12-08-2021

FESTIVALS: Oasis Wins 2021 Herceg Novi Film Festival

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    FESTIVALS: Oasis Wins 2021 Herceg Novi Film Festival photo: Herzeg Novi Festival

    HERCEG NOVI: Oasis by Ivan Ikić has been awarded the Grand Prix - Golden Mimosa at the 34th edition of the Herceg Novi Film Festival - Montenegro Film Festival. The Film Centre of Montenegro was again a partner of the festival.

    Romanian Radu Jude was awarded best director for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, while the Montenegrin DoP Sava Jovanović received the Živko Nikolić Award for Special Contribution to Film Expression.

    The Adriatic Audience Award within the joint selection of the Adriatic Region Festival Network, which consists of the Sarajevo Film Festival, the Zagreb Film Festival, the Belgrade Author Film Festival and the Herceg Novi Festival - Montenegro Film Festival, will be awarded after all four festivals. The best film will be decided by counting the votes of audiences from all countries, and the award will be given in November 2021, at the festival in Belgrade.

    The Herceg Novi Film Festival - Montenegro Film Festival screened over 50 films at the Kanli Kula and Forte Mare fortresses, as well as in the large hall and amphitheatre of the Park Hall.

    The 34th edition of the Herceg Novi Film Festival - Montenegro Film Festival was held 1-7 August 2021.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Grand Prix -Golden Mimosa:
    Oasis / Oaza (Serbia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Ivan Ikić
    Produced by SENSE Production (RS)
    Coproduced by Kepler Film (NL), Tramal Films (SL), SCCA / Pro.ba (BH), Les Films d’Antoine (FR)
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Slovenian Film Center, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Sarajevo Cinema FundCreative Europe - MEDIA and Eurimages

    Golden Mimosa for Best Director:
    Radu Jude for Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn / Babardeală cu bucluc sau porno balamuc (Romania, Luxembourg, Croatia, Czech Republic)
    Produced by microFILM (RO)
    Coproduced by Paul Thiltges Distributions (LU), endorfilm (CZ) and  Kinorama (HR)
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre (CNC), Cinéworld - Film Fund Luxembourg, the Czech Film Fund and the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC)

    Golden Mimosa for Best Actor:
    Ercan Kesal for You Know Him / Potencijаlni kаndidаt (Serbia, Turkey)
    Directed by Ercan Kesal
    Produced by Ay Yapim (TR)
    Coproduced by Poyraz Film (TR), Thalia Production Dušicа Novаković PR (RS)
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Golden Mimosa for Best Actress:
    Ilka Gashi for The Hive (Kosovo, Switzerland, Albania, North Macedonia)
    Directed by Blerta Basholli
    Produced by Industria Film (Kosovo), Iköne Studio (Kosovo), Alva Film (Switzerland), Alb Sky Film Production, Black Cat Production (North Macedonia)
    Supported by the Kosovan Cinematographic Center (KCC), the Switzerland Federal Office for Culture FOC and Cineforom, the North Macedonia Film Agency, the Albanian National Center of Cinematography

    Živko Nikolić Award for Special Contribution to Film Expression:
    Cinematographer Sava Jovanović

    Zoran Zivkovic Diploma:
    Oasis / Oaza (Serbia, Slovenia, the Netherlands, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
    Directed by Ivan Ikić

    Milan Žmukić Award:
    Shots in Marseille (Serbia) Documentary
    Directed by Gordan Matić

    Best Student Film:
    Development (Montenegro)
    Directed by Nikola Vučinić

    Student Film Special Awards:
    Silence (Romania)
    Directed by Miruna Minculescu
    and
    Dog and Wind (Serbia)
    Directed by Jovana Markovic