– Hogir Hirori’s documentary won in international competition, that of Corina Schwingruber Ilić and Nikola Ilić dominated the regional competition
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The 18th ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival wrapped on 10 April with the awards ceremony taking place the day before. The leading Croatian festival started on 3 April, and the local audience had a chance to watch close to 90 documentaries at the Kaptol Cinema in Zagreb.
The International Competition jury, chaired by Croatian director Katarina Zrinka Matijević and featuring directors Mikhail Gorobchuk and Dalibor Matanićhanded the main prize, the Big Stamp, to Sabaya [+lire aussi :
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interview : Hogir Hirori
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interview : Paweł Łoziński
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In the Regional Competition, the Big Stamp went to the film Dida [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Vedrana Pribačić“a film that reveals voices left in the shadow of the Croatian War of Independence, conveying a wonderful collective portrait of women survivors of the war.” The film, which had its world premiere at ZagrebDox, also received the Audience Award.
As for the Young Jury, consisting of directors Rok Biček, Damir Markovina and Milan Trencthe Small Stamp, an award for the best director aged 35 or younger, went to Vietnamese director Diem Ha Le for Children of the Misty“a naked, honest, fantastically presented story of family and individual struggle, tribe and state, conservative tradition and personal freedom.” The Special Mention in this section went to Lebanese filmmaker Karim Kassem for the medium-length film Octopus.
In the Movies That Matter Competition, dedicated to films that promote human rights, the jury, consisting of film critic Carmen Gray and directors Janko Baljak and Srdjan Kovacevicawarded the main prize to Danish director Simon Slope Wilmont’s A House Made of Splinters [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] by Zahavi Sanjavi. As for the International Federation of Film Critics – FIPRESCI Award, it went to the film The Bubble [+lire aussi :
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The My Generation Award, given out each year by ZagrebDox director Nenad Puhovski to a film by an auteur from his generation, went to Marx Can Wait [+lire aussi :
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Here is the complete list of winners at the 18th ZagrebDox International Documentary Festival:
International Competition
Big Stamp
Sabaya [+lire aussi :
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interview : Hogir Hirori
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Special Mentions
1970 [+lire aussi :
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interview : Tomasz Wolski
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The Balcony Movie [+lire aussi :
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interview : Paweł Łoziński
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Regional Competition
Big Stamp
Dida [+lire aussi :
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Special Mention
Bigger Than Trauma [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] – Vedrana Pribacic (Croatia)
Young Jury
Small Stamp
Children of the Misty – Diem Ha Le (Vietnam)
Special Mentions
Octopus – Karim Kassem (USA/Lebanon/Qatar/Saudi Arabia)
Movies That Matter Award
A House Made of Splinters [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
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Special Mention
Imad’s Childhood [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] – Zahavi Sanjavi (Sweden/Latvia/Iraq)
FIPRESCI Award
The Bubble [+lire aussi :
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Teen Dox Award
Yaren and the Sun – Renate Raman, Joren Slaets (Belgium) (short film)
My Generation Award
Marx Can Wait [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
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