The D’A Film Festival brought its ninth edition to a close in Barcelona yesterday, one day after its awards were handed out. Standing out among the prize-winners thanks to its twofold victory was the transatlantic production A Family Submerged [+leggi anche:
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The jury was made up of Andrea Stavenhagen (programmer), Vanesa Fernández Guerra (ZINEBI - Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival) and Sergi Pérez (the director of The Long Way Home [+leggi anche:
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The Un Impulso Colectivo (lit. “A Collective Push”) jury bestowed the OpenECAM Award, comprising the loan of facilities and technical equipment at the ECAM (Film and Audiovisual School of the Community of Madrid), to the Swedish-German-Norwegian production Hamada [+leggi anche:
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The Movistar Plus+ Award (encompassing the purchase of broadcasting rights by this particular TV channel, valued at €12,000, for one of the films in the Un Impulso Colectivo section) was handed to the experimental title Letters to Paul Morrissey [+leggi anche:
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Here is the complete list of winners:

Talents Award
A Family Submerged [+leggi anche:
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OpenECAM Award
Hamada [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Young & Beautiful [+leggi anche:
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Movistar Plus+ Award
Letters to Paul Morrissey [+leggi anche:
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Critics’ Award 
A Family Submerged - María Alché
Special Mention
Sophia Antipolis [+leggi anche:
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Audience Award for Best Short Film
Watermelon Juice - Irene Mora (Spain)

Sala Jove D’A Audience Award
Ruben Brandt, Collector [+leggi anche:
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