On October 3, the closing ceremony of the 11th OIFF took place, which for the first time in history took place online. According to the results of the audience voting, the Grand Prix in the International Competition Program of the Odessa International Film Festival was awarded to the film "Dinner in America", and the prize "Audience" in the National Competition Program was awarded to the film "Victor_Robot".
Valentin Vasyanovich's "Atlantis" was recognized as the best film in the international competition. The film has received numerous international awards, including a prize in the "Horizons" section of the Venice Film Festival. Ukrainian distribution of the film begins on November 5, 2020.
Honorary "Golden Duke" for his contribution to cinema was awarded to one of the most famous Ukrainian directors Roman Balayan. Earlier, at the opening ceremony of the festival, a similar prize was awarded to Swedish director Roy Andersson.
The Closing Ceremony was traditionally conducted by TV presenter, journalist, actress Yanina Sokolova and TV presenter Oleh Panyuta.
The closing film of the 11th OIFF was a new work by Agnieszka Holland "Charlatan", which had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin Film Festival as part of the Berlinale Special program.
Full list of winners:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAM
Grand Prix
- "Dinner in America", dir. Adam Remyer
The best movie
- "Atlantis", dir. Valentin Vasyanovich
Best direction
- Fabrice du Wells, "Adoration"
The best acting work
- Lydia Lieberman, Denise Carrizo, Agustina Malale - "Maternal", dir. Maura Delpero
Special award of the jury
- "Servants", dir. Ivan Ostrokhovsky
- "You will die at twenty", dir. Amjaj Abu Alala
NATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAM
Best Feature Film
- "Not everything will be fine", dir. Adrian Pirvu and Olena Maksom
The best directorial work
- Adrian Pirvu and Olena Maxom, "Not everything will be fine"
The best acting work
- Maria Khomutova - "Two", dir. Vladislav Vitriv
The best short film
- "Goodbye, Golovin", dir. Matthew Grimar
Audience Award
- "Victor Robot", dir. Anatoliy Lavrenyshyn
FIPRESCI Award for Best Feature Film
- "Devil", dir. Yegor Troyanovsky
FIPRESCI Award for Best Short Film
- "Chacho", dir. Vitaly Gavura
EUROPEAN DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
- The best European documentary - "Military Vacation" (Summerwar), dir. Moritz Schultz
- Special award of the jury: "Land of Guevara", dir. Kutaiba Bargamji and "Before the Orchestra", dir. Anna-Karin Grenross
GOLDEN DUKE FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF CINEMA
- Roman Balayan
- Roy Andersson
WINNERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL SECTION (FILM INDUSTRY OFFICE)
Pitching
- "Expedition-49" dir. Alice Kovalenko
- Prize from the TV channel "Ukraine" - "Editorial", dir. Roman Bondarchuk
Work in progress
- Special award of the jury - "Stop Earth", dir. Katerina Gornostay
- Prize from the TV channel "Ukraine" - "Privoz" dir. Eva Neumann
- Prize of the Ukrainian Institute of the project with the greatest international potential - "Roma", dir. Olga Zhurba
The EastSeries prize is a set of post-production services worth € 20,000 from Star Media
- "Black Friday", dir. Michał Zielinski (Poland)
Book Pitch
- Award from Star Media in the form of script-doctoral - the novel "Behind the Back" by Gaski Shiyan
- Prize from the Book Arsenal - a promo video on information resources - the novel "Dotsya" Tamary Horikhy Zerni.
Read more about the closing ceremony of the 11th Odessa IFF here.
