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«It is a Visually shocking and deep movie moving that pays tribute to generations of black farmers in the southern United States. With its poetic black and white cinematography and its deep sense of the place, the film tells a story of resilience, inheritance and silent resistance in our days. A formally rigorous and bold film, where the filmmaker’s approach offers tenderness and strength, turning this documentary into a enduring film work ». Thus the jury argued in his ruling Lady Harimaguada de Oro of the 24th International Film Festival of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria to the documentary ‘Seeds’, de Brittany Shyne.
The award is endowed with 20,000 euroshalf for the filmmaker and the rest for the company that is responsible for distributing it in Spanish commercial rooms.
This American film, which landed on the island after achieving the prize for the best documentary in the last Sundace festival, He also won the award granted by the Association of Women’s Samming and Audiovisual Media (CIMA). The jury composed of Alba González de Molina, Cris Noda and Nati Juncal stressed that it is “a revelation filmmaker who has had the patience and commitment to make possible a close, sincere and tender film without giving up the complexities of the reality that wants to tell us”, in reference to Brittany Shyne. when explaining their choice, they claimed to recognize the movie ‘Seeds’ «for showing us a portrait away from the African -American cultural stereotype. Because it offers us over a decade the reality of farmers in the United States. Because from minute one, the director has made us feel part of this community from a revealing intimacy. Because he has been able to dialogue with his characters without intervening in them and also reflect an intergenerational connection. For his class speech and strongly show institutional racism still in force today ».
Lady Harimaguada de PlataSecond Prize of the Festival, endowed with 10,000 euros that are also distributed equally between the filmmaker and the producer, fell to the film turca ‘One of Those Days when Hemme Dies’, de Murat Fıratoğlu“A quiet ‘thriller’ that manages to portray with a relentless rhythm the frustration that afflicts the workers of the poor regions of the world, using a film approach in which the physical and interior trajectory of the main character is portrayed in an immersive way that allows the spectator to share his resistance experience in this brilliant debut of Murat Firatoglu Cardoso and Jihane Bougrine.
The actor Georges Khaabbaz, Protagonista de ‘Yunan’, From the filmmaker Ameer Fakher Eldin, he won the prize for the Best interpretation of the official section, while the Public Prize granted by the popular jury went to the Canadian comedy ‘Two Women’, by Chloé Robichaud.
The prize for him Best short film of the official section went to ‘Audio and El Caimán’, by Andrés I. Estrada.
The award in the competitive section Band apart He went to the short film ‘Archipelago of Earthen Bones – To Bunya’, by Malena Szlam.
