LEVIATHAN

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s LEVIATHAN, which tells the tragic tale of conflict between an individual and a corrupt system in a small Russian town, is the winner of the Best Film Award at the 58th BFI London Film Festival.  The jury also commended Celine Sciamma’s GIRLHOOD about a young woman’s search for identity in the underprivileged suburbs of Paris.

The long-standing Sutherland Award went to the director of the most original and imaginative first feature in the Festival and this year’s winner was the Ukrainian drama THE TRIBE, set in a school for young, deaf people and acted entirely in sign language.

The jury also commended Naja Abu Nowar’s THEEB about orphaned brothers on a treacherous journey across the desert in the far reaches of the Ottoman Empire on the eve of the Arab revolt.

 The Grierson Award for the best documentary recognizes outstanding feature-length documentaries of integrity, originality, technical excellence or cultural significance went to SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT directed by Ossama Mohammed & Wiam Simav Bedirxan.

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION WINNER – THE GRIERSON AWARD: SILVERED WATER, SYRIA SELF-PORTRAIT –
Ossama Mohammed & Wiam Simav Bedirxan

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