The 25th Belgrade Festival of Auteur Film (22-30 November) has wrapped with the upset victory of My Morning Laughter [+lire aussi :
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Oliver Laxe picked up the Best Director Award for Fire Will Come [+lire aussi :
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A Special Mention went to Jonás Trueba for The August Virgin [+lire aussi :
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The main competition also included hits such as Beanpole [+lire aussi :
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interview : Hlynur Pálmason
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interview : Emin Alper
interview : Emin Alper
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interview : Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova
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interview : Cesar Diaz
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In the Brave Balkans section, Stefan Djordjević's Heart of Sarajevo winner The Last Image of Father (Serbia/Croatia/Greece) picked up Best Film, and Maja Novaković's Then Comes the Evening (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Serbia) received a Special Mention.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Main competition

"Aleksandar Saša Petrović" Grand Prix
My Morning Laughter [+lire aussi :
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Best Director
Oliver Laxe - Fire Will Come [+lire aussi :
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"Gordan Mihić" Best Screenplay Award
Maurizio Braucci, Pietro Marcello - Martin Eden [+lire aussi :
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"Vlada Petrić" Award for the Most Cinematic Sequence
Fire Will Come - Oliver Laxe

Brave Balkans

Best Film
The Last Image of Father - Stefan Djordjević (Serbia/Croatia/Greece)

Special Mention
Then Comes the Evening - Maja Novaković (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Serbia)