Agnieszka Holland received the Maverick Award, while Bogdan Žižić, doyen of Croatian documentary filmmaking, received the 50 Years Award. This prize is awarded by the festival together with the Croatian Film Directors Guild (Društvo hrvatskih filmskih redatelja) to a personality with more than 50 years in the cinema industry.
Written / Unwritten by the Romanian Adrian Silișteanu won the short films competition.
The Motovun Film Festival is dedicated to films from small cinematographies and independent productions.
WINNERS:
Propeler of Motovun for Best Film:
Western (Germany, Bulgaria, Austria)
Directed by Valeska Grisebach
Produced by Komplizen Film Production
Coproduced by Chouchkov Brothers, Coop99, KNM, ZDF-Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, Arte
FIPRESCI Award:
Western
Directed by Valeska Grisebach
Best Film in Motovun Shorts:
Written / Unwritten (Romania)
Directed by Adrian Silișteanu
Maverick Award:
Agnieszka Holland
50 Years Award:
Bogdan Žižić