Prestigious award for “The Mother” in Sevillev
15.11.2008
The Swiss-Russian documentary film “The Mother” by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov was honoured with the “Eurodoc” Award at the 5th Festival de Cine Europeo in Seville (November 7-15, 2008). This award is endowed with 30,000 euros, which contribute to the distribution of the film in Spain.
The film “The Mother“, which required three years of research and filming, portrays a woman who struggles to keep her family alive in Russia today. The film had already been honoured with the MDR Film Prize (Central German Broadcasting) at the “DOK Leipzig” Festival in 2007 and with the Prix George Foundation for Best Newcomer Film at the Visions du Réel International Film Festival in Nyon. Along with being nominated for the Prix Arte – Best Documentary Film of the European Film Award 2008, it recently won two other awards: the Documentary Film Award at the 15th Festival internacional de cine Valdivia in Chile (October 3-8) and the Grand Prize in Morocco at the 1st Festival international du documentaire Agadir (November 4-8).
Together with “The Mother”, two other Swiss films were in the running for the “Eurodoc” Award in Seville: “Hidden Heart” by Cristina Karrer and Werner Schweizer; and “La forteresse” by Fernand Melgar.
Zurich, November 15, 2008
Together with “The Mother”, two other Swiss films were in the running for the “Eurodoc” Award in Seville: “Hidden Heart” by Cristina Karrer and Werner Schweizer; and “La forteresse” by Fernand Melgar.
Zurich, November 15, 2008