Srbenka sweeps Docu Rough Cut Boutique
- Croatian filmmaker Nebojša Slijepčević's new project won three out of five awards at Sarajevo's documentary development event
Sarajevo Film Festival's Docu Rough Cut Boutique, an intensive five-day programme exclusively focused on documentary films from Southeast Europe that are in production or post-production, last night announced its awards.
Croatian filmmaker Nebojša Slijepčević's Srbenka [+see also:
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interview: Nebojša Slijepčević
film profile] triumphed, winning three out of the total of five prizes: the €2,000 HBO Award, the Cat&Docs Award, also worth €2,000, and the Digital Cube Award of €20,000 in post-production services.
The film is produced by Vanja Jambrović of Zagreb-based Restart, and deals with peer violence towards children of different nationality in Croatia. Slijepčević's previous film, Gangster of Love [+see also:
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The IDFA Award, which takes the winner to IDFA 2017 with sneak preview at Docs for Sale, went to the Hungarian project Ghetto Balboa [+see also:
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interview: Árpád Bogdán
film profile] by director Árpád Bogdán and producer Laszlo Jozsa of Speak Easy Project.
Another Hungarian project, Paying a Visit to Fortuna [+see also:
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The full list of awards:
HBO Adria Award
Srbenka [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Nebojša Slijepčević
film profile] (Croatia)
Director: Nebojša Slijepčević
Producer: Vanja Jambrović (Restart)
IDFA Award
Ghetto Balboa [+see also:
trailer
interview: Árpád Bogdán
film profile] (Hungary)
Director: Árpád Bogdán
Producer: Laszlo Jozsa (Speak Easy Project)
DOK Preview Award
Paying a Visit to Fortuna [+see also:
film review
film profile] (Hungary)
Director: Matyas Kalman
Producers: Matyas Kalman, Agnes Horvath-Szabo (COLLOC Productions)
Cat&Docs Award
Srbenka
Digital Cube Award
Srbenka
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