21-11-2017

FESTIVALS: Men Don’t Cry Wins FIPRESCI Award at LiFFe

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    LJUBLJANA: Columbus by Kogonada won the Best Film award of the 28th LiFFe fest on 18 November 2017, while Men Don’t Cry by Alen Drljević racked up yet another award, winning the FIPRESCI prize.

    The Audience Award went to Heartstone directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson. The international jury for the main competition consisted of Dragan Rubeša, Jessica Kiang, and Damjan Kozole.

    The Best Short Film award was presented to the Chile/Lithuania/Denmark coproduction I’m Not from Here directed by Maite Alberdi and Giedre Zickyte. The prize of the Youth Jury went to Call Me by Your Name by Luca Guadagnino. 

    List of Awards: 

    Best Film: Colombus (USA)
    Directed by Kogonada

    Special Mention: Araby (Brazil)
    Directed by Affonso Uchoa, Joao Dumans 

    FIPRESCI Prize: Men Don’t Cry (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
    Directed by Alen Drljevic
    Produced by Deblokada Sarajevo
    Coproduced by Iridium Film, Menderley Films, Produkcija Živa, Cineplanet 

    Best Short Film: I’m Not from Here (Chile, Lithuania, Denmark)
    Directed by Maite Alberdi, Giedre Zickyte

    Special Mentions: The Beast (South Africa, Brazil)
    Directed by Samantha Nell, Michael Wahrmann
    and
    [...] Craving for Narrative (Germany)
    Directed by Max Grau

    Audience Award: Heartstone (Iceland, Denmark)
    Directed by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson

    Best Youth Film: Call Me by Your Name (Italy, France, Brazil, USA)
    Directed by Luca Guadagnino

    Best 360˚ Film: Freedom, with No Excuses (Slovenia)
    Directed by Matej Lozar, Anja Čotar, Rok Jagodnik, Uroš Kokol, Sašo Stojak