Dogtooth wins Best Film at Stockholm
by Annika Pham
Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth [+see also:
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The festival jury called Dogtooth a “thought-provoking and engaging film that takes us, with a highly singular film language, into a nightmarish and metaphorical experiment of manipulation and oppression.”
Mexican film Sin Nombre by Cary Joji Fukunaga was bestowed three awards: Best Debut Feature, Best Actor (Edgar Flores) and the FIPRESCI Prize. French DoP Christophe Beaucarne picked up Best Cinematography for his work on Jaco van Dormael’s Mr. Nobody [+see also:
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interview: Jaco Van Dormael
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The new Telia Film Award, which comes with a SEK100,000 (roughly €9,500) prize towards the film’s distribution in Sweden, went to Miss Kicki [+see also:
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