Rodrigo Sorogoyen's "Stockholm" wins Transylvania Trophy at TIFF film festival

Spanish director Rodrigo Sorogoyen's Stockholm won the Transylvania Trophy of the Transylvania International Film Festival (TIFF) on Saturday night.

American actress Debra Winger handed out the 15,000 euro award of the 13th edition of TIFF at the closing gala in Cluj-Napoca (central Romania). Actors Aura Garrido and Javier Pereira of this movie, Sorogoyen's second, won the best performance award.

Other awards went to Winger for her career achievement, and to Polish producer and director Krzysztof Zanussi for his lifetime achievement.

The excellence award winner was Romanian actor Florin Zamfirescu.
Eight-year old Sofia Nicolaescu got the Special Mention of the Short Film Jury for her performance in It Can Pass Through the Wall, a film by Radu Jude.

Polish Tomasz Wasilewski won the best directing award for Floating Skyscrapers, while the audience award went to Uberto Pasolini's Still Life (a UK-Italy production).

AGERPRES