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Prague Independent Film Festival (PIFF) is an international film festival held annually in August in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. The festival focuses on independent cinema.

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History

Prague Independent Film Festival was held for the first time on 15–18 August 2016 in the cinemas Kino Evald, Kino Atlas and Kino Lucerna. The festival program consisted of 33 films. Opening film of the festival was Rocco has Your Name by Angelo Orlando. Angelo Orlando won the Best Screenplay award and the leading actor Michele Venitucci won the Best Actor award.

Grand Prix of the festival – The Golden Eagle – was awarded to the Bulgarian film Sinking of Sozopol by Kostadin Bonev. This philosophical film depicts a middle aged man caught in between past and future, lost in his memories and feelings of guilt.

Shamim Sarif received the Best Feature Film award for her film Despite the Falling Snow. Rebecca Ferguson was awarded Best Actress and Anthony Head received the Best Supporting Actor award. The film is an espionage story about love and betrayal set against the Cold War based on the best selling novel by Shamim Sarif.

Best Animated Film was awarded to The Snow Queen 2 from the Russian animation company Wizart Animation. The film was written and directed by Aleksey Tsitsilin and produced by Timur Bekmambetov.

Best Short Film award was given to the short film Cora made by Kevin Maxwell, a student of Santa Monica College who was supervised by Salvador Carrasco.

The film festival closed with the short film Green Lake directed by Derek Frey who currently runs the Tim Burton Productions. The film received the Best Music Score award for the music by Matthew Reid.

2016

Grand Prix

  • Sinking of Sozopol — Directed by Kostadin Bonev
  • Best Feature Film

  • Despite the Falling Snow — Directed by Shamim Sarif
  • Best Director

  • Kostadin Bonev — Sinking of Sozopol
  • Best Screenplay

  • Angelo Orlando — Rocco Has Your Name
  • Best Cinematography

  • Konstantin Zankov — Sinking of Sozopol
  • Best Actor

  • Michele Venitucci — Rocco Has Your Name
  • Best Actress

  • Rebecca Ferguson — Despite the Falling Snow
  • Best Supporting Actor

  • Anthony Head — Despite the Falling Snow
  • Best Short Film

  • Cora — Directed by Kevin Maxwell
  • Best Experimental Film

  • NO SIGNAL — Directed by David Ellis
  • Best Animated Film

  • The Snow Queen 2 — Directed by Aleksey Tsitsilin
  • Best Comedy Film

  • Seth — Directed by Zach Lasry
  • Best Horror Film

  • Woods — Directed by Sean van Leijenhorst
  • Best Art Direction

  • Forgiveness — Directed by Rima Irani
  • Best Special Effects

  • Forgiveness — Directed by Rima Irani
  • Best Music Score

  • Green Lake — Directed by Derek Frey
  • Best Music Video

  • FIRE by The Winery Dogs — Directed by Steven Lyon
  • References

    Prague Independent Film Festival Wikipedia