Manifesto and Matter Out of Place crowned at ZagrebDox
- Angie Vinchito’s documentary has scooped the top prize in the International Competition, while Nikolaus Geyrhalter was named the winner of the Regional Competition
The 19th ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival took place between 26 March and 2 April in the Kaptol Boutique Cinema in the Croatian capital and drew to a close with the awards ceremony, which unfolded on Saturday. The audience was able to see 116 films across 12 different programmes, while film professionals got the chance to attend master classes and presentations as part of the ZagrebDox Pro programme.
The international jury, consisting of filmmaker Igor Bezinović, producer Zdenka Gold and distributor/sales agent Peter Jaeger, gave the Big Stamp to Angie Vichito’s 68-minute collage documentary Manifesto, consisting only of YouTube videos of Russian teenagers. “It might not be something you would want to see, but the simple filmmaking style and the content of Manifesto make for a shocking political film that presents the current situation in a completely different way to what we see in the news,” they stated. Special Mentions were given to Alis [+see also:
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Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s Matter Out of Place [+see also:
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film profile], were awarded the Special Mentions in the same category.
A jury consisting of filmmakers Ivan Ramljak and Andrej Korovljev, as well as producer Christine Camdessus, gave the Small Stamp to the short film they deemed the best. This year, it turned out to be Boris Poljak’s Horror Vacui, while Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Aburgaev’s Haulout and Douwe Dijkstra’s Neighbour Abdi were awarded the Special Mentions. Another Small Stamp, given out by the Young Jury to a movie made by a filmmaker under the age of 35, went to Biserka Šuran for Scenes with My Father, while Negin Ahmadi and Jakob Pagel Andersen won the Special Mentions for Dream’s Gate and Wild Wounded Animals, respectively.
The Movies that Matter Award was given to Manifesto, while Damir Markovina’s mid-length work Deserters won the Special Mention in the same category. Hardly Working, made by the Total Refusal collective, triumphed in the TeenDox Competition, while Laura Sisteró’s Tolyatti Adrift won the Special Mention in the same category.
Ahsen Nadeem’s Crows Are White scooped the HP Audience Award, while Paying a Visit to Fortuna [+see also:
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Here is the complete list of winners:
International Competition
Big Stamp
Manifesto – Angie Vinchito (Russia)
Special Mentions
Alis [+see also:
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Neighbour Abdi – Douwe Dijkstra (Netherlands, short)
Regional Competition
Big Stamp
Matter Out of Place [+see also:
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Special Mentions
Scenes with My Father - Biserka Šuran (Netherlands/Croatia, medium-length)
Between Revolutions [+see also:
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Shorts Competition
Small Stamp
Horror Vacui – Boris Poljak (Croatia, short)
Special Mentions
Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev (UK/Russia, short)
Neighbour Abdi – Douwe Dijkstra
Young Jury
Small Stamp
Scenes with My Father – Biserka Šuran
Special Mentions
Dream’s Gate - Negin Ahmadi (Iran/Norway/France)
Wild Wounded Animals – Jakob Pagel Andersen (Denmark, short)
Movies That Matter Award
Manifesto – Angie Vinchito
Special Mention
Deserters – Damir Markovina (Croatia, medium-length)
TeenDox Award
Hardly Working – Total Refusal (Austria)
Special Mention
Tolyatti Adrift – Laura Sisteró (Spain)
FIPRESCI Prize
Paying a Visit to Fortuna [+see also:
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HP Audience Award
Crows Are White – Ahsen Nadeem (USA/Ireland/Japan)
Honorary Stamp
Gianfranco Rosi
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