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Film students from Tallinn awarded with BOB Student Film Awards

Juhan Tere, BC, Tallinn, 15.04.2014.Print version
The BOB Student Film Awards were handed out this Saturday at Tallinn University SuperNova Cinema, reported BC the Tallinn Univeristy.

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The BOB Awards are the only category-based film awards in Estonia. There were plenty of awards given to Estonian film students, but also to young filmmakers from Latvia, Finland, Ukraine, Japan and Colombia.

 

The awards were handed out during the “Best of BFM” Student Film Festival end ceremony. “Best of BFM” is the Baltic Film and Media School’s annual event, and this year, for the first time, Estonian Academy of Arts’ Animation Department was included with their films.

 

This year's BOB (aka Estonian mini-Oscar) winners were: Best Animation - director Zane Oborenko (Latvia); Best Documentary - Paradiis (Paradise), director Nora Särak (Estonia); Best Feature Film - Äge (Awesome), director Rein Zobel (Estonia); Jury's Special Mention - "Ema. Miljonite nimel" (Mother. In the name of millions), director Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun (Ukraine); Jury's Special Mention - Kell Peatus 6.30 (Clock stopped at 6.30), director Liiva Vilnite (Latvia); Audience award - Kolm (Three), director Eva Kübar (Estonia); Best Documentary Director - Kaisa Sammelselg and Gerli Nomm (Estonia) for Hetk Ulkaga (Moment with Ulka), Best Feature Film Director - Carlos Lesmes (Colombia) for Kaardimaja (House of Cards); Best Television Documentary Director - Aino Salmi; (Finland) for Õnnelikud Inimesed Kunsti ei Vaja (Happy People Don't Need Art); Best Documentary Filmmaker - Akio Yuguchi (Japan) for Avec; Best Cinematographer - Meelis Mikker (Estonia) for Kolm (Three), director Eva Kübar (Estonia); Best Art Director - Matis Mäesalu (Estonia) for Cisco, director. Reino Aedmäe (Estonia); Best Actor - Karl Gregor (Estonia) for Äge (Awesome), director Rein Zobel (Estonia).

 

The awards were handed out during the end ceremony of the Best of BFM Student Film Festival that took place on March 31 - April 5, 2014.

 

The BOBs were handed out by the honorable jury: Marje Jurtsenko (ETV2), Tristan Priimägi (Sirp), Piotr Złotorowicz (Lodz Film School, Poland). The jury took the originality of the ideas, use of imagery, and composition into consideration to pick the winners.

 

Best of BFM is an annual student film festival, which brings the latest student films by Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School and Estonian Academy of Arts Animation Department students, and acknowledges the best of them. This year, 68 student films were screened at the festival, and 470 people came to see them. The “Best of BFM” award-winning movies will screen in Artis Cinema on April 7-10, 2014, and will be compiled on a DVD.






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