The 50th edition of the Belgrade International Film Festival FEST (27 February-6 March) ended on Sunday night with an awards ceremony that saw Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel's Cannes Competition title Nitram win the main prize of the festival, the Belgrade Victor for Best Film. The film's star, Caleb Landry Jones, received the Best Actor gong, repeating his Cannes success. A Special Mention went to another Cannes entry, Aleksey German Jr's House Arrest [+lire aussi :
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The jury, comprising Miloš Biković, Tamara Dragičević (both from Serbia) and Toni Gojanović (Croatia/Germany), plus Greek director Argyris Papadimitropulos and György Ráduly, the director of the Film Archive of the Hungarian National Film Institute, handed the Best Director Award to North Macedonia's Dina Duma for her Karlovy Vary title Sisterhood [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dina Duma, Antonia Belazel…
fiche film].

Yvan Attal and Yaël Langmann received the Best Screenplay Award, and Suzanne Jouannet was crowned Best Actress, for Attal's Venice-premiered The Accusation [+lire aussi :
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interview : Yvan Attal
fiche film]. The film also won the FEDEORA Prize. The Best Debut gong went to Croatia's Sonja Tarokić for the Karlovy Vary Special Mention-winning The Staffroom [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sonja Tarokić
fiche film].

Stefan Arsenijević's As Far as I Can Walk [+lire aussi :
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interview : Stefan Arsenijević
fiche film], which picked up five awards at Karlovy Vary last summer, received the "Milutin Čolić" Award from daily paper Politika, and Dušan Milić's Darkling [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dušan Milić
fiche film] picked up the "Nebojša Djukelić" Award.

In the FEST Focus section, Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas' Berlinale Panorama 2021 title The World After Us [+lire aussi :
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interview : Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas
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fiche film], which had its world premiere at the festival.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Main Competition

Belgrade Victor for Best Film
Nitram - Justin Kurzel (Australia)
Special Mention
House Arrest [+lire aussi :
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Best Director
Dina Duma - Sisterhood [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dina Duma, Antonia Belazel…
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Best Screenplay
Yvan Attal, Yaël Langmann - The Accusation [+lire aussi :
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interview : Yvan Attal
fiche film] (France)

Best Actress
Suzanne Jouannet - The Accusation

Best Actor
Caleb Landry Jones - Nitram

Best Debut
The Staffroom [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sonja Tarokić
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FEDEORA Prize
The Accusation - Yvan Attal

"Nebojša Djukelić" Award
Darkling [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dušan Milić
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"Milutin Čolić" Award
As Far as I Can Walk [+lire aussi :
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interview : Stefan Arsenijević
fiche film] - Stefan Arsenijević (Serbia/France/Luxembourg/Bulgaria/Lithuania)

FEST Focus Award
The World After Us [+lire aussi :
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interview : Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas
fiche film] - Louda Ben Salah-Cazanas (France)
Special Mention
Heroes [+lire aussi :
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