09-08-2019

FESTIVALS: God Exists, Her Hame Is Petrunija Wins 33rd Montenegro Film Festival

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    FESTIVALS: God Exists, Her Hame Is Petrunija Wins 33rd Montenegro Film Festival credit: Montenegro Film Festival

    HERCEG NOVI: God Exists, Her Hame Is Petrunija by Teona Strugar Mitevska received the Golden Mimosa for best film at the 33rd Herceg Novi Film Festival– Montenegro Film Festival, which wrapped in Herceg Novi on 7 August 2019.

    Ivan Salatić received the best director award for You Have the Night.

    The winner of the Mini Pitch for Montenegrin projects, Andrija Mugoša for Reverse, received 2,000 EUR in cash from the Film Centre of Montenegro and a selection in the Zagreb Film Festival's Industry Youth! programme.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Golden Mimosa for Best Film: God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija / Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija (North Macedonia, Belgium, France, Croatia, Slovenia)
    Directed by Teona Strugar Mitevska
    Produced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski
    Coproduced by Entre Chien et Loup, Deuxième Ligne Films, EZ Films, Spiritus movens, Vertigo
    Supported by the Macedonian Film Agency, the Belgium Film and Tax Shelter, the Slovenian Film Center , the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and Eurimages

    Golden Mimosa for Best Director:
    Ivan Salatić for You Have the Night / Ti imaš moć (Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia)
    Produced by Meander Film
    Coproduced by Non-Aligned Films in association with Gustav Film
    Supported by the Film Center Montenegro, Film Center Serbia

    Golden Mimosa for Best Screenplay:
    Marius Olteanu for Monsters. / Monștri. (Romania)
    Directed by Marius Olteanu
    Produced by Parada Film
    Coproduction by Wearebasca
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre

    Golden Mimosa for Best Actress:
    Nataša Ninković for Ajvar (Serbia, Montenegro)
    Directed by Anna Maria Rossi
    Produced by Biberche
    Coproduced by Artikulacija
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Film Center of Montenegro

    Golden Mimosa for Best Actor:
    Alican Yücesoy for La Belle Indifference (Turkey)

    Živko Nikolić Award for Special Contribution to Cinematic Expression:
    Jelena Maksimović for You Have the Night
    Directed by Ivan Salatić

    Special Jury Award:

    Momo Pićurić for You Have the Night
    Directed by Ivan Salatić

    Mamonga (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro)
    Directed by Stefan Malešević
    Produced by Nana 143, Sarajevo Film Academy
    Coproduced by Slovofilm, Code Blue Production

    and

    Neverending Past / Između dana i noći (Montenegro, Serbia)
    Directed by Andro Martinovic
    Produced by Artikulacija
    Coproduced by Zillion Films

    FEDEORA Award:
    You Have the Night
    Directed by Ivan Salatić

    Audience Award:
    Stitches (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia)
    Directed by Miroslav Terzić
    Produced by West End Production
    Coproduced by Nora Production Group, Spiritus Movens, SCCA/PRO.BA
    Supported by Film Center Serbia, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (havc.hr), the Sarajevo Film Fund, the Slovenian Film Centre

    Golden Mimosa for Best Student Film:
    Foreign Body
    Directed by Dušan Zorić (Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Serbia)

    Special Mentions:

    Chasm
    Directed by Ana Trebše (Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Serbia)

    Unique
    Directed by Nikola Polić (Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Serbia)


    Milan Žmukić Award for Exceptional Contribution to Montenegro Film Festival: Mira Banjac (Serbia)

    Mini Pitch Award: Andrija Mugoša for Reverse