The 16th, hybrid edition of the Free Zone Film Festival took place from 5-10 November in cinemas in Belgrade, Novi Sad and Niš, as well as online. The human rights-themed and audience-orientated event traditionally screens around 40 fiction and documentary films, and does not discriminate between formats within individual sections.

Eliza Hittman's Berlinale Silver Bear-winning title Never Rarely Sometimes Always [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen
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interview : Bettina Böhler
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interview : Massoud Bakhshi
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In the Balkan Horizons competition, the Best Film Award went to Georgis Grigorakis' Berlinale Panorama entry Digger [+lire aussi :
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interview : Georgis Grigorakis
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Finally, in the 14+ Section for young audiences, the jury consisting of seven young cinephiles handed its award to another Berlinale title, Jeanette Nordahl's Wildland [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jeanette Nordahl
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Here is the full list of Free Zone Film Festival award winners:

International Selection

Best Film
Never Rarely Sometimes Always [+lire aussi :
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Balkan Horizons

Best Film
Digger [+lire aussi :
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interview : Georgis Grigorakis
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Human Rights Award
Acasă - My Home [+lire aussi :
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interview : Radu Ciorniciuc
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Special Mention
Once Upon a Youth [+lire aussi :
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14+ Section

Best Film
Wildland [+lire aussi :
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interview : Jeanette Nordahl
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