At the awards ceremony on Friday 24 October at the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg, the international jury of the seventh edition of CinÉast (Central and Eastern European Film Festival Luxembourg), chaired by the Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, awarded the Grand Prix to the film The Way Out [+leggi anche:
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Loznitsa commented: “We all agreed that this film is a great portrayal of the desperate struggle by a smart and loving woman who is driven by her need for independence and justice. We appreciated the direct and realistic way of filming, as well as the nuanced precision of the acting.”

The Special Jury Prize was given to Viktoria [+leggi anche:
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The festival jury consisted of: Sergei Loznitsa (chair), Christophe Wagner (director), Karolina Markiewicz (journalist), Claude Waringo (producer) and Gintare Parulyte (actress).

The Audience Award, based on the votes by festival-goers, went to Life Feels Good [+leggi anche:
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Audience Award for Best Short Fiction Film: Little Secret by Martin Krejčí;
Audience Award for Best Short Animated Film: Baths by Tomasz Duczki;
Audience Award for Best Short Documentary Film: Down on the Corner by Nikola Ilić and Corina Schwingruber Ilić.

The awards ceremony was followed by the screening of Maidan [+leggi anche:
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