BY Cristi Puiu
( RomaniA/ Serbia/ Switzerland/ Sweden/ Bosnia/ Macedonia)
at Berlin Film Festival
Nikolai, a large landowner, a man of the world, places his country estate at the disposal of some friends, by organizing a sojourn at the spacious manor house.
For the guests, among which we find a politician, a young countess, a Russian General
and his wife, time passes at the manor house with rich meals, society games and by
engaging in a long discussion about death and the Antichrist, progress and morality
Original title: POLSESTRA
Slovenia / North Macedonia / Serbia
Half-Sister is a story of two estranged half-sisters from coastal town Izola who are, after many years of barely seeing each other, forced by circumstances to share a small apartment in Ljubljana.
two awards for
GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA
at Berlinale 2019
PRIZES OF THE ECUMENICAL JURY
PRIZE WINNER COMPETITION 2019
Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija (God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya)
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Jury statement
The Ecumenical Jury of SIGNIS and INTERFILM awards its Prize to a modern-day parable Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija for its daring portrayal of the transformation of a disempowered young woman into an outspoken defender of women’s rights. When Petrunya spontaneously joins in an Orthodox Church ritual for young men by catching a cross thrown into a river by a priest, she breaks church and social traditions. Her initial refusal to return the cross unleashes her inner strength in the face of institutional conventions and reveals God within her.
GUILD FILM PRIZE
The jury of the “Guild Film Prize” is composed of three members who run cinemas and are members of the AG Kino – Gilde e.V. (association of German Art House Cinemas). The jury awards its prize to a film screened in the Competition.
PRIZE WINNER 2019
Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija (God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya)
by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Members of the Jury 2019
Adrian Kutter
Anna Rosa Ligeia Kruse
Jens Schneiderheinze
Sieranevada
by Cristi Puiu
Sieranevada
NightLife
by Damjan Kozole
NightLife
