6th HIIFF Closes with Golden Coconut Award Ceremony | PR Newswire [Video]

, /PRNewswire/ — A report from Hainan International Media Center (HIMC):

On the evening of December 10, the seven-day 6th Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIIFF) came to a close in Sanya in south China’s Hainan Province. The ceremony, held on the coastal city’s Phoenix Island, saw the announcement of the winners of the highly anticipated “Golden Coconut Awards.”

Holy Electricity by Georgian director Tato Kotetishvili won Best Picture. Serbian director Emilija Gasic’s film 78 Days won the Grand Jury Prize. Laetitia Dosch won Best Director for Dog on Trial. Alberth Merma won the Best Actor award for Through Rocks and Clouds. Preeti Panigrahi won Best Actress for Girls Will Be Girls. Ruth Becquart and Leonardo Van Dijl won Best Scriptwriter for Julie Keeps Quiet. My Friend An Delie, Chinese director Dong Zijian’s debut feature film, won both Best Visual Effect and Best Chinese Contribution of the Year. Chilean-Argentinia…