13-12-2020
#LubinaLove in a cube: Ivan I. Tverdovskiy wins the main prize at the FilmFestival Cottbus for the third time
Ivan I. Tverdovskiy wins the main prize for the best film in the Feature Film Competition of the 30th FilmFestival Cottbus. This is the third time the Russian director has been awarded the 25,000 EUR prize at the FFC, following CORRECTIONS CLASS (2014) and ZOOLOGY (2016). The Special Award for Best Director goes to Piotr Domalewski for I NEVER CRY. Acting debuts Marijana Novakov, Tijana Marković and Valentino Zenuni from Ivan Ikić s OASIS are honoured with the prize for an outstanding individual performance.
18 Kilohertz by
Farkhat Sharipov. “Not only did it impact us while watching it, but it also stayed in our minds and hearts as we began to live again – after the movie had taken our breath away,” they noted.
“We are noticing a new, special kind of appreciation for Eastern European cinema and the format we have implemented to present it online in the given situation,” said programme director
Bernd Buder. “We are delighted that we will continue to stream the film programme, as well as numerous discussion formats about the films, nationwide until 31 December, which allows us to celebrate our 30th birthday with the longest festival edition ever – running for a whole 24 days.” Many happy returns.
Russian filmmaker Ivan I. Tverdovsky’s
Conference won the main prize for best film at Germany’s FilmFestival Cottbus on Sunday December 13.
It is the story that incorporates the tragedy of the Dubrovka Theatre attack in Moscow in 2002 with the fate of one woman and her family. The film, which is handled internationally by Reason8 Films, had been pitched at project stage at the East-West co-production market connecting cottbus during the FilmFestival Cottbus in 2019. It made its world premiere earlier this year at Venice’s Giornate degli Autori.
It is the third time Tverdovksy has won the top award at Cottbus following