25-01-2019

FESTIVALS: The Delegation Wins 30th Trieste Film Festival

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    TRIESTE: Bujar Alimani’s The Delegation received the Trieste Award for Best Feature Film at the 30th Trieste Film Festival (18-25 January 2019). The film is a coproduction between Albania, France, Greece and Kosovo.

    The Croatian minority coproduction Chris the Swiss directed by Anja Kofmel was awarded the Alpe Adria Cinema Award (the Audience Award for the Best Documentary Film in competition) as well as the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa Award.

    Macedonian director Milcho Manchevski received the Eastern Star Award, Serbian director Želimir Žilnik received the Central European Initiative Award, and the film producer and director of the Sarajevo Film Festival Mirsad Purivatra was presented with the Cinema Warrior Award.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Trieste Award for Best Feature Film:
    The Delegation (Albania, France, Greece, Kosovo)
    Directed by Bujar Alimani

    Alpe Adria Cinema Award:
    Chris the Swiss (Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Finland)
    Directed by Anja Kofmel
    Produced by Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
    Coproduced by Nukleus Film, ma.ja.de., IV Films

    Osiride Brovedani Foundation Award:
    Last Call (Hungary)
    Directed by Hajni Kis

    Corso Salani Award:
    My Home, in Libya (Italy)
    Directed by Martina Melilli

    Sky Arte Prize:
    Ruben Brandt, Collector (Hungary)
    Directed by Milorad Krstić

    Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa Award:
    Chris the Swiss (Switzerland, Germany, Croatia, Finland)
    Directed by Anja Kofmel

    SNCCI Award for Best Film:
    Phantom Thread (USA, UK)
    Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

    SNCCI Award for Best Italian Film:
    Dogman (Italy, France)
    Directed by Matteo Garrone

    PAG Jury Award:
    The Delegation (Albania, France, Greece, Kosovo)
    Directed by Bujar Alimani

    VR Hackathon Contest:
    Voci di Trieste (Italy)
    By Giulia Massolino, Anna Violato

    Cineuropa Prize:
    The Load (Serbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar)
    Directed by Ognjen Glavonić
    Produced by Non-Aligned Films
    Coproduced by Cinéma Defacto, Kinorama, Three Gardens Film
    Supported by Aide aux cinémas du monde — CNC, Eurimages, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Visions Sud Est, Film Center Serbia, Hubert Bals Fund, Doha Film Institute, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

    Eastern Star Award:
    Milcho Manchevski

    Cinema Warrior Award:
    Mirsad Purivatra

    Central European Initiative Award:
    Želimir Žilnik