Chronicle of Oldrich S., an East Silver Caravan submission for this festival, was recognized for “brave and unexpected story about reflection of the world history in life of an ordinary person”.
Julia Panasenko’s Outro, former Silver Eye nominee in 2011, received the recognition for “human and fearless approach to the subject of facing death”.
The winner of the short category became Polish film We Will be Happy One Day by Pawel Wysoczanski.
Among the winners in other categories is also Argentinian Lesson by Wojciech Staron, who won the Main Prize in the Docu/Life category. Ramin by Audrius Stonys was awarded by the Student Jury with the Special Mention as well for "the struggle with loneliness” together with Robert Rubins' How are you doing, Rudolph Ming?
List of awarded titles at Docudays 2012:
Docu/Life
Main Prize: Argentinian Lesson by Wojciech Staron
Special Mention “For optimism”: Autumn Gold by Jan Tenhaven
Special Mention “For incredible characters”: “Gangster Project” by Teboho Edkins
Docu/Right
Main Prize: “Body and Soul” by Matthieu Bron
Special Mention “For very artistic, humorous and moving story of relationship between characters that belong to different generations”: Life in Stills by Tamar Tal
Special Mention “For artistic power and civil courage in the study of the protest movement in modern Russia”: “Tomorrow” by Andrey Gryazev
Docu/Short
Main Prize: We Will be Happy One Day by Pawel Wysoczanski
Special Mention “For human and fearless approach to the subject of facing death”: Outro by Yulia Panasenko
Special Mention “For brave and unexpected story about reflection of the world history in life of an ordinary person”: Chronicle of Oldrich S. by Rudolf Smid
Students’ Jury
Main Prize: “Lesha” by Elena Demidova
Special Mention “For the struggle with loneliness”: Ramin by Audrius Stonys
Special Mention “For the recipe for young filmmakers”: How are you doing, Rudolph Ming? by Roberts Rubins
Chronicle of Oldřich S.
Kronika Oldřicha S. , Czech Republic, 2011, 18 min, DVD, HD, Animated, History, Personal View, Politics, Social Issues
Mr Sedláček was writing one-sentence entries in his chronicle from 1981 to 2005. The chronicle includes everyday stories of his and his family's life (Today our Gypsy neighbour Gina broke my hand. I was taken to hospital in Mladá Boleslav), the life of the village and its surroundings (A man called Bartoš, 32 years old, killed his wife, 30, today in Příšovice and threw her body into the pond) as well as international events (L.I. Brezhnev died today). The real chronicle has more than two thousand daily notes. The authors picked two hundred and used about eighty of them for the screenplay. These eighty notes provide a concentrated overview of Mr. Sedláček's life and of our society.
East Silver 2011 / Silver Eye nominee 2011 / East Silver Caravan 2012
Ramin
Ramin , Georgia, Latvia, 2011, 58 min, Digi Beta, HD, Creative, Portrait, Society
Ramin Lomsadze, a 75-year-old Georgian wrestler who once won seven matches in 55 seconds, is getting ready for the fight with his last and most formidable opponent - loneliness. He gets on the train and sets off for a remote Georgian village to seek out the girl he loved and lost fifty years ago.
East Silver 2011 / Silver Eye nominee 2011 / East Silver Caravan 2012
Outro
Outro , Russia, 2010, 43 min, DV, Health, Portrait, Social Issues
There are two weeks left before a meeting with her mother. There is one month left before death. But the first frightens her much more.
East Silver 2011 / Silver Eye nominee 2011
Argentinian Lesson
Argentyńska lekcja , Poland, 2011, 56 min, Digi Beta, Creative, Personal View, Society, Travel
In 1998 Wojciech Staroń made the documentary film "The Siberian Lesson". The film told the story of a young teacher who emigrated to the vicinity of Lake Baikal in order to teach Polish deportees’ descendants their native language. Many years later, as a married couple with two children, the director and his wife are leaving for Argentina. For their little son, this trip will not only be an encounter with an unknown language. Influenced by their Argentinian friend, Janek enters the fascinating world of imagination, and is introduced to the bitterness of childhood prematurely contaminated by the problems of grown-ups.
East Silver 2011 / Silver Eye nominee 2011
We Will Be Happy One Day
Kiedyś będziemy szczęśliwi , Poland, 2011, 42 min, Digi Beta, Portrait, Social Issues, Society, Youth Documentary
„We will be happy one day“ is a documentary film about Daniel, a young man from Lipiny - the poorest town in the southern Poland. Daniel wants out of the omnipresent misery. With a mobile phone camera in his hand he wanders round his neighbourhood asking kids and grownups questions about their dreams. Are they going to come true, at least, for some? However, in the process of Daniel’s filming there emerges a hidden layer: the love between him and his charismatic grandmother. But will he ever manage to complete his film?
