“King of the Belgians” wins Odessa Int’l Film Fest Grand PrixJuly 24, 2017 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - King of the Belgians, directed by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, was awarded the Grand Prix of Odessa International Film Festival at the closing ceremony held in the Ukrainian port city July 22, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. Spanish director Carla Simon's Summer 1993 collected the international competition's best film award. Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross picked up the best director award for the Georgia/Germany/France co-production My Happy Family. The movie's stars Ia Shugliashvili and Tsisia Qumsashvili also collected the best performance award. Free and Easy by Chinese director Jun Geng received the jury's special mention. The Leading Role by Ukraine's Sergey Bukovsky was awarded the best European documentary prize. Dixie Land, directed by Roman Bondarchuk, was awarded the best film in the national competition prize. FIPRESCI awards went to Black Level by Valentin Vasyanovich and Lilac by Yekaterina Gornostai. French actress Isabelle Huppert and Poland-born Oscar-nominated director Agnieszka Holland collected lifetime achievement Golden Duke awards. Odessa IFF, Ukraine's main international film event, was held for the eighth time this year. 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 | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Armenian, Azerbaijani heads of parliament meet in Switzerland President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. |