18-11-2019

FESTIVALS: Ivana the Terrible Wins Zagreb Film Festival 2019

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    ZAGREB: The jury of the 17th Zagreb Film Festival awarded the Golden Pram for Best Feature Film to the Romanian/Serbian fictional autobiography Ivana the Terrible directed by Ivana Mladenović. The film previously won the Jury Award in Locarno and had a regional premiere at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

    “The film is inspired by a real life crisis which occurred to me in the summer of 2017 and we wanted it to have a therapeutic effect, so I invited my friends and family to once again re-live those moments in front of the camera. Most of the situations seen in the film happened in reality, if not to me, then to some of my close friends,” the director said.

    The Golden Pram for Best International Short Film went to the Serbian film The Last Image of Father by Stefan Đorđević, and the film Snitch by Rino Barbir took the Golden Pram for Best Croatian Film from the Checkers programme.

    Festival director Boris T. Matić said, “The longest festival edition ever, with new locations, went really well. All the screenings in the main programme were sold out, which proves that the audience was satisfied with our film choices.”

    Through commercial sponsors, the festival presented monetary awards for the best feature film (4,000 EUR), best short film (1,000 EUR) and best youth film in the PLUS programme (500 EUR). The monetary award for best film from the Checkers programme (1,350 EUR) is given by the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Golden Pram for the Best Feature Film:
    Ivana the Terrible (Romania, Serbia)
    Directed by Ivana Mladenović
    Produced by microFilm, Dunav 84
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Film Center Serbia

    Special mention for the Best Feature Film:
    Monos (Colombia, The Netherlands, Argentina, Germany, Sweden)
    Directed by Alejandro Landes

    Golden Pram for the Best Short Film:
    The Last Image of Father (Serbia)
    Directed by Stefan Đorđević
    Produced by All Inclusive Films, Emote Films
    Supported by the Film Center Serbia, SeeCinema Network

    Special mention for the Best Short Film:
    She Runs (China, France)
    Directed by Qui Yang

    The Golden Pram for Best Croatian Film from the Checkers programme:
    Snitch (Croatia)
    Directed by Rino Barbir
    Produced by Blank, Kino klub Split
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    Special mention for the Best Croatian Film from the Checkers programme:
    Summer Fruits (Croatia)
    Directed by Josip Lukić
    Produced by the Academy of Dramatic Art

    Golden Bicycle Award for Best Film from the Together Again programme:
    JoJo Rabbit (USA, New Zealand, Czech Republic)
    Directed by Taika Waititi
    Produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, Piki Films, Defender Films, Czech Anglo Productions
    Supported by the Czech Film Fund through production incentives

    Award of the PLUS programme:
    Diary of Diana B. (Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia)
    Directed by Dana Budisavljević
    Produced by Hulahop, December, This and That productions
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia, Slovenian Film Centre

    Audience Award:
    Babyteeth (Australia)
    Directed by Shannon Murphy