Documentary ‘Landscapes Of Resistance’ and black comedy ‘Friends And Strangers’ also pick up awards.
Natalia Garayalde’s Argentinian documentary Splinters was awarded the Grand Prize at South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival last night (May 5).
The feature, which played in the international competition, centres on a home video of a 1995 munitions factory explosion that was shot by Garayalde when she was 12 years old. Jeonju’s top award includes a prize of $17,800 (KW20m).
The festival is hosting its second pandemic edition as a hybrid event, running from April 29 to May 8 in its traditional Jeonju Film Street area as well...
Natalia Garayalde’s Argentinian documentary Splinters was awarded the Grand Prize at South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival last night (May 5).
The feature, which played in the international competition, centres on a home video of a 1995 munitions factory explosion that was shot by Garayalde when she was 12 years old. Jeonju’s top award includes a prize of $17,800 (KW20m).
The festival is hosting its second pandemic edition as a hybrid event, running from April 29 to May 8 in its traditional Jeonju Film Street area as well...
- 5/6/2021
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Documentaries and pictures made by female filmmakers dominated the prize ranks of South Korea’s Jeonju International Film Festival. Some, including “Splinters” which won the festival’s Grand Prize, were qualified on both counts.
“Splinters” aka “Esquirlas,” is an Argentinian-made documentary about the military-industrial complex, which premiered last year at the Mar Del Plata festival. It emerged as an expansion of a home video shot by director Natalia Garayalde, who recorded the explosion of an arms factory in 1995, when she was 12 years old.
Another documentary, Marta Popivoda’s “Landscapes of Resistance,” took the best picture award in the festival’s international competition.
A third film, “Friends and Strangers,” took the special jury prize. Directed by James Vaughan, the black comedy is pitched as a depiction of current day Australia from the viewpoint of Millennials.
The festival kicked off on April 29, 2021 and runs until Saturday (May 9) when it will close with...
“Splinters” aka “Esquirlas,” is an Argentinian-made documentary about the military-industrial complex, which premiered last year at the Mar Del Plata festival. It emerged as an expansion of a home video shot by director Natalia Garayalde, who recorded the explosion of an arms factory in 1995, when she was 12 years old.
Another documentary, Marta Popivoda’s “Landscapes of Resistance,” took the best picture award in the festival’s international competition.
A third film, “Friends and Strangers,” took the special jury prize. Directed by James Vaughan, the black comedy is pitched as a depiction of current day Australia from the viewpoint of Millennials.
The festival kicked off on April 29, 2021 and runs until Saturday (May 9) when it will close with...
- 5/6/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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