BIEFF 2019 Main Award (offered by the Romanian Cultural Institute) – 3,000€
DEPLOYMENTS (Netherlands, 2018, 17')
by STÉPHANIE LAGARDE
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BIEFF Jury statement:
For a film that took us by surprise and kept the confusing powers of experimental cinema alive long after the credits rolled
For a director who masterfully analyzes the structures of power and control
For a film that reveals the poetic aspects in the most technical practices, while also bringing forward their political implications
The Grand Prize of the 2019 Edition of the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival goes to Stephanie Lagarde for DEPLOYMENTS
For a director who masterfully analyzes the structures of power and control
For a film that reveals the poetic aspects in the most technical practices, while also bringing forward their political implications
The Grand Prize of the 2019 Edition of the Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival goes to Stephanie Lagarde for DEPLOYMENTS
Award for Best Filmmaker (offered by Cinelab România) – 2,500€, in post-production services
VARUN SASINDRANfor OMARSKA (France, 2018, 19')
BIEFF Jury statement:
Films dealing with the past also have a lot to say about our contemporary reality.
Following this strong premise the director managed to reconstruct memories of an unresolved past. With a deep interest in the process of research, a clever use of modern technology and a courageous approach, this film puts the unimaginable on display.
The award for Best Directing goes to Varun Sasindran for OMARSKA
Award for Best Visual Concept (offered by Cinelab România) – 1,500€, in post-production services
EDUARDO WILLIAMS, MARIANO BLATT
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BIEFF Jury statement:
For its outstanding cinematic concept, we honour a film that literally touched all our senses;
it reached out and sucked us in this raw, hypnotic experience. Longing and belonging in 360 degrees.
The award for Best Cinematic Concept goes to PARSI by Eduardo Williams and Mariano Blatt
Special Mention of the Jury
THE GLORIOUS ACCEPTANCE OF NICOLAS CHAUVIN (France, 2018, 26')by BENJAMIN CROTTY
Statement-ul juriului BIEFF:
We would like to give two special mentions to two special characters who drive their films and at the same time stretch the boundaries of experimental cinema in opposite directions.
Played by compelling performers in two great films, these strong fictional characters bring into question their own existence and with it the history and indentity of the cities and countries around them.
the honorable mentions go to
DORIS BIZETIC in CONFLUENCE by Benjamin Ramirez Perez and Stefan Ramirez Perez
NICOLAS CHAUVIN in The Glourious Acceptance of Nicolas Chauvin by Benjamin Crotty
Audience Award
As always we were very interested to know how our audience receives our selection.SNOW WHITE (Germany, 2017, 20')
by THADEUSZ TISCHBEIN
