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The Grand Prize of the Odessa Festival received a film by Belarusian director Darya Zhuk "Crystal", according to the site of the event. The winner in this category was traditionally determined by the audience of the film festival. The director of the film received a statuette "Golden Duke" and a prize of 10 thousand euros.
The film was shot in Belarus. The image was created in the joint production of film companies from Belarus, the United States, Germany and Russia. An international film crew worked on the film, Alina Nasibullina ("How Vitka Garlic drove Lehu Pin in the house of the disabled"), Ivan Mulin (Molodyozhka), actress Yanka Kupala Theater Svetlana Anikei and D & # 39; other actors in the film
. Even at the stage of production, the film has attracted the attention of foreign film professionals. "Crystal" has been presented at international festivals in New York (USA), Cottbus (Germany) and Tallinn (Estonia). During the last work, Daria Zhuk received the Best Film Award. In addition, the film became the first image in 20 years that Belarus nominated for the Oscar.
Director Daria Zhuk was born in Minsk, studied and lives in the United States. A graduate of Harvard and Columbia Universities, she worked on HBO, making several short films that became participants and winners of international festivals. One of them, "The Real American", graduated from the Minsk International Film Festival "Listapad" in 2015.
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