Sabaya and Dida receive the Big Stamps at ZagrebDox
- Hogir Hirori's documentary has scooped the top prize in the International Competition, while Corina Schwingruber Ilić and Nikola Ilić were the winners in the Regional Competition
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 Matanić, handed the main prize, the Big Stamp, to Sabaya [+see also:
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interview: Hogir Hirori
film profile] by Hogir Hirori. The jury was “captivated by thriller-suspenseful dramaturgy, insanely brave camera, fascinatingly wise editing and unobtrusive and extremely thoughtful direction.” Furthermore, the jury’s Special Mentions were presented to two Polish productions, 1970 [+see also:
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interview: Tomasz Wolski
film profile] by Tomasz Wolski and The Balcony Movie [+see also:
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interview: Paweł Łoziński
film profile] by Paweł Łoziński.
In the Regional Competition, the Big Stamp went to the film Dida [+see also:
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interview: Vedrana Pribačić, Mirta Puh…
film profile] 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 Trenc, the Small Stamp, an award for the best director aged 35 or younger, went to Vietnamese director Diễm Hà Lệ for Children of the Mist, “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 Srđan Kovačević, awarded the main prize to Danish director Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made of Splinters [+see also:
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film profile], and said “technically excellently executed and full of empathy, the film brings us closer to children’s experiences with dignity and respect.” The Special Mention was given to Imad's Childhood [+see also:
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film profile] by Zahavi Sanjavi. As for the International Federation of Film Critics – FIPRESCI Award, it went to the film The Bubble [+see also:
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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 [+see also:
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Here is the complete list of winners at the 18th ZagrebDox International Documentary Festival:
International Competition
Big Stamp
Sabaya [+see also:
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interview: Hogir Hirori
film profile] - Hogir Hirori (Sweden)
Special Mentions
1970 [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Tomasz Wolski
film profile] - Tomasz Wolski (Poland)
The Balcony Movie [+see also:
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interview: Paweł Łoziński
film profile] - Paweł Łoziński (Poland)
Regional Competition
Big Stamp
Dida [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Nikola Ilić (Switzerland/Serbia)
Special Mention
Bigger Than Trauma [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Vedrana Pribačić, Mirta Puh…
film profile] - Vedrana Pribačić (Croatia)
Young Jury
Small Stamp
Children of the Mist - Diễm Hà Lệ (Vietnam)
Special Mentions
Octopus - Karim Kassem (USA/Lebanon/Qatar/Saudi Arabia)
Movies That Matter Award
A House Made of Splinters [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/Ukraine/Sweden)
Special Mention
Imad's Childhood [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Zahavi Sanjavi (Sweden/Latvia/Iraq)
FIPRESCI Award
The Bubble [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] - Valerie Blankenbyl (Switzerland/Austria)
Teen Dox Award
Yaren and the Sun - Renate Raman, Joren Slaets (Belgium) (short film)
My Generation Award
Marx Can Wait [+see also:
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film profile] - Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
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