AWARDS & JURY
WINNERS 2023
The Best Film Award
Babajanja
Ante Zlatko Stolica (Croatia)
The jury’s statement: By expanding what documentary filmmaking is, the filmmaker immerses us into an intimate and imaginative cinematic world. Here, memories, facts, and trauma are treated equally and create empathy for the unknown.
Provided by Sirogojno Company.
Jury Special Mention
Haulout
Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev (UK, Russia)
The jury’s statement: Truth is stranger than fiction and this is certainly the case in this film. Unfolding almost like a science fiction thriller, the film introduces us to the desperate, dream-like quest of one man, while showing us the devastating impact of climate change.
Youth Jury Award
Will You Look at Me
Shuli Huang (China)
The Youth Jury’s statement: The cinematography of the film, the emotional connection with the audience, the poetics and the courage of the director to show their most intimate and vulnerable moments of life on the big screen has completely touched us.
The Audience Award
Favourite Daughter
Dana Reilly (USA)
jury 2023
