The international competition, titled Meeting Point Europe, presents a selection of the very best in European feature films that have emerged over the past year. The winner was decided by a professional jury composed of 14 film critics from the FIPRESCI federation.
The "Meeting Point Europe" award has been given to the German drama "Looking into the Sun" (In die Sonne schauen) by director Mascha Schilinski. Four girls – Alma, Erika, Angelika, and Lenka – spend their youth on the same farm in northern Germany. As the house changes over the century, the echo of the past resonates within its walls. Although separated by time, their lives begin to mirror each other. Silvia Učňová Kapustová, representing distribution company Filmtopia, came to collect the main prize of the Cinematik International Film Festival.
The drama arrives in Slovak cinemas on November 20th.