The Zlín Film Festival, an international gathering for children's and youth cinema, has wrapped its 58^th edition. The festival showcased 300 films from 55 countries, 18 of which enjoyed their world, international or distributional premieres (in total, 199 movies were introduced as a premiere screening). Supa Modo [+leggi anche:
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The British film Barley Fields on the Other Side of the Mountains by Tian Tsering netted the Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film for Youth. “The film reminds us that freedom is indispensable and not certain. It is important to keep in mind that freedom is important to fight for. Tibet is still under Chinese rule, and the people of Tibet are not free,” remarked the jury when handing over the award. Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau received a prize for her role as Manon in the film Cross My Heart by Luc Picard, while the movie also won the Main Prize of the Youth Jury for Best Feature Film for Youth. Two movies shared a Special Mention: Pipsi by Rohan Deshpande and Home Team by Carlos Morelli. 

Norway’s Los Bando [+leggi anche:
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The festival also held its traditional auction of artistically decorated film clapperboards and donated the proceeds to the FILMTALENT Endowment Fund to support emerging filmmakers.

Here is the complete list of winners at the Zlín Film Festival:

Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film for Children
Supa Modo [+leggi anche:
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City of Zlín Award for Best Children’s Performance in a Feature Film for Children
Mihajlo Milavić and Silma Mahmuti – The Witch Hunters [+leggi anche:
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Golden Slipper for Best Feature Film for Youth
Barley Fields on the Other Side of the Mountains - Tian Tsering (UK)

Miloš Macourek Award for Best Youth Performance in a Feature Film for Youth
Milya Corbeil-Gauvreau - Cross My Heart (Canada)
Special Mention
Pipsi - Rohan Deshpande (India)
Home Team - Carlos Morelli (Uruguay/Argentina/Brazil)

Golden Slipper for Best Animated Film
Blueberry Hunt – Alexandra Májová, Kateřina Karhánková (Czech Republic)

Hermína Týrlová Award for Young Artists Aged Under 35
Kuap - Nils Hedinger (Switzerland) 

Main Prize of the Children’s Jury for Best Feature Film for Children
Los Bando [+leggi anche:
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Main Prize of the Youth Jury for Best Feature Film for Youth
Cross My Heart - Luc Picard (Canada)

Europe Award for Best European First Film 
The Best of All Worlds [+leggi anche:
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Special Recognition
Once Upon a Time… Indianerland [+leggi anche:
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Main Prize for the Top Film in the Zlín Dog Competition (€1,000)
Leave of Absence - Moshe Rosenthal (Israel)

Genre prizes

Best Animated Film
Hybrids - Florian Brauch, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Tailhades, Yohan Thierau, Romain Thirion (France)

Best Documentary Film
The Last Prior - Petr Januschka, Tereza Vágnerová (Czech Republic)

Best Live-action Film
Into the Blue - Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović (Croatia) 

ECFA Doc Award
Wilder Than Wilderness - Marián Polák (Czech Republic) 

Ecumenical Jury Award
Supa Modo - Likarion Wainaina 

Audience awards

Golden Apple for Best Feature Film
The Third Wish - Vít Karas (Czech Republic)

Golden Apple for Best Short Animated Film
Trunky - Ekaterina Filippova (Russia)

ČT: D Audience Award for Best Short Animated Film
Belly Flop - Jeremy Collins, Kelly Dillon (South Africa)