MINSK, 8 November (BelTA) – The Hunter film (Russia, directed by Zaur Tsogoev) is the winner of the Grand Prix at the 31st Minsk International Film Festival Listapad, BelTA has learned.
Director Zaur Tsogoev thanked Belarus and its people for the warm welcome. “This is truly very unexpected for us, yet immensely pleasant. This win is significant not just for us as young filmmakers but to all of North Ossetia. It will serve as a strong incentive for our republic to further develop its arts,” he stated.
“I have seen the legends of Soviet and Russian cinema here at the festival, the very people whose films shaped my childhood. I couldn’t even dream as a boy that I would someday be accepting awards or talking with these great people,” the director added, stressing that he would be happy to welcome Belarusian filmmakers in North Ossetia and create something together.
The Special Jury Prize in the fiction film competition went to the Chinese film Bazzar Joy (directed by Kelimu Abulizi), while the Audience Award was given to the Russian film My Grandfather (directed by Svyatoslav Vlasov).
The winners also included: Manuel Barrios and Eduardo González, honored with the Best Sound (Musical) Solution award for Alí Primera (Venezuela); People’s Artist of Belarus Vladimir Gostuykhin, named Best Actor for My Grandfather (Russia); and Svetlana Kryuchkova, who received the Best Actress award for Two People in One Life To Say Nothing of the Dog (Russia). Morteza Ghafouri received the Yuri Marukhin Prize for Best Cinematography for his work on the Iranian film Guardian of the Field, and Christian Petzold earned the Mikhail Ptashuk Award for Best Directing for the German film 3 Mirrors No. 3.
In the documentary competition, the top prize went to Nikita (Russia, directed by Nikolai Burlyayev and Dmitry Chernetsov), while the film Ms. Hu’s Garden (China, directed by Zhiqi Pan) received the Special Jury Prize.
Topping the animation competition was The Tale of a Little Spark (Russia, directed by Anastasia Lis), with the Special Jury Prize going to Dog Ear (Hungary, directed by Péter Vácz).
The National Film Schools category was won by ... But love is the greater of these... (Russia, directed by Kira Nemirovich-Danchenko). In the Cinema of the Young competition, Baq e Moz (Iran, directed by Reza Keshavarz Haddad) received the Viktor Turov Prize for Best Film, while the Valery Rubinchik Prize for Best Directing was given to Happy End (Japan, USA, directed by Neo Sora).
Winning Best Film in the National Competition was My Life is Khoroshki. Valentina Gayevaya (Belarus, directed by Anzhelika Novikova). In the Short Film Competition, the top prize was claimed by China’s Rotten Spring (directed by Qiu Yu), and the audience choice diploma went to And Now I Lay Me Down (USA, directed by Rani DeMuth).
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