"Neon Bull" gets Warsaw Film Festival Grand PrixOctober 21, 2015 - 04:52 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Boi Neon (Neon Bull), directed by Gabriel Mascaro and co-produced by Brazil, Uruguay and the Netherlands, was awarded the Grand Prix at the 31st Warsaw International Film Festival, which drew to a close in the Polish capital this past weekend, The Hollywood Reporter said. The jury said that the film was awarded for "its genuine and unforgettable imagery and its universal idea, and for shifting the boundaries of gender stereotypes and opening the deep archetypes that live among all of us." Mexico's Rodrigo Pla collected the best director award for Un monstruo de mil cabezas (A Monster with a Thousand Heads), in which he "uses sound design and precise visual language to deliver the story and to serve the message," according to the jury. The film's actress Jana Raluy collected the jury special award. Runar Runarsson's Sparrows, co-produced by Iceland, Denmark and Croatia, was announced the winner of the Competition 1-2, in which directors' first and second features competed. A Flickering Truth by New Zealand's Pietra Brettkelly was awarded as the best documentary and Klara Kochanska's Lokatorki (The Tenants) picked up the Short Grand Prix. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. |