Film students were awarded with BOB Student Film Awards this weekend

The BOB Student Film Awards were handed out this Saturday, 5 April, at Tallinn University SuperNova Cinema. The BOB Awards are the only category-based film awards in Estonia. There were plenty of awards given to Estonian film students, but also to young filmmakers from Latvia, Finland, Ukraine, Japan and Colombia.

The awards were handed out during the “Best of BFM” Student Film Festival end ceremony. “Best of BFM” is the Baltic Film and Media School’s annual event, and this year, for the first time, Estonian Academy of Arts’ Animation Department was included with their films.

See the photos of the award ceremony HERE!

The award-winning films will screen in the Artis Cinema programme 7-10 April: www.kino.ee

 
This year’s BOB (aka Estonian mini-Oscar) winners were:

• Best animation - "IMG_00_01_JPG", director Zane Oborenko (Latvia)
• Best documentary - “Paradiis” (Paradise), director Nora Särak (Estonia)
• Best feature film - “Äge” (Awesome), director Rein Zobel (Estonia)
• Jury's special mention - "Ema. Miljonite nimel" (Mother. In the name of millions), director Vyacheslav (Slavik) Bihun (Ukraine)
• Jury's special mention - "Kell peatus 6.30" (Clock stopped at 6.30), director Liiva Vilnīte (Latvia)
• Audience award - "Kolm" (Three), director Eva Kübar (Estonia)
• Best documentary director - Kaisa Sammelselg and Gerli Nõmm (Estonia) for "Hetk Ulkaga" (Moment with Ulka)
• Best feature film director - Carlos Lesmes (Colombia) for "Kaardimaja" (House of Cards)
• Best television documentary director - Aino Salmi (Finland) for "Õnnelikud inimesed kunsti ei vaja" (Happy people don`t need art)
• Best documentary filmmaker - Akio Yuguchi (Japan) for "Avec"
• Best cinematographer - Meelis Mikker (Estonia) for "Kolm" (Three), director Eva Kübar (Estonia)
• Best art director - Matis Mäesalu (Estonia) for "Cisco", director. Reino Aedmäe  (Estonia)
• Best actor - Karl Gregor (Estonia) for "Äge" (Awesome), director Rein Zobel (Estonia)

In addition, the winner for this year’s Anri Rulkov Memorial Award was Moonika Siimets

The awards were handed out during the end ceremony of the “Best of BFM” Student Film Festival that took place 31 March – 5 April.

The BOBs were handed out by the honourable jury: Marje Jurtšenko (ETV2), Tristan Priimägi (Sirp), Piotr Złotorowicz (Lodz Film School, Poland). The jury took the originality of the ideas, use of imagery, and composition into consideration to pick the winners.

“Best of BFM” is an annual student film festival, which brings the latest student films by Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School and Estonian Academy of Arts Animation Department students, and acknowledges the best of them. This year, 68 student films were screened at the festival, and 470 people came to see them. The “Best of BFM” award-winning movies will screen in Artis Cinema 7-10 April, and will be compiled on a DVD.

 

Additional information:
Peter Murdmaa
619 9910
peter.murdmaa@tlu.ee