The twenty fourth version of the Transilvania Worldwide Movie Pageant has wrapped up in Romania.
Throughout Saturday Night time’s closing gala on the Nationwide Theatre in Cluj-Napoca, British director Mahdi Fleifel’s To a Land Unknown took house the Transilvania Trophy, the competition’s 10,000-euro prime prize.
The movie is described as an intense drama about two Palestinian refugees dwelling in Athens, caught between petty scams and the hope of a greater life in Germany. Amid a local weather of despair and ethical compromise, one spirals deeper right into a cycle of manipulation and exploitation of these round him.
“It was extra about survival than storytelling. We struggled for practically ten years to make it,” mentioned Fleifel, including of the continued Israel-Palestine battle: “The issue in Palestine shouldn’t be the Palestinians, it’s the occupation—and that should finish.”
German director Noaz Deshe’s Xoftex gained the €3,500 Finest Directing Award, sponsored by the Romanian Cultural Institute. The €1,500 Particular Jury Prize went to US director Julian Castronovo’s Debut (or, Objects of the Area of Particles as At the moment Catalogued).
Listed here are all of the winners of the twenty fourth Transilvania Worldwide Movie Pageant.
Transilvania Trophy (quantity of 10,000 euros)
To a Land Unknown (dir. Mahdi Fleifel, United Kingdom)
Finest Directing Award (quantity of 3500 euros, supplied by ICR)
Noaz Deshe — Xoftex (Germany)
Particular Jury Award (quantity of 1,500 euros, supplied by ICR)
Debut, or, Objects of the Area of Particles as At the moment Catalogued (dir. Julian Castronovo, United States)
Finest Efficiency Award (quantity of 1,000 euros, supplied by Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim)
Ghjuvanna Benedetti — The Kingdom (dir. Julien Colonna, France)
‘What’s up, Doc?’ Award (quantity of two,000 Euros, supplied by Tenaris Silcotub)
Saturn (dir. Daniel Tornero, Spain)
Particular Point out of the ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ Jury
The Return of the Projectionist (dir. Orkhan Aghazadeh, France)
Particular Point out of the ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ Jury
Letters from Wolf Avenue (dir. Arjun Talwar, Poland)
Romanian Days: Finest Characteristic Movie (quantity of 1500 Euro, supplied by DACIN SARA and grip and tools providers value 10,000 Euro, supplied by CINELAB România)
The New 12 months That By no means Got here (dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, Romania)
Romanian Days Award for Finest Debut (quantity of 1,500 de euro, supplied by Banca Transilvania)
Shiny Future (dir. Andra MacMasters, Romania)
Romanian Days Award for Finest Brief Movie (quantity of 1,500 and 5,000 euro [camera & electric & grip equipment services], supplied by CutareFilm)
Assist (dir. Valentin-Rareș Fogoroș, Romania)
The Viewers Award (quantity of two,000 euros, supplied by MasterCard)
Deaf (dir. Eva Libertad García López, Spain)
Most Common Romanian Movie within the Pageant (Vodafone Hearts’ Award) (quantity of two.500 euros, supplied by Vodafone)
The New 12 months That By no means Got here (dir. Bogdan Mureșanu, Romania)
Excellency Award: Director (supplied by Nova Energy & Gasoline)
Andrei Ujica
Excellency Award: Actor
Florin Piersic
Lifetime Achievement Award: Director
Béla Tarr
Lifetime Achievement Award: Actress
Emila Dobrin
Lifetime Achievement Award: Movie Critic
Valerian Sava
Transilvania Trophy for Particular Contribution to World Cinema: Actress
Maria de Medeiros
FIPRESCI Award (supplied by the Jury of the Worldwide Federation of Movie Critics for a movie from the Romanian Movie Days part)
Merman (dir. Ana Lungu, Romania)
Youth Award (TEEN Spirit) (quantity of 1,500 euros, supplied by McDonalds)
Little Hassle Women (dir. Urška Djukić, Slovenia)
Particular Point out of the Teen Spirit Jury
The Women on the Station (dir. Juana Macías, Spain)
Ecumenical Jury Award (quantity of 1,000 euros, supplied by SIGNIS and INTERFILM, for a movie from the Pageant Competitors)
Peacock (dir. Bernhard Wenger, Germany)
Particular Point out of the Ecumenical Jury
Rains over Babel (dir. Gala del Sol, Colombia)
SIGNIS Award (quantity 500 euros, supplied by SIGNIS Romania, to a brief movie from the Romanian Days Part)
Grandpa Is Sleeping (dir. Matei Branea, Romania)
TRANSILVANIA PITCH STOP
Chainsaw Europe Award (25,000 euros in post-production providers)
Kazimir (dir. Dorian Boguță)
The TPS Growth Award (quantity of 5000 euros, supplied by Avanpost)
Horseshoe (dir. Lucia Chicoș)
Nationwide Heart of Cinematography of the Republic of Moldova Award (quantity of 1,500 euros)
Need (dir. Nuray Kayacan Sünbül, Turkey)
Connecting Cottbus cocoLAB Award – East-West Rising Producers Award (number of a producer from Romania or the Republic of Moldova to take part within the new cocoLAB 2024 program devoted to rising producers)
Grandparents’ Paradise (dir. Alex Țibu, Șerban Racovițeanu)
DRAMA ROOM
Finest Collection Mission Award (consisting of a growth cope with PRO TV)
The Accountant (screenwriter: Bogdan Drumea, Romania)
Inventive Residency at Bethlen-Haller Fortress (for a venture from the Drama Room, supplied by Jidvei)
ReGYM (screenwriters Alex Pintică, Alberto Nicolae, Romania)
LOCAL COMPETITION
Native Competitors Award (quantity of 1,000 euros, supplied by Banca Transilvania and post-production providers value 10,000 euros for the director’s subsequent movie venture, supplied by Numa Movie)
Concluzia (dir. Bîrza Vlad)
The Uncommon Award (supplied by Komiti, consisting of consultancy and manufacturing providers, together with assist throughout the pre-production part [planning, organization, call sheet] and three days of filming with a technical crew {and professional} tools])
Posibilitățile unei evadări (dir. Lehel Fazakas și Antal Bence)
Particular Point out of the Jury (scholarship supplied by the Movie Faculty, guaranteeing participation in one of many introductory programs in screenwriting or directing, relying on the winner’s place of residence on the time of claiming the prize, in addition to colour grading providers in quantity of 5,000 euros for the director’s subsequent movie venture, supplied by Numa Movie)
Apele în care ne scăldăm (dir. Răzvan Dima)
Făclia Award (diploma and sculpture made by Ovidiu Guleș)
Ole (dir. Ambrozie Pură)
OTHER AWARDS
Younger Francophone Jury Award (supplied by TV5 Monde and the French Institute, consisting of the acquisition of the movie’s distribution rights in Romanian cinemas)
Block Cross (dir. Antoine Chevrollier, France)
Alex. Leo Șerban Scholarship (quantity of two,500 euros, supplied in partnership with Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim)
Milionarul gunoaielor (dir. Radu Stroie)
Particular Point out inside the Alex. Leo Șerban Scholarship (quantity of 1,000 euros, supplied in partnership with Conceptual Lab by Theo Nissim for a younger Romanian actor who has made a notable success in a brief movie or characteristic movie premiered in 2024 or 2025)
Ștefan Mihai
