Results of the ETIUDA Competition

21st International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima 2014

November 21st–27th 2014

The Jury composed of:

Wiesław Godzic, Acting Chairman of the Jury

Members of the Jury:

Vera Čakányova
Elmar Imanov
Piotr Lenar

on November 27th 2014, after seeing 48 films, decided to award the following prizes:

The Grand Prix of the Festival – The Golden Dinosaur and PLN 10,000
Fragmenty / Fragments, dir. Agnieszka Woszczyńska, Szkoła Filmowa w Łodzi, Poland 2014

The Silver Dinosaur
Sourdough, dir. Fulvio Risuleo, Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy 2014

The Bronze Dinosaur
Beach Boy, dir. Emil Langballe, National Film and Television School, Great Britain 2013

The Special Golden Dinosaur for the Best Film School
Nederlandse Filmacademie (Netherlands)

Moreover, the Jury decided to award 3 Honourable Mentions to

Ik / I, dir. Jona Honer, Nederlandse Filmacademie, Netherlands 2013
Johanna Learns to Swim, dir. Yael Dotan, Beit Berl College, Israel 2013
ABC, dir. Diana Montero, Escuela International del Cine y TV, Cuba 2013

The Great (Un)Appreciated
The award of the Artistic Director of the Festival, Bogusław Zmudziński

The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375, dir. Omar El Zohairy, High Cinema Institute, Egypt 2014

Verdict of the FICC Jury

The Jury composed of:
Raj Babu Gongaju, Łukasz Grela, Hara Jeon

decided to award their prize to the film

Ella, dir. Ronen Ishai, Beit Berl Collage Faculty of Arts, Israel 2013
Justification: For great humanism in creating an intimate portrait of fear and suffering and for the truth with which it shows a feminine point of view, point of view which is still too rare in cinema, especially in cinema directed by men.

VERDICT OF THE STUDENT JURY

The Jury composed of:
Mateusz Góra
Anna Kawula
Paweł Kamykowski

decided to award its prize to the film

Rwetes / Hurly-Burly, dir. Kuba Czekaj, Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Poland 2014

Justification: For stirring up extreme emotions in the audience, a plot open to individual interpretation and innovative visual layer and soundtrack.

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

To byłoby coś pięknego / It Would Be Beautiful, dir. Anna Morawiec, Szkoła Filmowa w Łodzi, Poland 2014