Valentyn Vasyanovych’s drama Atlantis [+lire aussi :
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On the Aurora jury were freelance photographer, film director and artist Marte Vold, Juliette Durett, head of Cinema for the Centre of Fine Arts (BOZAR) in Brussels, and Hanne Hammer Stien, vice-director of the Arctic Museum of Norway and Academy of Art.

The Tromsø Palm, awarded to the best film in Films From the North, Tromsø’s programme for movies from the Barents Region and other circumpolar areas, was won by Topp 3 by Sweden’s Sofie Edvardsson. The director of the winning film is awarded €5,000, offered by the resource centres for film in the Barents Region: Filmpool Nord, Luleå, Sweden; Film i Västerbotten, Umeå, Sweden; and Nordnorsk Filmsenter, Honningsvåg, Norway.

Choosing the winner of the Tromsø Palm were film editor Rachel Andersen, Jesper Bergom-Larsson, development and production executive at the West Norwegian Film Center, and Irina Obodova, film producer and founder of St Petersburg-based production platform Potential.

Collective [+lire aussi :
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Made in Bangladesh [+lire aussi :
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The Faith in Film Award was conferred upon Balloon by Pema Tseden (China). Finally, the Tromsø Audience Award was given to South Korea’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Parasite by Bong Joon-ho.

The festival also hosts North Pitch, a forum allowing filmmakers to present their documentary projects about life above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic to European investors.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Aurora Prize
Atlantis [+lire aussi :
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FICC/IFFS Don Quixote Prize
Collective [+lire aussi :
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Tromsø Palm
Topp 3 - Sofie Edvardsson (Sweden)

Faith in Film Award
Balloon - Pema Tseden (China)

Norwegian Peace Film Award
Made in Bangladesh [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
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Tromsø Audience Award
Parasite - Bong Joon-ho (South Korea)