Hong Kong International Film Festival 2013 Awards to Bloom, The Patience Stone capture

 

Bloom, Stone capture Hong Kong Awards
Georgia’s In Bloom and Afghan drama The Patience Stone inset emerged as the winners last night at the closing of the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival 17 Mar – 2 Apr.
In Bloom, co-directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross, claimed the Firebird Award in the Young Cinema competition as well as the FIPRESCI Prize given by film critics.Asian film,The Patience Stone, the Afghanistan’s foreign-language Oscar contender, earned the SIGNIS prize for its humanitarian values.
The festival selected 20 titles to play in its short film competition and selected Night Shift as the winner of the Firebird Award. The short film jury commended the Zia Mandviwalla-directed film for “a sharp look for social differences… and for psychological details”, and said that it “describes in a cool and very precise way the everyday life of a cleaning woman in a big airport” with excellent camera work and outstanding performance from the protagonist.
Finally the festival concluded with the screening of Jafar Panahi’s Closed Curtain.
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2013 award winners
Young Cinema Competition
Firebird Award (feature)
In Bloom
Jury Prize
All Apologies
Special Mention
Longing for the Rain
Documentary Competition
Firebird Award
Roots
Jury Prize
Oh, the San Xia
Special Mention
Redemption Impossible
Short Film Competition
Firebird Award
Night Shift
Jury Prize
Room 606
Special Prize (Hong Kong)
Soeng
FIPRESCI Prize
In Bloom
SIGNIS Award
The Patience Stone
Special Mention
The Ship of Theseus

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