OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival announces the winners of the Ukrainian part of the 5th edition
The Ukrainian part of the fifth edition of the OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival has come to an end.
The jury had a difficult task - not just to watch the 41 films of the International Short Competition Program OKO GLOBAL, but to evaluate them critically, professionally, and with a balanced mind. They did it. Our team would like to thank Hristo Anastassov, Jeanne Maksymenko-Dovhych, Peter Todorov, and Filipa Andreia Cardoso.
After a ZOOM-meeting that lasted more than 3 hours, disputes and discussions (let's be honest: this has never happened in the history of OKO), the jury finally decided.
The main award of the section - OKO Jury Grand Prize - goes to the film:
Mariupol. A Hundred Nights / Маріуполь. Сто ночей, dir. Sofiia Melnyk | 2023, Ukraine, Germany – Animated.
The jury honored the following films with special mentions :
For cinematic dialog between genres:
Nothing Special, dir. Efrat Berger | 2024, France, Israel – Animated.
For the bold novelty of the concept, which combines creativity and tradition in an exceptional way:
Light of Light / Fos ek fotos, dir. Neritan Zinxhiria | 2023, Greece – Non-Fiction.
In addition, in each category of the International Short Film Competition Program OKO GLOBAL, the jury also selected films that get special prizes:
Special Jury Prize for the Best Non-Fiction Short Film
Sisters of Wind / Hermanas del Viento, dir. Julia Carrizo Solanas | 2024, Argentina – Non-Fiction.
Special Jury Prize for the Best Animated Short Film
Our Uniform, dir. Yegane Moghaddam | 2023, IRI – Animated.
Special Jury Prize for the Best Fiction Short Film
Aqueronte, dir. Manuel Muñoz Rivas | 2023, Spain – Fiction.
As OKO is an ethnographic film festival, the jury evaluated the films from the point of view of ethnography and awarded a special prize to the film:
The Special Jury Prize for Best Ethnographic Representation Short Film
Further and Further Away / Chhngai dach alai, dir. Polen Ly | 2022, Cambodia – Fiction.
The audience voting lasted all week. Festival visitors chose their favorite among the films of all 4 competition programs.
According to the estimates, the Audience Award of the Ukrainian Editions went to the film:
A Poem for Little People, dir. Ivan Sautkin, Ukraine / 2023, Lithuania – Non-Fiction.
As a partner and co-organizer, the Bolhrad City Council also made its choice for the films of the NASHE OKO competition program.
The Bolhrad City Council Audience Award for the favorite film in the NASHE OKO competition program:
Ballad of Ferris the Self-appointed Knight and Smokie the Fire Breathing Dragon, 2024, dir. Penko Gelev, Bulgaria, animated.
The Winner of the OKO GLOBAL International Short Film Competition Program received a cash prize of 600 Euros. The Audience Award winners received a cash prize of 150 Euros.
In addition, all winners received diplomas and a festival award in the form of a "tsehlynka" with the slogans of the 5th edition of OKO “Fight - you will win!” and “For Truth and Freedom”, handmade from clay by Uliana Dzhyhryniuk, whose husband and son are also potters, but are currently fighting for Ukraine's victory at the front.
Congratulations to the winners and diploma holders.
We wish you inspiration for new works, health and peace!
Let's fight and win!
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