02-03-2015

FESTIVALS: ZagrebDox Winners Announced

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    ZAGREB: The ZagrebDox festival, which ran from 22 February to 1 March 2015, has announced its winners for this year.

    British film Virunga by Orlando von Einsiedel took first prize while the Regional Competition prize went to Cain's Children/ Kain Gyermekei by Marcell Gerö, a Hungarian and French coproduction. Special mention in the regional competition went to Russian/Rus by Bosnia and Herzegovina directors Damir Ibrahimović and Eldar Emrić.

    Full list of prize winners:

    Big Stamp for Best Film in International Competition:

    Virunga (UK)
    Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel

    Special Mentions:

    Garden Lovers / Eedenistä Pohjoiseen (Finland)
    Directed by Virpi Suutari

    Something Better to Come (Denmark, Poland)
    Directed by Hanna Polak
    Coproduced by Danish Documentary Production and Hanna Polak Films

    Big Stamp For Best Film in Regional Competition:

    Cain's Children/ Kain Gyermekei (Hungary, France)
    Directed by Marcell Gerö

    Special Mention:

    Russian/Rus (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Damir Ibrahimović, Eldar Emrić.
    Produced by Deblokada

    Little Stamp For Best Film of a Young Author up to 35 Years of Age:

    The Life of a Village – fragments / Másik Magyarország - töredékek egy falu hétköznapjaiból (Hungary)
    Directed by Dénes Nagy

    Movies that Matter Award:

    Rich Hill (USA)
    Directed by Tracy Droz Dragos, Andrew Droz Palermo

    Teen Dox Award:

    Maidentrip (USA)
    Directed by Jillian Schlesinger