GOLDEN BEGGAR WINNERS
GOLDEN BEGGAR WINNERS / VÍŤAZI SÚŤAŽE ZLATÝ ŽOBRÁK
(video - Award ceremony)
16th International Festival of Local Televisions
The awards ceremony on Saturday June 12 concluded the 16th 'Golden Beggar' International Festival of Local Televisions which was held under the auspices of the European Commissioner Maroš Ševčovič in the Kasárne/Kulturpark complex for the first time.
Adeem won the Best Production Company prize
The international festival of local televisions teemed with appealing films which for the first time also presented work by film makers from countries such as Lebanon whose remarkably powerful film titled Adeem won the Best Production Company prize. Documentary screenings including several premieres which were part of the festival as well ran in a new City Cinemax multiplex. One of them, With a Bug In His Ear by Katka Kočalková who won the Best Young Author prize two years ago unfolded a story of Michal Ďuriš, a moderator and a former TV star, whom addiction brought to the verge of existence.
“We succeeded in organizing the festival despite lacking resources"
“We succeeded in organizing the festival despite lacking resources. There were two remarkable panels exploring poverty and global warming, as well as a greatly varied workshop devoted to participatory approach of local televisions which was just an incremental phase of a bigger joint project to be executed in Marseille in 2011.
Festival
“We succeeded in organizing the festival despite lacking resources. There were two remarkable panels exploring poverty and global warming, as well as a greatly varied workshop devoted to participatory approach of local televisions which was just an incremental phase of a bigger joint project to be executed in Marseille in 2011. We presented several talented young authors, directors and some twenty premiere films. In Europe on Screen, there was a a string of discussions with film authors. The Golden Beggar competition screening presented entries from 23 countries, including such exotic countries as Japan, China, or Lebanon. We are glad to have helped in a great extent to promote Kulturpark, the venue which is going to turn into a center of culture in Košice,“ concluded the festival's director Eva Děkanovská.
Jury
The jury headed by Mr Ed Baumeister from the USA who worked virtually this time and for nearly a month could view and evaluate each programme in greater detail. On the whole, it awarded 7 programmes and bestowed four honorable mentions. Golden Beggar prizes were conferred for Best Local Television, Best Production Company, and Best Young Author.
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