Danny Boyle’s “Ink” won Best International Feature Film at the 15th Evolution Mallorca Film Festival. Paweł Pawlikowski received the International Feature Film competition’s Best Director prize for “Fatherland,” and Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid” was named Best Debut Feature after screening as the festival’s opening film.
The festival ran from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, presenting more than 140 films and welcoming over 10,000 attendees from more than 23 countries, alongside nearly 400 filmmakers. Its closing gala featured “The End of It,” directed by María Martínez Bayona.
Among the other international feature awards, Daria D’Antonio won Best Cinematography for “Primavera.” In the debut feature categories, Tyler-Marie Evans was named Best Director for “Pretty Babies,” while Andrés Arochi won Best Cinematography for “The End of It.”
“Gamberra,” directed by Marine Auclair March, won both Best Made in Baleares Short Film and Best Cinematography in that category, with the cinematography award going to Simón García. Other winners included “Everest,” by Jon Lange, for Best International Short Film, and Amanda Sans Pantling’s “Miss Jobson” for Best International Feature Documentary.
The festival also presented career awards to cinematographer Matthew Libatique, director Edward Berger, actors Diane Kruger and Iris Berben, and filmmaker Pau Aulí. Its Made in Baleares program showcased 44 projects connected to the Balearic Islands, including the world premiere of Juan Sut’s “Torna.”
Sources: Variety.