Once Upon a Youth et The Metamorphosis of Birds l’emportent à Dokufest
par Vladan Petkovic
- Parmi les autres gagnants de cette 19e édition en ligne de l’événement kosovar figurent The Earth Is Blue as an Orange, Smog Town, Collective, Sun Dog, The Exit of the Trains et Silence radio
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The 19th edition of Prizren-based event Dokufest, Kosovo's largest film festival, which is taking place online 7-25 August, announced its awards last weekend.
Once Upon a Youth [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
fiche film], the first feature-length documentary from Croatian filmmaker Ivan Ramljak, which had its world premiere at the festival, picked up the Balkan Doc award.
Ivana Desivojević's short Doclisboa and DOK Leipzig entry Outside the Oranges Are Blooming (Serbia/Portugal) received a special mention.
In the International Doc - Feature competition, Catarina Vasconcelos’ Berlinale Encounters title The Metamorphosis of Birds [+lire aussi :
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interview : Catarina Vasconcelos
fiche film] (Portugal) won the main award, while Isabel Pagliai's Tender (France) triumphed in the International Doc - Shorts section, with Randa Maroufi's Bab Sebta (France/Morocco) getting a special mention.
Aulona Fetahaj's 25-minute film She Asked Me Where I Was From won in the National Competition.
Arguably the biggest documentary hit of the year so far, Iryna Tsilyk's The Earth Is Blue as an Orange [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
interview : Iryna Tsilyk
fiche film] (Ukraine/Lithuania), won in the Human Rights Docs competition, where the jury gave out two special mentions, to Juliana Fanjul's IDFA title Radio Silence [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
interview : Juliana Fanjul
fiche film] (Switzerland/Mexico) and Jonathan Rescigno's Berlinale entry Strike or Die [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film] (France).
Another IDFA film, Meng Han's Smog Town (China/South Korea/Netherlands), won in the Green Doc competition, while Sky Hopinka's Sundance doc małni - towards the ocean, towards the shore (USA) bagged a special mention.
Romanian cinema triumphed in the Truth section, with Alexander Nanau's Collective [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
fiche film] picking up the main prize, and Radu Jude and Adrian Cioflâncă's The Exit of the Trains [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
interview : Adrian Cioflâncă
fiche film] getting a special mention.
Finally, in the International Shorts competition which traditionally includes shorts of all genres, two fiction films came out on top: Dorian Jespers pocketed the main prize for his Rotterdam prizewinner Sun Dog (Belgium), and the special mention went to Stefan Djordjević's Heart of Sarajevo-winning The Last Image of Father (Serbia).
Full list of awards:
Balkan Doc Competition
Best Film
Once Upon a Youth [+lire aussi :
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fiche film] - Ivan Ramljak (Croatia)
Special Mention
Outside the Oranges Are Blooming - Nevena Desivojević (Serbia/Portugal) (short film)
International Doc - Feature Competition
Best Film
The Metamorphosis of Birds [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Catarina Vasconcelos
fiche film] - Catarina Vasconcelos (Portugal)
National Competition
Best Film
She Asked Me Where I Was From - Aulona Fetahaj (Kosovo/Belgium) (short film)
Human Rights Docs Competition
Best Film
The Earth Is as Blue as an Orange [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Iryna Tsilyk
fiche film] - Iryna Tsilyk (Ukraine/Lithuania)
Special Mention
Radio Silence [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Juliana Fanjul
fiche film] - Juliana Fanjul (Switzerland/Mexico)
Strike or Die [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film] - Jonathan Rescigno (France)
Green Doc Competition
Best Film
Smog Town - Meng Han (China/South Korea/Netherlands)
Special Mention
małni - towards the ocean, towards the shore - Sky Hopinka (USA)
Truth Competition
Best Film
Collective [+lire aussi :
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bande-annonce
fiche film] - Alexander Nanau (Romania/Luxembourg)
Special Mention
The Exit of the Trains [+lire aussi :
critique
bande-annonce
interview : Adrian Cioflâncă
fiche film] - Radu Jude, Adrian Cioflâncă (Romania)
International Doc - Shorts Competition
Best Film
Tender - Isabel Pagliai (France)
Special Mention
Bab Sebta - Randa Maroufi (France/Morocco)
International Shorts Competition
Best Film
Sun Dog - Dorian Jespers (Belgium)
Special Mention
The Last Image of Father - Stefan Djordjević (Serbia)
(Traduit de l'anglais)