The winners come from its established Works In Progress, Works in Development – Feature Launch, and First Cut+ strands, as well as its new Works in Development – Intensive Queer programme, and the second edition of KVIFF Talents. Winners included Turkish feature directed by Rezan Yesilbas, which took the Works in Progress Visual Post Production Award. The film centres on a Turkish football club that decided to reclaim its Kurdish identity.
The judges called it “an important and enthralling look at the intersection of sports and politics in modern day Turkey.” The Works in Progress Sound Post-production Award was won by Martina Buchelová’s Slovak-Czech co-production love story The judges described it as a “fresh and honest depiction of young love.” The film was also one of the winners of the Marché du Film Producers Network Award.
New for this year was the Eurimages Co-production Award for Works in Development with €20,000 prize money. It was won by Czech project directed and written by Rozálie Kohoutová and produced by Martina Knoblochová and Martin Hůlovec. Knoblochová also won the Rotterdam Lab Award.
The jury said the film “challenges conventional ideas about parenthood with humour and heart and motivates us to rethink societal norms.” A total of 39 film and series projects were screened, competing for awards with a total value of €110,000. Hugo Rosák, the head of the KVIFF Film Industry Office, said: “This year has once again brough.