Interaction Awards Prestigious Prizes in the Competition Program

This year, the Interaction Festival will award several prestigious prizes to films in the competition program, including the Best Film Award, Special Mention, Youth Jury Award, and Audience Award.

The Best Film Award is given to the director of the film chosen by a three-member international jury. This year’s expert jury consists of Chris Filippone, Doris Bauer, and Nadica Denić. In addition to the statue, created by sculptor Marko Crnobrnja, and a diploma, this award includes a cash prize provided by Sirogojno Company, a long-time partner of the Festival.

The jury may grant a Special Mention to one film from the competition program.

The Youth Jury Award will be presented to the director of the film selected by the youth jury, composed of participants from the Interaction Teen Doc Workshop. Besides the diploma, this award also includes a cash prize.

The Audience Award is given to the film that receives the highest ratings from the festival audience.

More information about the jury and awards can be found here.

Interaction 2024 is organized by the Independent Film Center Filmart, as part of the Užice – Capital of Culture of Serbia 2024 programme, in collaboration with the Užice City Cultural Center, and with the support of the Ministry of Culture of Serbia, the Film Center of Serbia, the Ministry of Tourism and Youth, the City of Užice, the City of Čačak, the Municipality of Požega, the US Embassy in Belgrade, support from the Swiss government within the Culture for Democracy project implemented by the Heartefact Fund, the Visegrad Fund, CEI – Central European Initiative, the British Council (through the CC4WBs program), the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Belgrade, Media Desk – Creative Europe Serbia, the Austrian Cultural Forum, Cinnamon Films and Textil Užice companies, the Business Club of Western Serbia, and other partners.