Second win for Khadak
The Minister for Culture, Youth and Sports for the Flemish Community, Bert Anciaux, presented Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth with the CultuurPrijs van Vlaanderen 2006 voor Film (2006 Flemish Culture Award for a film) for their film Khadak [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jessica Woodworth
interview: Jessica Woodworth
film profile] at the Ghent Opera House on Tuesday.
The prize is awarded each year by the Flemish Community to an organisation or an individual who has made an artistic contribution to cultural life in Flanders.
Other nominees in the same category were the Afrika Filmfestival, which takes place in Leuven each spring, and Hilde Van Mieghem, the director of Dennis Van Rita [+see also:
trailer
film profile], one of last year’s box office hits.
Winner of the Lion of the Future at the Venice Film Festival and in competition at the Toronto, Thessaloniki and Sundance international film festivals, Khadak – the story of a young Mongolian shaman battling with his own spirituality and the rapid pace of modernisation in a Mongolia where exploitation is rampant – continues to garner attention and seems destined for a US release.
Co-produced by the regular partners of the directing duo and their production outfits, Bo Films, Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktions-GmbH (Germany) and Lemming Film (the Netherlands), the film is being sold internationally by Germany’s Telepool.
Contact Film will handle the title’s release in the Netherlands, Pegasos in Germany and Cineworx in Switzerland. After a preview screening at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels on February 16, Cinéart will distribute the film on Belgian screens on February 21.
Cineuropa will also soon dedicate a Focus to Khadak.
(Translated from French)
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