Of the 25 films selected in the competition sections, the Jury decided to grand this year's
Docuart Grand Prize to the production
Imagini din vis/Dream Images (directed by Sorin Luca), the story of a character as big as life.
As every year, the jury of the competition had a new formula, reuniting this time Adina Popescu, Ana Maria Sandu and
Laurențiu Damian.
“This year I was impressed by several low budget, almost no budget, films, with no strong production house to back them up and no promotion. And, however (maybe exactly because of this) they are fresh, honest, surprising,“ Adina Popescu, member of the jury, stated.
For
Best Directing, two
ex aequo awards were granted to
Doar o răsuflare/A Mere Breath (directed by
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan) and
Angela (directed by Botond Püsök), a surprising love story.
Best Cinematography went to the documentary
Ultimul căldărar/The Last Cauldron Maker (directed by Cosmin Bumbuț and Elena Stancu).
Cinema, mon amour (directed by
Alexandru Belc) - a film on the state of present-day theatres – got the
Best Editing Award.
The Student Section had three award-winners:
Sfârșitul verii / End of Summer (directed by
Alina Manolache) took home the award for
Best Directing,
Perfection Is Forever (directed by Mara Trifu), the one for
Best Cinematography, and
10:34 to Belgrade (directed by
Ioana Grigore), for
Best Editing.
Vasile Arhire got the prize for
Best TV documentary, for the production
Flotant pe strada Ibrăileanu/Temporary Resident on Ibrăileanu Street.
Furthermore, a new prize for
Best Soundtrack was sponsored by Ines Studio Best Sound and granted to the film
100 de movile/100 Risings (directed by Max T. Ciorbă), consisting in post-production services, namely sound design, to the filmmakers' next project.
Details at:
Docuart.ro
