04-03-2019

FNE at FEST 2019: Wildlife Wins FEST 2019

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    BELGRADE: Paul Dano’s Wildlife won the Belgrade Victor Award for Best Film in the international competition, while Goran Radovanović’s latest documentary The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater was awarded best film in the national section of the 47th FEST, which officially closed on 3 March 2018.

    The awards were presented at a ceremony hosted by the Sava Centre Congress and Arts Center in Belgrade.

    The largest and most popular film festival in Serbia consisted of the following sections: International Competition, Focus Europe, Serbian Film (Serbia and Friends), FEST 47 Gala, DOCUFEST, FEST Classic, FEST Presents, Youth FEST.

    FULL LIST OF AWARDS:

    INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

    Belgrade Victor Award for Best Film:
    Wildlife (USA)
    Directed by Paul Dano

    Jury Prize:
    El Angel (Argentina, Spain)
    Directed by Luis Ortega

    Best Director:
    Nadine Labaki for Capernaum (Lebanon, France, USA)

    Best Script:
    Ivan Salaj for Eight Commissioner / Osmi povjerenik (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Produced by Alka Film
    Coproduced by Embrio Production, the Croatian Radio Television, Kadar, Olimp produkcija
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre – HAVC, the Sarajevo Film Fund and MEDIA programme

    Best Actor:
    Matej Zemljič for Consequences / Posledice (Slovenia, Austria)
    Directed by Darko Štante
    Produced by Temporama
    Coproduced by Zwinger film, NuFrame, 100
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center

    Best Actress:
    Graciela Borges for La quietud (Argentina)
    Directed by Pablo Trapero

    Best Debut Award:
    Zain Al Rafeea for Capernaum by Nadine Labaki

    NATIONAL SECTION (SERBIAN FILM (SERBIA AND FRIENDS):

    Best Film:
    The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater  / Slučaj Makavejev ili proces u bioskopskoj Sali (Serbia)
    Directed by Goran Radovanović
    Produced by Nama Film and Oktobar Film
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Best Director:
    Bobo Jelčić for All Alone / Sam samcat (Croatia, the Netherlands, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro)
    Produced by Spiritus Movens Production
    Coproduced by De Productie, Dart Film, Adriatic Western, Dokument Sarajevo
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia, Film Centre of Montenegro

    Best Script:
    Miha Mazzini for Erased / Izbrisana (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia)
    Directed by Miha Mazzini (with Dušan Joskimović as co-director)
    Produced by Gustav Film, Kinorama, Delirium Films, Pakt Media
    Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, the Croatian Audiovisual Center, Film Center Serbia, Eurimages, the MEDIA Programme 

    Best Actor:
    Tihomir Stanić for Delirium Tremens
    Directed by Goran Marković
    Produced by Radio Television of Serbia RTS - Serbian Broadcasting Corporation

    Best Actress:
    Snežana Bogdanović for Stiches / Šavovi (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Miroslav Terzić
    Produced by West End Production
    Coproduced by Nora Production,  Spiritus Movens  scca.Pro.ba
    Supported by Film Centre Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Centre, the Foundation for Cinematography,  Eurimages

    Jury Prize:
    Ivan Marković for the cinematography in I Was at Home, But  / Ich war Zuhause, aber  (Germany, Serbia)
    Directed by Angela Schanelec
    Produced by Nachmittagfilm
    Cproduced by Dart Film & Video,  ZDF/3sat
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Best Debut Award:
    Barbara Vekarić for Aleksi (Croatia, Serbia)
    Directed by Barbara Vekarić
    Produced by Studio Dim
    Coproduced by Kombajn Film
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Centre Serbia, the Croatian Radiotelevision

    Nebojša Đukelić Award for Best film:
    Stiches
    Directed by Miroslav Terzić

    Special Mention:
    All Alone / Sam samcat
    Directed by Bobo Jelčić

    Politika’s Milutin Čolić Award for Best Film in the Serbian Film (Serbia and Friends) Programme:
    The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater  / Slučaj Makavejev ili proces u bioskopskoj Sali
    Directed by Goran Radovanović

    Fedeora Jury Award for Best Film:
    Capernaum
    Directed by Nadine Labaki

    FIPRESCI Jury:

    Capernaum
    Directed by Nadine Labaki

    Stiches
    Directed by Miroslav Terzić

    Merlinka Award for Best Queer Film:
    Sauvage (France)
    Directed by Camille Vidal-Naquet

    Gorki List MOST WANTED Award:
    The Favourite (Ireland, UK, USA)
    Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos

    FEST FORWARD 2018 AWARDS:

    Best Pitch Award in the International Competition:
    Aurora's Sunrise
    Directed by Inna Sahakyan
    The Celts by Milica Tomović pitched at FEST FORWARD 2019Produced by Bars Media Documentary Film Studio

    Best Pitch Award in the National Selection:
    The Celts / Kelti
    Directed by  Milica Tomović
    Produced by EED Productions

    Special Mention:
    Kristina
    Directed by: Nikola Spasić
    Produced by REZON