31-07-2015

FESTIVALS: Wakhan Front Wins Motovun Film Festival

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    MOTOVUN: The French/Belgian war film Wakhun Front by Clement Cogitore won the main prize of the 18th Motovun Film Festival, which ran 25-28 July in the Croatian mountain town. 

    The jury, comprised of Slovak director Mira Fornay, Croatian actress Tihana Lazovic, and Canadian/Czech director Petr Lom, gave a special mention to actor Gunnar Jonsson for his performance in the Icelandic film Virgin Mountain directed by Dagur Kari.

    Life with Herman H. Rott, an Estonian/Croatian/Danish coproduction, won the Motovun Shorts Award. The FIPRESCI Award went to the Spanish film Magical Girl directed by Carlos Vermut.