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Odessa International Film Festival
By Martin Blaney2013-07-22T12:22:00+01:00
Alexander Velidinsky and co-screenwriter/producer Valery Todorovsky with the Grand Prix and Best Film Golden Duke for the tragicomedy The Geographer Who Drank His Globe Away
Emir Kusturica gave a concert with his No Smoking Orchestra on the famous Potemkin Steps and also was the subject of a packed master class
International Jury headed by producer Alexander Rodnyansky
Jos Stelling held a master class and presented The Girl And Death
The lead actresses from In Bloom, Lika Babluani and Mariam Bokeria, won their first award in Odessa
The production partners of director Maryna Vroda's (middle) new project Stepne which won the Best Pitch Award
The jury headed by Mark Cousins awarded the Golden Duke for Best Short Film to Maxim Ksjonda for his The Way
Michael Winterbottom was in town for a special homage
Co-directors Olena Fetisova and Serge Avdekian received the Golden Duke for Best Ukrainian Feature Film for Paradjanov
Indian director Ritesh Batra sent a video message of thanks for being named Best Director
Veteran producer Roger Corman shared the secret of his success in a master class
The FIPRESCI jury named Ruslan Batytsky's Ukrainian Lessons Best Short for ¨its terrible beauty and power of the cinema".
Festival president Viktoria Tigipko in one of the four evening gowns provided by designer kamenskakononova
A Special Mention went to to director Yaroslav Lodygin and producer Dan Khomutovskiy for pitching their project, the ¨ Eastern¨ Voroshylovgrad, based on Serhiy Zhadan's novel.
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