Other winners include documentary Mallory from Helena Treštíková.
Us drama Bob and the Trees has won the Crystal Globe at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) (July 3-11).
Bob Tarasuk, a logger and rap fan who plays himself in the film, accepted the prize at the festival’s awards ceremony alongside director Diego Ongaro.
After accepting the festival’s top prize, the director revealed he had ploughed his own money into the film and said: “This really is a surprise. We had virtually no money to shoot the film so I had to invest my and my wife’s money, and I would like to thank everybody involved in making the film.”
He added that the film has yet to find a distributor.
Tarasuk added: “I have never won anything. I have never left the States. But my grandmother was Czech and my grandfather Ukrainian so I dedicate this award to them.”
The film, which...
Us drama Bob and the Trees has won the Crystal Globe at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Kviff) (July 3-11).
Bob Tarasuk, a logger and rap fan who plays himself in the film, accepted the prize at the festival’s awards ceremony alongside director Diego Ongaro.
After accepting the festival’s top prize, the director revealed he had ploughed his own money into the film and said: “This really is a surprise. We had virtually no money to shoot the film so I had to invest my and my wife’s money, and I would like to thank everybody involved in making the film.”
He added that the film has yet to find a distributor.
Tarasuk added: “I have never won anything. I have never left the States. But my grandmother was Czech and my grandfather Ukrainian so I dedicate this award to them.”
The film, which...
- 7/13/2015
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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