Thiiird and A Field Guide to Coastal Fortifications come out on top at the 16th Beldocs
- Anna Hints’ Smoke Sauna Sisterhood has won the Eurimages Audentia Award, given out for the first time by the festival
The 16th edition of the Belgrade International Documentary Film Festival Beldocs, which is still taking place until later today, 17 May, in several cinemas in the Serbian capital, is about to come to an end, having held its awards ceremony on Tuesday evening. Along with the traditional prizes, this year’s edition hosted one more: the Eurimages Audentia Award, which was previously hosted at Montreal and Trieste, with Beldocs becoming the first documentary film festival to give out the award. It was presented to Smoke Sauna Sisterhood [+see also:
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interview: Anna Hints
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As for the traditional awards, it is interesting to note that both of the main winners (in the international and the national competitions) premiered at IFFR earlier this year. In the international competition, the winner was Karim Kassem’s Thiiird, which, like his previous feature-length works, blurs the line between the documentary and fiction genres in a unique mélange. A Special Mention went to Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento’s Adieu Sauvage [+see also:
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interview: Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento
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In the national competition, the Best Film Award was given to Tijana Petrović’s A Field Guide to Coastal Fortifications, a 24-minute documentary essay. Dragana Jovanović was awarded for Best Camera for her work on her own film Aurora's Dream, while Luka Papić and Srđa Vučo scooped the Best Editing Award for Invoked, which was also directed by the duo.
Zsófia Paczolay’s Budapest Silo triumphed in the short competition, while Alice Brygo’s Ardent Other won the Special Mention. The Beldocs Teen Award went to And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine [+see also:
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interview: Axel Danielson, Maximilien …
film profile] by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck. Finally, the Audience Award will be announced after the final screenings of the festival, which take place today.
Here is the full list of award winners:
International Competition
Best Film
Thiiird – Karim Kassem (Lebanon)
Special Mention
Adieu Sauvage [+see also:
film review
interview: Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento
film profile] – Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento (Belgium/France)
National Competition
Best Film
A Field Guide to Coastal Fortifications – Tijana Petrović (USA, short film)
Best Camera
Dragana Jovanović – Aurora's Dream (Serbia)
Best Editing
Luka Papić, Srđa Vučo – Invoked (Serbia)
Shorts Competition
Best Film
Budapest Silo – Zsófia Paczolay (Hungary/Netherlands/Portugal/Belgium)
Special Mention
Ardent Other – Alice Brygo (France)
Eurimages Audentia Award
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Anna Hints
film profile] – Anna Hints (Estonia/France/Iceland)
Beldocs Teen Award
And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Axel Danielson, Maximilien …
film profile] – Axel Danielson, Maximilien Van Aertryck (Denmark/Sweden)
Audience Award
TBA
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