Karlovy Vary Film Festival wraps with Grand Prix for Bulgarian drama Father, while best director goes to Tim Mielants for Patrick, a tragicomedy set in a nudist colony
Best director went to Belgium's Tim Mielants for 'Patrick' - a tragicomedy set in a nudist colony.directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, took the Crystal Globe for Grand Prix at the closing Saturday of the 54th edition of theAn intimate family drama about a grieving father who has lost his wife of many years, the Bulgarian-Greek co-production contained elements of dark farce.
and for Antonia Giesen for her role in Chile/Argentine dramaby Russian director Boris Akopov, won Grand Prix. Set in the turbulent 1990s in Russia, the project also took best film last month at the Russian national film awards Kinotavr in Sochi. There was also a special jury prize for Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich's sound-man dramaThe best documentary film Grand Prix went to Ksenia Okhapkina for her Estonian-Latvian producer filma lyrical 60 minute look at life in a small town in Russia.
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