Position Among the Stars wins ZagrebDox
Dutch filmmaker Leonard Retel Helmrich’s Position Among the Stars [+see also:
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Joonas Berghall and Mika Hotakainen’s Steam of Life [+see also:
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Mladen Maticevic’s Run for Life from Serbia won the Movies That Matter Award for the film that best promotes human rights. Special mentions went to Power by Cathryn Collins (US) and Pit No. 8 by Marianna Kat (Estonia/Ukraine).
Vladimir Perovic’s Trials, Tribulations and Sustainable Growth of a Cock from Montenegro picked up the Regional Competition Big Stamp. Am I Happy or What? by Croatia’s Vanja Juranic Svilicic and Hotel Paradise by Bulgaria’s Sophia Tzavella received special mentions.
The Audience Award went to Lucy Walker’s Waste Land [+see also:
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The Small Stamp, awarded to the best film by a filmmaker under 30, went to Poland’s Piotr Zlotorowicz for Charcoal Burners, while Croatia’s Darko Stankovic got a special mention for The One Who’s Gone.
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