Damian Kocur won Best Director in the same competition for his Polish film Bread and Salt, while Iulian Postelnicu won the Outstanding Individual Performance Award for the Romanian/Bulgarian coproduction Men of Deeds directed by Paul Negoescu.
A total of 219 films from 48 countries screened in the festival which is one of the world's leading forums for Eastern European cinema.
This year the festival focused on Romania and launched a new section EcoEast with films on ecological themes and sustainability.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Feature Film Competition:
Main Prize for Best Film:
Safe Place / Sigurno mjesto (Croatia, Slovenia)
Directed by Juraj Lerotić
Produced by Pipser
Coproduced by Zelena traka, December
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Centre
Special Prize for Best Director:
Damian Kocur for Bread and Salt / Chleb i sól (Poland)
Produced by Munk Studio
Coproduced by Canal+ Polska, Silesia Film, KIVI Rental, King House Michał Sadowski, EXA Studio
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Prize for Outstanding Individual Performance:
Iulian Postelnicu for Men of Deeds / Oameni de treabă (Romania, Bulgaria)
Directed by Paul Negoescu
Produced by Tangaj Production, Papillon Film
Coproduced by Screening Emotions, Avanpost Production
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Bulgarian National Film Center, Creative Europe Programme – MEDIA Slate Funding, Eurimages, Romanian National Television
Short Film Competition:
Main Prize for Best Short Film:
Last Time (Lithuania)
Directed by Rinaldas Tomaševičius
Special Prize for a Director:
Santtu Salminen for Primal Therapy (Finland)
Youth Film Competition:
Prize for Best Youth Film:
Larry (Hungary)
Directed by Szilárd Bernath
Produced by Focus Fox
Supported by the National Film Institute – Hungary
DIALOG Prize for Understanding between Cultures:
Bread and Salt / Chleb i sól (Poland)
Directed by Damian Kocur
Best Debut Film Award:
Larry (Hungary)
Directed by Szilárd Bernath
FIPRESCI Prize:
Minsk (Estonia)
Directed by Boris Guts
Produced by Leo Films
Supported by the Estonian Film Institute
Ecumenical Jury Prize:
Minsk (Estonia)
Directed by Boris Guts
Audience Award:
The Last Race (Czech Republic, Slovakia)
Directed by Tomáš Hodan
Produced by Punk Film
Coproduced by the Czech Television, D.N.A. Production
Supported by the Czech Film Fund
MIOB in Shorts Award:
Amygdala (Greece)
Directed by Maria Hatzakou