Bulgarian directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov's Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner The Father [+leggi anche:
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Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević picked up Best Director for her Heart of Sarajevo winner Take Me Somewhere Nice [+leggi anche:
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The Best Eye on TIFF Prize for Best Debut Film went to Hadrian Marcu's A Decent Man [+leggi anche:
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As of this year's edition, the Tirana IFF is one of the qualifying festivals for the Academy Awards for short films, and its nominee is the fiction film Tattoo by Iranian director Farhad Delaram, which won the Best Short Film Award. In addition, Romania's Bogdan Mureșanu received the Best Short Fiction gong for The Christmas Gift, while Russian filmmaker Konstantin Bronzit picked up Best Animation for He Can't Live Without Cosmos.

Switzerland's Julia Bünter won in the documentary competition with Fiancées [+leggi anche:
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The Prize for Best Film in the Albanian Language went to Samir Karahoda's Berlinale short In Between, and the Student Oscar winner in the International Film Schools category, Daria Kashcheeva's Daughter (Czech Republic), received the Best Student Film Award.

Here is the full list of award winners:

Feature Competition

Best Film
The Father [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Ena Sendijarević - Take Me Somewhere Nice [+leggi anche:
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Best Screenplay
Ismet Sijarina, Arjan Krasniqi - Cold November [+leggi anche:
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Best Eye on TIFF - Debut Feature
A Decent Man [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Pause [+leggi anche:
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Documentary Competition

Best Documentary
Fiancées [+leggi anche:
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Best Short or Mid-length Documentary
The Patriot - Katja Fedulova (Germany)

Short Film Competition

Best Short Film (Academy Awards qualification)
Tattoo - Farhad Delaram (Iran)

Best Short Fiction
The Christmas Gift - Bogdan Mureșanu (Romania)

Best Short Animation
He Can’t Live Without Cosmos - Konstantin Bronzit (Russia)

Student, Balkan, Video Art and Experimental Competition

Best Student Film
Daughter - Daria Kashcheeva (Czech Republic)

Best Video Art and Experimental Film
Epoch - Kevin McGloughlin (Ireland)

Best Balkan Film
A Jar of Nuts - Savvas Stavrou (Cyprus)

Special Mention
An Unforgettable Spring in a Forgotten Village - Kushtrim Bekteshi (North Macedonia/Albania)

Best Film in the Albanian Language
In Between - Samir Karahoda (Kosovo)

"Ron Holloway" Best Debut Film Award
A+ - Behrang Mirzayi (Iran)

Honorary Award
Ali Asgari and Farnoosh Samadi (Iran)