-mi, prod. KAFA – Korean Academy of Film Arts, South Korea

„For a film which authors have succeeded in endearing moving express inner strength of young girl excluded from school society".

AWARD FOR THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

for the students from the countries of the Visegrad Group
in the form of in-kind contribution of PLN 5 000
founded by Heliograf

LOCKJAW/ SZCZĘKOŚCISK
dir. Kordian Kądziela, cinematography: Michał Pukowiec, prod. Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television, University of Silesia (Poland)

The Great Underestimated

special award from Bogusław Zmudziński - Artistic Director of Etiuda&Anima IFF

GEMELOS / TWINS
dir. Pablo Radice, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

STUDENT JURY VERDICT

The Jury: Katarzyna Popiel, Monika Polak, Rafał Badan
decided to award its prize to:

NABELSCHNUR
dir. Eliza Petkova, German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), Germany

„For a rich description of the human nature, obtained through minimalistic and oryginal aesthetics”.

FICC JURY VERDICT

The Jury: Simon Bunckenburg, Łukasz Raszewski, Babil Vincente Vives
decided to award its prize to:

UMBILICAL CORD / NABELSCHNUR
dir. Eliza Petkova, German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), Germany

and has also decided to award 2 Honourable Mentions:

SIGHTSEEING
dir. David Borbas, Budapest Metropolitan University, Hungary

KIS
dir. Svetlana Bolycheva, Russian State Univerisity of Cinematography (VGiK), Russia

AUDIENCE AWARD

LOCKJAW / SZCZĘKOŚCISK
dir. Kordian Kądziela, Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Telvision University of Silesia, Poland