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    Russia's "Leviathan" wins big at Abu Dhabi Film Fest

    November 1, 2014 - 17:48 AMT


    PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian auteur Andrey Zvyagintsev's"Leviathan" was
    the big winner at the 8th Abu Dhabi Film Festival, taking the top
    Black Pearl Award, while its protag, Alexey Serebryakov, scored the
    best actor nod. The black social comedy's win at Abu Dhabi comes after
    "Leviathan" recently emerged victorious at the London Film Festival,
    according to Variety.

    Russia scored twice with Alexander Konstantinovich Kott's "Test," a
    silent love story set against the backdrop of Russia's first hydrogen
    bomb tests, scooping the Special Jury nod. "Test" previously took the
    top prize at the Kinotavr Film Festival in Sochi.

    The best actress award went to Maria Bonnevie for her role as an
    emotionally fragile woman in Susanne Bier's baby-snatching drama "A
    Second Chance."

    "Memories on Stone," a drama about two childhood friends on a quest to
    make a movie about genocide in post-Saddam Kurdistan, by Kurdish
    director Shawkat Amin Korki, took the Best Film from the Arab World
    prize, which is a key recognition at this prominent platform for Arab
    Cinema.

    Lebanese director Ghassan Salhab won the Best Director from the Arab
    World prize for his drama "The Valley," about man who loses his memory
    and is held hostage.

    The main winner in the New Horizons section, dedicated to younger
    directors, was Italy's "The Wonders," by Alice Rohrwacher, which took
    the section's top nod after previously winning the Jury Prize in
    Cannes. Jordanian director Naji Abu Nowar's "Theeb," an epic with
    Western overtones, set in a Bedouin community with real Bebouins as
    actors, won the Best Film From the Arab World in this section. "Theeb"
    recently scooped the director nod in the Venice Film Festival's
    Horizons section.

    The ninth edition (October 23-Nov. 1) of Abu Dhabi went smoothly,
    boosted by a strong selection and a somewhat more substantial industry
    component this year. The only sore spot was the pervasive use of
    cellphones during gala screenings which resulted in snippets of
    "Theeb" ending up on Instagram, though fest organisers swiftly managed
    to have them removed. Disney imposed no cell use during the screening
    of "Big Hero 6," the fest's closer, which made its Middle east launch
    from Abu Dhabi on Friday. Ironically for "Hero" piracy was less of an
    issue, since it screened in 3D.


    http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/184294/



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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