Fresh Film Fest 2005
The 2005' edition of the Fresh Film Fest took place in Karlovy Vary from August 25 through August 28, 2005. Four films, "Girni: The Grinding Machine" by Indian director Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni, "For a Miracle" by Polish director Jarek Sztandera, "Torchbearer" by Czech author Václav Švankmajer and "Brong sýn" by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson and Thorgnyr Thorodssen from Iceland, have been selected as winners of this annual of the event.
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and Vít Karas
The Official Selection In Competition programme consisted of four subsections sorted by film genres: fiction film, documentary, animation, new audiovisual forms. Films selected for the non-competitive programme have been sorted by their original region of origin; apart from student films Fresh Film Fest continued in the tradition of presenting first feature films. "I Heart Huckabees" by David O. Russell starring Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman and Jason Schwartzman has opened the festival in a premiere Czech screening. Inspired by the idea of the author of the festival jingle, Jakub Kohák, the Programme Board decided to screen the Czech classic "Vrchní, prchni" as a this year's Special Event.
FRESH FILM FEST 2005 AWARDS:
BEST FILM AWARD - FICTION
Girni - The Grinding Machine / Girni
India, 2004, 22 min.
dir.: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
BEST FILM AWARD - DOCUMENTARY
For a Miracle / Po cud
Poland, 2004, 18 min.
dir.: Jerek Sztandera
BEST FILM AWARD - ANIMATION
Torchbearer
Czech Rep., 2005, 25 min
dir.:Václav Švankmajer
BEST FILM AWARD - NEW FORMS
Hidebound / Brong Sýn
Iceland, 2005, 20 min.
dir.: Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson, Thorgnyr Thorodssen
BEST FILM OF THE CZECHOSLOVAK COMPETITION
Small World
Czech Rep., 2004,19 min.
dir.:Vít Karas
AUDIENCE AWARD
Alright Love
Germany, 2004, 14 min.
dir.: Samuli Valkama
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Alright Love
Germany, 2004, 14 min.
dir.: Samuli Valkama
Loop
Slovakia, 2004, 26 min.
dir.: Milan Balog
Five o'Clock Shadow
Great Britain, 2004, 8 min
dir.: Malcolm Lamont
Skirter
Czech Rep., 2005, 3 min.
dir.:Miloš Tomič
Torchbearer
Czech Rep., 2005, 25 min.
dir.: Václav Švankmajer
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