Let There Be Light incoronato miglior film ai Sun in a Net Awards
- La decima edizione dei premi cinematografici nazionali slovacchi ha puntato i riflettori sull'industria cinematografica nazionale, mentre il film di Marko Škop si è aggiudicato cinque trofei
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Marko Škop’s sophomore fiction feature, Let There Be Light [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marko Škop
intervista: Milan Ondrík
scheda film], has come out on top at the tenth-anniversary edition of the Slovak national film awards, Sun in a Net. The social family drama, which travelled the festival circuit very widely and was picked as Slovakia’s submission for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards (see the news), also netted the accolades for Best Director and Best Screenplay, while Zuzana Konečná and Milan Ondrík received the gongs for Best Lead Actress and Actor.
While Škop’s film took home five awards, it was Jonáš Karásek’s political thriller Amnesty [+leggi anche:
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Tomáš Krupa’s empathetic look at the taboo topic of voluntary euthanasia, The Good Death [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tomáš Krupa
scheda film], was named Best Documentary of 2019, while Martin Smatana’s globe-trotting and award-festooned (Stuttgart, Annecy, São Paulo and Taiwan, to name but a few) stop-motion puppet short The Kite, produced by Peter Badač, of BFilm, won in the Best Animated Film category. Three domestic fiction features were singled out to compete for Best Film: going head to head with Škop’s drama were Amnesty and Juraj Šlauka’s directorial debut, the lo-fi dramedy Punk Never Ends! [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Juraj Šlauka
scheda film]. The latter left the ceremony with one trophy under its belt, for Best Music, which went to David Kollar. The Czech-Slovak fairy tale The Watchmaker’s Apprentice, directed by Jitka Rudolfová, won for Best Make-up and Best Costume Design.
In addition to the Slovak Film and Television Academy, the public also got to pick their favourite film for the Audience Award. After the bittersweet rom-com Loli Paradicka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marka Staviarska
scheda film], directed by father-and-son team Víťo and Richard Staviarsky, won the Audience Award at the Art Film Fest Košice (see the news), climbed to the second position at the local box office (see the news) and became the most-watched content on the second channel of the public broadcaster, the film came full circle last night, netting the Audience Award at the Sun in a Net ceremony.
Here is the full list of winners at the tenth edition of the Sun in a Net Awards:
Best Film
Let There Be Light [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marko Škop
intervista: Milan Ondrík
scheda film] – Marko Škop (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
Best Documentary
The Good Death [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Tomáš Krupa
scheda film] - Tomáš Krupa (Slovakia/Czech Republic/Austria/France)
Best Animated Film
The Kite – Martin Smatana (Slovakia/Czech Republic/Poland)
Best Director
Marko Škop – Let There Be Light
Best Screenplay
Marko Škop – Let There Be Light
Best Cinematography
Tomáš Juríček – Amnesty [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
Best Editing
Matej Beneš – Amnesty
Best Sound
Viktor Krivosudský - Amnesty
Best Stage Design
Tomáš Berka, Karol Filo, Václav Vohlídal – Amnesty
Best Costumes
Marek Cpin – The Watchmaker’s Apprentice
Best Make-up
Helena Steidlová – The Watchmaker's Apprentice
Best Lead Actress
Zuzana Konečná – Let There Be Light
Best Supporting Actress
Anna Geislerová - Amnesty
Best Lead Actor
Milan Ondrík – Let There Be Light
Best Supporting Actor
Gregor Hološka - Amnesty
Award for Exceptional Contribution to Slovakian Cinema
Milan Lasica
Audience Award
Loli Paradicka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Marka Staviarska
scheda film] – Richard Staviarky, Víťo Staviarsky (Slovakia)
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