02/08/2012 - At the 14th Motovun Film Festival, Clip won the Bauer Award for best regional film, and the main Motovun Propeller award went to La Demora

The most important Croatian international event, which ran Jul 28-Aug 1 for the 14th time in Istrian medieval town of Motovun, featured a 15-strong international competition in which Rodrigo Plá's La Demora [+see also:
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Serbian director Maja Miloš's festival hit Clip [+see also:
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The Bauer Award includes €5,000 in cash and €10,000 in production services from Slovenia's Teleking.

The FIPRESCI Award went to Ruben Ostlund's Play [+see also:
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This year's honorary Motovun Maverick award, celebrating independence, non-conformity and auteur vision, was presented to British director Terence Davies.