The Plague & A Stranger win Motovun awards
- The Plague picked up the Propeller and A Stranger won the regional Bauer Award at Motovun Film Festival (July 27-31)
At the Motovun Film Festival, which took place July 27-31, The Plague [+see also:
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In the increasingly important competition for the regional Bauer Award for best film from the countries of former Yugoslavia, Croatian director Bobo Jelčić's A Stranger [+see also:
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The FIPRESCI Award was given to The Daughter [+see also:
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The honorary Motovun Maverick award, which celebrates non-conformity and independence, but also artistic mastery, was presented to Iranian auteur Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
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