Three years after the Transilvania Trophy went to the Argentinian production The Fire, the top award of the 17th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (25 May-3 June, Cluj-Napoca) has gone to South America once again: the jury chose Paraguayan director Marcelo Martinessi's The Heiresses [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Adina Pintilie
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As for the Romanian Days sidebar, the new Romanian films failed to convince the jury, and the awards went mainly to previously released features. Constantin Popescu's Pororoca [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Constantin Popescu
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French actress-director Fanny Ardant, Hungarian directors Márta Mészáros and István Szabó, and Romanian actors Anna Széles and Dan Nuţu received Honorary Awards.

Here is the complete list of competitive awards at the 2018 Transilvania IFF:

Transilvania Trophy
The Heiresses [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Hlynur Pálmason - Winter Brothers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Elliott Crosset Hove
intervista: Hlynur Pálmason
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Special Jury Prize (ex aequo)
The Home - Asghar Yousefinejad (Iran)
Scythe Hitting Stone [+leggi anche:
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Best Performance
Natalia Tena, Oona Chaplin, David Verdaguer - Anchor and Hope [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Carlos Marques-Marcet
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FIPRESCI Award (To Be or Not to Be Politically Correct? sidebar)
Life Guidance [+leggi anche:
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Audience Award
The Guilty [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Gustav Möller
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Romanian Days Award for Best Feature
Pororoca [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Constantin Popescu
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Romanian Days Award for Best First Feature
Soldiers. Story from Ferentari [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Dawid Ogrodnik
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Romanian Days Special Mention
Touch Me Not [+leggi anche:
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Romanian Days Audience Award
One Step Behind the Seraphim [+leggi anche:
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Romanian Days Award for Best Short Film
The Christmas Gift - Bogdan Mureşanu (Romania)

Special Mention of the Jury
Michelangelo - Anghel Damian (Romania)
Sunday - Dorian Boguţă (Romania)