The 18^th ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival wrapped on 10 April with the awards ceremony taking place the day before. The leading Croatian festival started on 3 April, and the local audience had a chance to watch close to 90 documentaries at the Kaptol Cinema in Zagreb.

The International Competition jury, chaired by Croatian director Katarina Zrinka Matijević and featuring directors Mikhail Gorobchuk and Dalibor Matanić, handed the main prize, the Big Stamp, to Sabaya [+leggi anche:
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In the Regional Competition, the Big Stamp went to the film Dida [+leggi anche:
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As for the Young Jury, consisting of directors Rok Biček, Damir Markovina and Milan Trenc, the Small Stamp, an award for the best director aged 35 or younger, went to Vietnamese director Diễm Hà Lệ for Children of the Mist, “a naked, honest, fantastically presented story of family and individual struggle, tribe and state, conservative tradition and personal freedom.” The Special Mention in this section went to Lebanese filmmaker Karim Kassem for the medium-length film Octopus.

In the Movies That Matter Competition, dedicated to films that promote human rights, the jury, consisting of film critic Carmen Gray and directors Janko Baljak and Srđan Kovačević, awarded the main prize to Danish director Simon Lereng Wilmont’s A House Made of Splinters [+leggi anche:
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The My Generation Award, given out each year by ZagrebDox director Nenad Puhovski to a film by an auteur from his generation, went to Marx Can Wait [+leggi anche:
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Here is the complete list of winners at the 18^th ZagrebDox International Documentary Festival:

International Competition

Big Stamp
Sabaya [+leggi anche:
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Special Mentions
1970 [+leggi anche:
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The Balcony Movie [+leggi anche:
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Regional Competition

Big Stamp
Dida [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Bigger Than Trauma [+leggi anche:
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Young Jury

Small Stamp
Children of the Mist - Diễm Hà Lệ (Vietnam)

Special Mentions
Octopus - Karim Kassem (USA/Lebanon/Qatar/Saudi Arabia)

Movies That Matter Award
A House Made of Splinters [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Imad's Childhood [+leggi anche:
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FIPRESCI Award
The Bubble [+leggi anche:
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Teen Dox Award
Yaren and the Sun - Renate Raman, Joren Slaets (Belgium) (short film)

My Generation Award
Marx Can Wait [+leggi anche:
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