3rd Student Film Festival, Young Cinema Art 2008 Jury Verdict
In 2008, for the second time the Young Cinema Art, Student Film Festival Jury was divided into two sections comprising the Professional Jury and the Student Jury. Below, the results of their deliberations.
It was with great satisfaction that the jury admitted that the artistic level of the films presented at the festival was very high. Nevertheless, to avoid unproductive, optimistic extolling of the works in question, the jury kindly requested the young cinema art students to use scissors without hesitation, while editing their future films.
Having seen and judged 59 films from 19 countries from all over the world, the jury of the 3rd World Student Film Festival/ Young Cinema Art, comprising Magdalena Łazarkiewicz, Paweł Łęski and Alexander Trifonov, decided to give 7 joint awards:
·„Beyond the horizon”, dir. Kuba Czekaj (Poland, Wydział Radia i Telewizji, Uniwersytet Śląski, Katowice)- for an outstanding maturity in the way he employs the cinema language.
·„Suddenly Forever”, dir. Zbigniew Bzymek (Poland, Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera, Łódź)- for the main character’s credibility and and the way his world is drawn.
· „Broken Line”, dir. Chavdar Chernev (Bulgaria, National Academy of Theatre & Film Arts „Krustyo Sarafov”)- for the original aesthetics and the existential message of the film.
· “Don`t love me later”, dir. Andradina Azevedo, Dida Andrade (Brazil, Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado)- for her courage and her uncompromising nature.
· „The Sac”, dir. Arthur Videnmeer (Russia, Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography)- for the straightforwardness with which he speaks about the most essential issues.
· „Unseen”, dir. Masa Nasković (Serbia, Faculty of Dramatic Arts)- for having shown us the impossible
· „Pal/Secam”, dir. Dmitry Povoltotsky (Russia/ USA, Columbia University)- for truthfulness and his warm treatment of the characters.
The jury also awarded 4 special mentions:
·„Edina”, dir. Nenad Milovic (Poland, Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa Bogusława Lindy i Macieja Ślesickiego)
·„Between you and me”, dir. Per Hanefjord (Sweden, Dramatiska Institutet)
·„Play”, dir. Eva Cvijanovic (Canada, Concordia University)
· „The Training”, dir. Julia Kolberger (Poland, Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera, Łódź)
The Jury directs special thanks to the organizers of the festival, for their hospitality and skillful management of the event.
Magdalena Łazarkiewicz, Paweł Łęski, Alexander Trifonov
Having seen and judged 59 films from 19 countries from all over the Word, the Student Jury of the 3rd World Student Film Festiwal/ Young Cinema Art, comprising Michał Biliński, Katarzyna Kural and Jan Wojtyński decided to give the following awards:
1. Best documentary: „Unseen”, dir. Masa Nasković (Serbia, Faculty of Dramatic Arts)
2. Best animation: „Our wonderful nature”, dir. Tomer Eshed (Germany, Academy for Film and Television „Kondrad Wolf”)
3. Best fiction, joint winners:
„Between you and me”, dir. Per Hanefjord (Sweden, Dramatiska Institutet)
„Paseo”, dir. Arturo Ruiz Serrano (Spain, Escuela de Cinematografia y del Audiovisual de La Communidad de Madrid)
„What nobody knows”, dir. Maciej Prykowski (Poland, Warsaw Film School)
Michał Biliński, Katarzyna Kural, Jan Wojtyński
2nd Student Film Festival, Young Cinema Art 2007 Jury Verdict
This year for the first time two parallel juries debated. The Professional jury comprised Grażyna Gradoń, Paweł Łęski, Marek Widawski, whereas the Student jury consisted of Barbara Mazurek from the Academy of Film and Television (Akademia Filmu i Telewizji), as well as Magda Szydłowska and Maciej Prykowski from the Warsaw Film School (Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa) and Anna Prokurat from the Federation of Independent Filmmakers (Federacja Niezależnych Twórców Filmowych).
