Commendation of the Ecumenical Jury, Karlovy Vary 2018

The Jury awards the film for its poetic cinematography and a story which portrays the process of changing naïve dreams and finding a new perspective of reality and home.


Director Olmo Omerzu and producer Jiří Konečný at the award ceremony

Festivals

53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Israeli film "Geula" (Redemption), directed by Joseph Admony and Boaz Yehonatan Yakov, is the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury in Karlovy Vary 2018. The Crystal Globe, the main prize of the festival, went to the Romanian competition entry " I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians" by Radu Jude.

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