Sarajevo Film Festival's Docu Rough Cut Boutique, an intensive five-day programme exclusively focused on documentary films from Southeast Europe that are in production or post-production, last night announced its awards. 

Croatian filmmaker Nebojša Slijepčević's Srbenka [+leggi anche:
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The film is produced by Vanja Jambrović of Zagreb-based Restart, and deals with peer violence towards children of different nationality in Croatia. Slijepčević's previous film, Gangster of Love [+leggi anche:
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The IDFA Award, which takes the winner to IDFA 2017 with sneak preview at Docs for Sale, went to the Hungarian project Ghetto Balboa [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Árpád Bogdán
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Another Hungarian project, Paying a Visit to Fortuna [+leggi anche:
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The full list of awards:

HBO Adria Award
Srbenka [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Nebojša Slijepčević
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Director: Nebojša Slijepčević
Producer: Vanja Jambrović (Restart)

IDFA Award
Ghetto Balboa [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Árpád Bogdán
scheda film] (Hungary)
Director:  Árpád Bogdán 
Producer: Laszlo Jozsa (Speak Easy Project)

DOK Preview Award
Paying a Visit to Fortuna [+leggi anche:
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Director: Matyas Kalman
Producers: Matyas Kalman, Agnes Horvath-Szabo (COLLOC Productions)

Cat&Docs Award
Srbenka

Digital Cube Award
Srbenka