Matej Mináč

Matej Mináč (born 1 April 1961) is a Slovak film director. He has directed three films about Nicholas Winton, a Briton who organised the rescue of 669 Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport: the drama ''All My Loved Ones'' (1999), the documentary '' The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton'' (2002), which won an Emmy Award, and the documentary '' Nicky's Family'' (2011).

Awards

* International EMMY AWARD for Best Documentary in 2002 (awarded by the International Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences - New York 2002)
* Nominated for the 2006 News and Documentary EMMY AWARD for HBO
* 2006 Christopher AWARD - New York for an extraordinary humanistic message
* 2009 CFTA AWARD within the Czech Lion for the best documentary from 1993 - 2007
* Wallenberg Medal - together with Patrik Pašš, award for the extraordinarily sensitively processed story of Sir Winton, thanks to which his message inspires people all over the world
* Best Documentary Award - Montreal World Film Festival 2011
* Audience Rights Award - Karlovy Vary IFF 2011
* Audio-Visual Memory Preservation Forum Award - Jerusalem Film Festival 2011
* SIGNIS Award World Catholic Association for Communication, uniting 140 countries, for the promotion and dissemination of human values - 64th PRIX ITALIA - Turin
* FIAT / IFTA (Achievement Award) for the best use of archives - British Film Institute, London 2012
* Grand Prix to director Matej Mináč for the discovering and human-deep theme of the film Nicky's Family - 52nd IFF of Films for Children and Youth Zlín - Czech Republic
* Award - David's Camera for the best music - Warsaw Jewish Film Festival, Poland
* Shoresh Audience Award - UK Jewish Film Festival, London, UK
* Audience Award - Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival - USA
* Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature Film 2012 - Sedona Int´l Film Festival - USA
* Audience Award - Best Documentary Feature 2012 - Atlanta Jewish Film Festival - USA
* Audience Award - Best Film 2012 - Charlotte Jewish Film Festival - USA
* Audience Award - Best Documentary 2012 - Denver Jewish Film Festival - USA
* Audience Award - Best Documentary Film 2012 - AJC Seattle Jewish Film Festival - USA
* Audience Award - Best Film 2012 - Houston Jewish Film Festival - USA
* Audience Award - Best Documentary Film -Hartford Jewish Film Festival
* Audience Award - Best Documentary 2012 - Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival
* Audience Award - Best Film 2012 - Rockland Int´l Jewish Film Festival, USA
* Audience Award for Best Documentary - Zagreb Jewish Film Festival 2012, Croatia
* Award for the best director for the masterful use of narrative techniques, where the film story is presented through the personal perspective of the director - MECEFF festival - Romania
* Award of the Mayor of Piešťany - IFF Piešťany - Cinematik - 2011
* Ota Hofman Award of the Children's Film Festival and Television Festival in Ostrov - 2001
* Special jury prize for the work with the most significant moral accent
* Ota Hofman Children's Film and Television Festival - Ostrov - 2001
* Slovak Film Critics Award - in the category of Slovak feature and medium-length documentary with its premiere in 2011, Slovakia
* Creative Award for Film and Documentary Production - Annual National Creative Awards of the Slovak Film Association, the Union of Slovak Television Producers and the Literary Fund, Slovakia
* Audience Award - Best Film 2012, Scottsdale International Film Festival, USA
* GRAND PRIX - Best Film Festival, XVII International TV Festival Bar, Montenegro
* The best collection of films - Award for Czech Television, part of the collection is Nicky's family, XVII International TV Festival Bar, Montenegro
* Audience Award - Best Film, Three Rivers Film Festival 2012, USA
* Best Documentary Audience Award, Dayton Jewish International Film Festival 2013, USA
* Audience Award - Best Film - 10th European Film Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2013
* Russian Journalists Association Award - Yalta, 2013
* Audience Award - Best Documentary, Jewish Arts & Film Festival of Fairfield County 2013
* Award for Best Documentary, Victoria Film Festival 2014
* SPECIAL AWARD for director and ASPIM EUROPA AWARD at Torino
* International film festival The Spirits of the Earth - 2014
* FITES Award - TRILOBIT (Czech Film and Television Association)
* IGRIC Award (Slovak Film Association, Union of Slovak Television Producers)
* Jury Prize - Troia International Film Festival - Portugal
* Nine Gates Festival Award
* First prize - Warsaw Jewish Film Festival - Poland
* Spirit Award - Pacific Jewish Film Festival - USA
* Audience Awards: Washington Jewish Film Festival, Miami Jewish Film Festival
* Troia Int´l Film Festival - Portugal - Jury Prize,
* Coachella Valley's Festival - Best Film (USA)
* Grand Prix - Int´l Film Festival Sedona, USA;
* Czech lion for Jiří Bartoška for the best supporting role,
* IGRIC 2000 Award of the Slovak Film Association
* Audience Awards: Int´t Palm Springs Film Festival - USA (rated by the audience as the second best film of 180 feature films, Final Pilsen, Washington Jewish Film Festival, São Paulo Jewish Film Festival, Festivals of Festivals - Palm Springs (2001), Würzburg Film Festival (Germany, 2002), Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (2002)
* AWARD - CAMERA OF DAVID, best documentary and
* MAIN PRIZE - for the 13th Warsaw Jewish Film Festival (November 2015)
* GOLDEN REMI AWARD for Best Documentary at the 49th Annual International Film Festival - WORLDFEST HOUSTON

References

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Slovak film directors
Film people from Bratislava
1961 births
Living people

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