11/06/2019 - Features from Denmark, France, Iceland and Germany have also scooped awards at the 18th Transilvania IFF

Transilvania IFF president Tudor Giurgiu announces Monos as the overall winner of the 2019 edition of the gathering (© Vlad Cupsa)

For the second year in a row, the Transilvania Trophy, the top award of the Transilvania International Film Festival (31 May-9 June, Cluj-Napoca), has gone to a South American feature, Alejandro Landes' Monos [+see also:
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interview: Nora Fingscheidt
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The Romanian Days Award for Best Feature went to Andrei Cohn's Arrest [+see also:
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interview: Andrei Cohn
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Here is the complete list of competitive awards handed out at the 2019 Transilvania IFF:

Transilvania Trophy
Monos [+see also:
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Best Director
May el-Toukhy - Queen of Hearts [+see also:
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interview: Gustav Lindh
interview: May el-Toukhy
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Special Jury Prize
A Faithful Man [+see also:
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interview: Louis Garrel
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Best Performance
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson - A White, White Day [+see also:
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interview: Hlynur Pálmason
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FIPRESCI Award (Religion Class sidebar)
Clergy [+see also:
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interview: Wojciech Smarzowski
film profile] - Wojciech Smarzowski (Poland)

Audience Award
System Crasher [+see also:
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interview: Nora Fingscheidt
film profile] - Nora Fingscheidt (Germany)

Romanian Days Award for Best Feature
Arrest [+see also:
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interview: Andrei Cohn
film profile] - Andrei Cohn (Romania)

Romanian Days Award for Best First Feature
Monsters. [+see also:
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interview: Marius Olteanu
film profile] - Marius Olteanu (Romania)

Romanian Days Audience Award
Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time [+see also:
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Romanian Days Special Mention
Timebox [+see also:
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Romanian Days Award for Best Short Film
Opinci - Anton Groves, Damian Groves (Romania)

Special Mention of the Jury
The Call - Anca Damian (Romania)
Minion - Anghel Damian (Romania)