At the 42nd International Film Festival Molodist Kyiv from 20-28 October 2012 the Ecumenical Jury of SIGNIS and INTERFILM has awarded its Prize in the competition for full-length feature films to the film
Hemel by Sacha Polak, Netherlands/Spain 2012
The film masterfully portrays the prolific deterioration of moral values in the Western society. Its main character, a young woman named Heaven has to master the coming of age. With an outstanding picture and light, and in a provocative manner, Hemel shows the confusion between sex and love. Heaven is entangled in numerous affairs, looking for the true love and affection her parents could not give her. The film clearly affirms that there is hope, no matter how disoriented or lost one may feel.
In the competition for first professional short films, the jury has awarded its Prize to
Oh Willy ... by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels, Belgium/France/Netherlands 2012
In this short animated film, the main character is confronted with the death of his mother. In a deep yet playful way, his sorrows and nightmares lead him to a soothing vision of afterlife. The general softness of the fabric used for making puppets reflects the frailty of life. The innovative qualities of this film serve the purpose of giving us a better understanding of life with the means of the Art of animation.
Members of the Jury: Gatis Lidums, Riga (Latvia) Magali Van Reeth, Lyon (France) Oksana Sokolyanska, Kyiv (Ukraine)
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