PANIHIDA wins Co-Production Prize 2010
2010-04-29 11:18
Our project "Panihida", a German-Moldovan coproduction, is is the winner in the category "short film" of the Co-Production Prize
2010 by the Robert Bosch Foundation.
"Stuttgart/Wiesbaden, April 27, 2010 – The prizes for international film co-productions by budding new filmmakers from Germany and Eastern Europe go to three promising film projects in the categories short film, animated film, and documentary. The Robert Bosch Stiftung is presenting the prizes, which have a total value of up to 210,000 euros, tonight at goEast - the festival in Wiesbaden for films from Central and Eastern Europe. The jury of experts initially selected fifteen nominees from a pool of 78 applicants, and subsequently selected the three award winners.
The winner in the short film category is the Moldavian and German co-production “Panihida” from director Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu and producer Jonas Weydemann. The team won over the jury with its outstanding presentation of the story of a cumbersome and visibly absurd funeral procession through a Moldavian village. In “Panihida,” the director, who worked with amateur actors on the film, deals with the promising interplay between mourning and happiness...."
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More about the Robert Bosch Co-Production Prize... (incl.video of award ceremony)
"Stuttgart/Wiesbaden, April 27, 2010 – The prizes for international film co-productions by budding new filmmakers from Germany and Eastern Europe go to three promising film projects in the categories short film, animated film, and documentary. The Robert Bosch Stiftung is presenting the prizes, which have a total value of up to 210,000 euros, tonight at goEast - the festival in Wiesbaden for films from Central and Eastern Europe. The jury of experts initially selected fifteen nominees from a pool of 78 applicants, and subsequently selected the three award winners.
The winner in the short film category is the Moldavian and German co-production “Panihida” from director Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu and producer Jonas Weydemann. The team won over the jury with its outstanding presentation of the story of a cumbersome and visibly absurd funeral procession through a Moldavian village. In “Panihida,” the director, who worked with amateur actors on the film, deals with the promising interplay between mourning and happiness...."
More about the film...
More about the Robert Bosch Co-Production Prize... (incl.video of award ceremony)