Indian cinema triumphs on the twenty third Transylvania Worldwide Movie Competition, which happened 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) bursary for her function Women Will Be Women, a mother-daughter drama that premiered at Sundance earlier this 12 months. 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 could be very rooted in India, however I all the time hoped that folks outdoors this very particular house and time the place the story takes place would resonate with it,” mentioned Shuchi 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) prize went to Vinothraj Palani’s The Adamant Lady, 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 Lady premiered in Berlin.
One of the best director honor, which comes with a $3,750 (€3,500) money bursary, went to Colombian filmmaker Sebastián Quebrada for his emotional drama The Different Son concerning the strategy 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 position in The Previous Bachelor whereas the Dutch-Belgian manufacturing Summer time 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 ten 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 total listing of winners of the 2024 Transylvanian Movie Competition.
Transylvania Trophy
Women Will Be Women, Shuchi Talati
Greatest Director Award
Sebastián Quebrada, The Different Son
Particular Jury Award
The Adamant Lady, Vinothraj Palani
Greatest Efficiency Award
Hassan Pourshirazi, The Previous Bachelor
Particular Point out of the Jury
Jarne Heylen and Joël in ‘t Veld, Summer time Brother
Viewers Award
Summer time Brother, Joren Molter
Romanian Days Award for Characteristic Movie
Dismissed, Horia Cucută, George ve Ganæaard
Particular Point out of the Jury for Romanian Days Characteristic 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 Common Romanian Movie within the Competition
Moromeții 3, Stere Gulea
Ecumenical Jury Award
Summer time Brother, Joren Molter
Particular Point out of the Ecumenical Jury
The place Elephants Go, Cătălin Rotaru, Gabi Virginia Șarga