Kino Lika and For a Moment, Freedom win Lecce
After winning numerous prizes at European festivals, and obtaining great results at the Croatian box office, Dalibor Matanic’s Kino Lika [+see also:
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For the international jury, the film co-produced by Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina and based on the acclaimed novel by Damir Karakas, "efficiently depicts a story of loneliness and desperation in a small mountain community".
The Special Jury Prize went to Arash T. Riahi’s For a Moment, Freedom [+see also:
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Best Cinematography went to Hungarian director Róbert Alföldi’s Tranquility, lensed by Tamas Babos.
Best Screenplay was won by French title The Beautiful Person [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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