Argentina, Germany, Spain and Serbia win the Golden Knight Awards
The Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival, organised by the Malta Cine Circle, has now reached its final stages. A total of 284 productions were received from 31 countries across the globe. For the past weeks four pre-selection teams had the arduous task of nominating those productions to be forwarded for the final judging. The five members of the jury met earlier this week and this is their final decision:
The Top Five Golden Knight Winners
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La Mirada Perdida
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Damian Dionisio
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11
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mins.
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Fiction
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Argentina
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Im Himmel Kotzt Man Nicht
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Katja Benrath
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14
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mins.
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Fiction
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Germany
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Florian Hirschmann
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and Daniela Sandhofer
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Eutanas S A
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Victor Nores
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10
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mins.
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Fiction
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Spain
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The Tale of the Wall Habitants
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Andrej Boka
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18
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mins.
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Fiction
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Serbia
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Luminaris
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Juan Paola Zamarella
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6
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mins
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Anim.
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Argentina
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Highly Commended
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Bounty
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Finbarr Wilbrink
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23
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mins.
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Fiction
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Holland
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Desolate Road
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Marwan Abderrazzaq
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19
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mins.
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Fiction
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U S A
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The Swing of the Coffin Maker
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Elmar Ivanov
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29
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mins.
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Fiction
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Germany
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STATISTICS
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Total Entries 284
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PARTICIPANTS BY COUNTRY
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Argentina 2; Australia 2; Austria 5; Brazil 3; Bulgaria 1; Canada 3; China 1; Estonia 2; Finland 1; France 4; Germany 61; Holland 1; Israel 9; India 1; Iran 6; Italy 4; Kosovo 1; Lithuania 1; Malta 14; Norway 4; Portugal 16; Poland 1; Romania 3; Russia 13; Spain 86; Serbia 4; Switzerland 1; Turkey 4; USA 7; Ukraine 1; UK 22
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The festival will be held over two evenings, on Thursday, 28th. November, when a selection of some of the best entries will be shown, and, on Friday 29th. November, when the winning films will be shown and the awards will be presented. The shows will be held at the Gemini Hall, hotel Le Meridien, St. Julian’s at 7.30pm. Entrance is free and seats may be reserved by calling 9946-0866 or 9947-2513.