Serbian films make their mark at Cottbus
The 20th Cottbus Eastern European Film Festival (November 2-7, 2010) awarded Best Film to Serbian/German/Swedish co-production White White World [+see also:
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Another Serbian title, Nikola Lezaic’s Tilva Rosh, about the summer spent by two youngsters in a former mining town, nabbed the IFG Inspiration Award.
Hungarian director Ágnes Kocsis’s former Cannes contender Adrienn Pál [+see also:
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Dmitry Mamuliya’s Russian title Another Sky also took home three honours: a Special Mention from the International Jury, Best Debut Film and the FIPRESCI Prize.
Best Actor went to Taavi Eelmaa for his role in Veiko Öunpuu’s Estonian film The Temptation of St. Tony [+see also:
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Finally, in the new German/Polish U18 competition, comprising films aimed at 14-18 year-olds and judged by a youth jury with equal representation from both countries, the prize-winner was Jacek Borcuch’s Polish film All That I Love [+see also:
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(Translated from French)
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