Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival: Misericordia Wins Grand Prix Award (Complete Winners List)
At the Award Ceremony of the 27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), awards were presented to the winners of the festival’s five competition programmes and PÖFF’s youth and children’s film sub-festival Just Film.
The jury of the Official Selection Competition, headed by Trine Dyrholm, selected Emma Dante’s drama Misericordia as their favourite, handing the film the Grand Prix for Best Film.
Dante adapted her own play of the same name, telling the story of three prostitutes who live in the wasteland by the sea, where a village of outcasts has emerged. Its star Simone Zambelli also scooped the Best Actor Award.
The jury commented on the film with the following statement: “A powerful film about how to stay supportive and, above all, exhibit humanity in a marginalised environment. Beautifully directed, shot and acted, the Best Film Award goes to Misericordia.”
The Best Director Award went toManuel Martín Cuenca for Andrea’s Love.
The jury praised the director “for his ability to direct a human story told with respect, heart and flair for its characters and their circumstances.” The film also received the Best Script Award.
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Complete winners list here:
OFFICIAL SELECTION – COMPETITION
Grand Prix for the Best Film
Misericordia | Italy, 2023. director: Emma Dante; producer: Marica Stocchi
Best Director
Andrea’s Love | Spain, 2023. director: Manuel Martín Cuenca
Best Cinematography
Goert Giltay for Natasha’s Dance | Netherlands, 2023. director: Jos Stelling
Best Script
Manuel Martín Cuenca (director) & Lola Mayo (screenwriter) for
Andrea’s Love |Spain, 2023
Best Actor
Simone Zambelli for Misericordia | Italy, 2023. director: Emma Dante
Best Actress (shared)
Lubna Azabal for
Amal | Belgium, 2023. director: Jawad Rhalib
Kim Higelin for
Consent | France, 2023. director: Vanessa Filho
Best Original Score
David Van Keer, Birger Embrechts for
The Magnet Man | Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, 2023. director: Gust Van den Berghe
Best Production Design
Patient #1 | Georgia, 2023. director: Rezo Gigineishvili
FIRST FEATURE COMPETITION
Best Film Award
The Moon is Upside Down | 2023, New Zealand, director: Loren Taylor; producers Philippa Campbell and Georgina Conder.
Special Jury Prize #1
Mo Mamma | 2023, Estonia, director: Eeva Mägi
Special Jury Prize #2
Tentigo | 2023, Sri Lanka/India, dir: Ilango Ram
REBELS WITH A CAUSE COMPETITION PROGRAMME
The Award for Best Film
award for Director and Producer
Five and a Half Love Stories in an Apartment in Vilnius, Lithuania | 2023, Lithuania, Ireland, Latvia, director: Tomas Vengris, producer: Uljana Kim
The Award for Best Director
I Trust You | Argentina, 2023. director: Agustín Toscano
Award for Best Rebel with a Cause Short Film
Element | director: Will Niava. Côte d’Ivoire, 2023.
Audience Award
Once Again (For The Very First Time) | US, 2023. director Boaz Yakin
CRITICS’ PICKS COMPETITION PROGRAMME
The Award for Best Film
award for director and producer
The Land Where Winds Stood Still | Kazakhstan, 2023, director: Ardak Amirkulov
The Award for Best Director
Great Sertão | Brazil, 2023, director: Guel Arraes
Special Jury Mention
The Milky Way | Israel, France 2023, director: Maya Kenig
BALTIC FILM COMPETITION
The Award for Best Baltic Film
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood | Estonia, France, Iceland 2023, director: Anna Hints; producer: Marianne Ostrat
The Award for Best Baltic Producer for Co-production
Slow | Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, 2023, director and producer: Marija Kavtaradze
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