Having seen 76 films from film schools from the USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Israel and Poland the Professional jury unanimously decided to award 8 joint prizes:
1.The measure of things / Miara rzeczy
directed by Sven Bohse (Germany)
2. A Few Simple Words / Kilka Prostych Słów
directed by Anna Kazejak (Poland)
3.The secret of the blood/ Sekret krwi
directed by María Victoria Andino (Argentina)
4.Upstairs directed by WONG Yan-chun (China)
5.Abel´s black dog/ Czarny pies Abela
directed by Mariana Cengel-Solcanska (Slovakia)
6.Sona and her family/ O Soni i jej rodzinie
directed by Daniela Rusnokova (Slovakia)
7.Before you hit the ground/ Zanim uderzysz w ziemię
directed by Magnus Holmgren (Sweden)
8.Almost 6 feet too deep/ Prawie sześć stóp za głęboko
directed by Matevz Luzar (Slovenia)
While awarding the films, the Jury adopted two criteria: technical competence and originality of both the idea and the leading theme, as well as their skillful expression in the language of cinema. In the Jury’s opinion, the awarded films not only had to manifest certain technical competence, but were also supposed to mirror their authors’ personality.
The student jury awarded the following pictures:
1. Beans/ Pasulj /Fasolka
directed by Ivan Bukvic
Fakulted Dramskih Umetnosti, Serbia
2. In the hole / U rupi / W dziurze
directed by Marko Santic
Academy for theatre, radio, film and TV in Ljubljana
Slovenia
3 A little tiger/ En liten tiger/ Mały tygrys
directed by Anna Carin Andersson
Dramatiska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden
4. After all/ Apres tout/ Po wszystkim
directed by Alexis Fortier Gauthier
Institut national de l'image et du son, Canada
5. Attention al Cliente
directed by Marcos & David Valin & Alonso
Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spain
Special mention for the original concept
6. Fangover / Mord ou vif directed by Pierre-Antoine Fournier
Institut national de l'image et du son, Canada
1st Student Film Festival, Young Cinema Art 2006 Jury Verdict
Having seen 74 films from Film Schools from Australia, The Republic of South Africa, Brazil, China, India, Sweden, Slovakia, Spain, Bulgaria, Georgia and Poland, the Jury consisting of Piotr Łazarkiewicz, Paweł Łęski, Tadeusz Sobolewski decided to award the following prizes:
-Special Prize of 1000 Euros funded by The Capital City of Warsaw
Ślub, directed by Krzysztof Rzączyński, PWSFiTV, Poland
-8 Main Prizes - The Golden Frame statuettes
My place / Moje miejsce directed by Leszek Dawid, PWSFiTV, Poland
The microphone test / Próba mikrofonu directed by Tomek Jurkiewicz, WRiTV, Poland
Nuts and bolts / Przyziemne sprawy directed by Krein Andreas, Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Impostor directed by Jaari Hisha, Dramatiska Institutet University Collage of Film Radio Television and Theatre, Sweden
The ecstatic / Zachwycony directed by Passion Till, HFF-Konrad Wolf, Germany
Strike Back / Odwet directed by Mattson Eiffel, Dramatiska Dramatiska Institutet University Collage of Film Radio Television and Theatre, Sweden
The Corridor / Korytarz directed by Anna Jadowska, PWSFiTV, Poland
And one step back / Krok do tyłu directed by Mark Robinson, Victorian College of the Art. School of Film and Television and Theatre, Australia
-Special Mentions - gifts funded by the Polish Film Institute
Jam Session directed by Izabella Plucińska, HFF-Konrad Wolf, Germany
King Conrad / Król Konrad directed by Wilkstrom Fredrik, Dramatiska Dramatiska Institutet University Collage of Film Radio Television and Theatre, Sweden
Wadharamam directed by KM Kamal, Film and Television Institute of India, India
Upfield / Poza polem gry directed by Cooper Callum, Australia
Swimming to the boy / Dopłynąć do boi directed by Dean Tim, Victorian College of the Art. School of Film and Television and Theatre, Australia
Shadow in the wood / Cień w drzewach directed by Luhson, Victorian College of the Art. School of Film and Television and Theatre, Australia
Wild Duck Season / Sezon na kaczki directed by Julia Ruszkiewicz, WRiTV, Poland
Subway Score / Gra w metrze directed by Isert Alexander, HFF-Konrad Wolf, Germany
Tracks, directed by Brett Melvill-Smith, The Republic of South Africa
According to plan / Wszystko według planu directed by Tadeusz Śliwa, WRiTV, Poland
-Two joint Prizes for the Best Cinematography – professional films funded by Fuji Film
My place / Moje miejsce, cinematography: Jakub Kijowski, directed by Leszek Dawid, PWSFiTV, Poland
According to plan / Wszystko według planu, cinematographer: Aleksander Duraj, directed by Tadeusz Śliwa, WRiTV, Poland
