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Miguel Antones Ramos and the Dragons project won the award in memory of Dimitris Eipidis as announced on Thursday 4 March as part of the Berlinale Talents section of the Berlin Film Festival and is an initiative of the Thessaloniki Film Festival. The prize is accompanied by a cash prize of 5.000 euros, is awarded to a script or a documentary idea that participates in Doc Station and aims to support the up-and-coming creators, whom Dimitris Eipidis believed so much
The reasoning of the committee
According to the committee, Dragons was awarded "for his reflection on power relations in present-day Brazil, for his challenge to the political elites, economic structures and the power of the dominant images over time - a comprehensive, ingenious project and completely topical. We look forward to the sequel and the completion of the film. "
"This award will make a difference and help us make our film a reality" said the director thanking the jury, which consisted of producer, distributor and sales agent Filippa Kovarski (Cinephil, Israel), director Marianna Oikonomou (Greece) and Michael Stitch, head of the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival (Germany).
The jury also made special mention of Viv Li's The Two Mountains Weighing Down My Chest project. "For his unique, fresh, funny, but at the same time deep and warm look, which opens a door to" true "China… and even further."
The words of the committee about the award and the person who inspired it were moving: "We are honored to participate in the award given in memory of Dimitris Eipidis, one of the most beloved members of our film community. He was a true man of cinema, who loved, took under his protection, brought to the fore and supported directors from all over the world. But more than anything else, he was the founder of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, thus being the "father" of modern Greek documentary. ".
The Berlinale Talents
Berlinale Talents is a talent development platform that hosts exceptional and ambitious talents from around the world, so they can network, present and work on their future projects. Doc Station, the Berlinale Talents program dedicated to documentaries, is turning its attention to tomorrow's documentaries and documentaries.