Indian cinema triumphs on the twenty third Transylvania Worldwide Movie Competition, which passed off June 14-24 within the Romanian metropolis of Cluj-Napoca.
First-time director Shuchi Talati gained the Transylvania Trophy, the highest prize of the Worldwide competitors, together with its $11,7000 (10,000 euro) bursary for her function Ladies Will Be Ladies, a mother-daughter drama that premiered at Sundance earlier this yr. The drama follows a younger, academically gifted teenager at a strict boarding faculty within the Himalayas who will get caught up in an emotional love triangle along with her mom, as they each compete for the love of the identical boy.
“The story of this movie may be very rooted in India, however I at all times hoped that individuals exterior this very particular house and time the place the story takes place would resonate with it,” stated Talati in a video introduced on the Gala ceremony on the Cluj-Napoca’s historic Nationwide Theater on Saturday night. “I really feel like this award says that.”
The Particular Jury Award, with its $1,600 (1,500 euro) prize went to Vinothraj Palani’s The Adamant Woman, a feminist social drama specializing in gendered expectations in rural India. The Tamil filmmaker gained the identical award on the 2021 Transilvania Worldwide Movie Competition for his debut movie Pebbles. The Adamant Woman premiered in Berlin.
The very best director honor, which comes with a $3,750 (3,500 euro) money bursary, went to Colombian filmmaker Sebastián Quebrada for his emotional drama The Different Son concerning the technique of mourning the loss of life of a youngster by his household and shut associates.
Iranian actor Hassan Pourshirazi gained the most effective efficiency award for his function in The Outdated Bachelor whereas the Dutch-Belgian manufacturing Summer season Brother picked up three awards: A particular point out for younger actors Jarne Heylen and Joël in ‘t Veld, the viewers award voted on by the pageant public, and the Ecumenical jury award.
Alice On/Off, a Romanian documentary filmed over 10 years by director Isabela Von Tent picked up three prizes: the Romanian days award for greatest debut, a particular point out of the jury of the documentary competitors sidebar part “What’s Up, Doc?” and the worldwide movie critics’ FIPRESCI award.
Beneath is the complete listing of winners of the 2024 Transylvanian Movie Competition.
Transylvania Trophy
Ladies Will Be Ladies, Shuchi Talati
Greatest Director Award
Sebastián Quebrada, The Different Son
Particular Jury Award
The Adamant Woman, Vinothraj Palani
Greatest Efficiency Award
Hassan Pourshirazi, The Outdated Bachelor
Particular Point out of the Jury
Jarne Heylen and Joël in ‘t Veld, Summer season Brother
Viewers Award
Summer season Brother, Joren Molter
Romanian Days Award for Function Movie
Dismissed, Horia Cucută, George ve Ganæaard
Particular Point out of the Jury for Romanian Days Function Movie
Household Weekend, Mihnea Toma
Romanian Days Award for Debut
Alice On & Off, Isabela Tent
Romanian Days Award for Brief Movie
Reality or Dare, Simona Borcea
“What’s Up, Doc?” Award
Kix, Dávid Mikulán, Bálint Révész
Particular Point out of the Jury “What’s Up, Doc?”
Alice On & Off, Isabela Tent
La Reine, Nikola Klinger
Most Fashionable Romanian Movie within the Competition
Moromeții 3, Stere Gulea
Ecumenical Jury Award
Summer season Brother, Joren Molter
Particular Point out of the Ecumenical Jury
The place Elephants Go, Cătălin Rotaru, Gabi Virginia Șarga