DRAMAS „MRS. J“ & „PERSEVERANCE“ WIN TOP WORKS IN PROGRESS PRIZES AT KARLOVY VARY 2016

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The lucky winners of the awards are Bojan Vuletić’s Requiem for Mrs J. and Perseverance by Miha Knific.

Works in Progress Award @ KVIFF

The 8 projects (plus 1 out of competition) selected out of 57 registered projects from Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, Greece and post-Soviet territories. The 2016 award, in a total value of 100.000 EUR, is combining post-production services in UPP and Soundsquare, and a cash award by Barrandov Studio (10,000 EUR).

Statement of the Jury

We decided to award a drama that looks at today’s society from a darkly humorous and realistic perspective. Lead by a complex performance, this film examines the life of a woman whose struggle with bureaucracy forces her to take an inevitable solution, the Works in Progress Award goes to Requiem for Mrs. J. (Rekvijem za gospođu J.)

 

Eurimages Lab Project Award @ KVIFF

8 projects  selected out of 64 registered projects from Eurimages countries in production or post-production, made outside the traditional filmmaking framework and showing international co-operation. The best project will receive an award of EUR 50,000.

Of the four international film festivals selected by Eurimages from different corners of Europe, KVIFF is the first to present this award; over the coming months, the others will present the same award at their respective festivals.

Statement of the Jury

We were moved by this poetic film that evokes the basic conditions of mankind. For its visually striking and sensory journey through the secrets, memories, and imagination of the human race, the Eurimages Lab Project Award @ KVIFF goes to Perseverance (Vztrajanje).

 

The Jury:
Karin Schockweiler, The Film Fund of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
Kim Yutani, Sundance IFF
Meinolf Zurhorst, Arte/ ZDF