Cloud 9 wins Trieste Film Fest
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At the 20th Trieste Film Festival (formerly the Alpa Adria Film Festival), held from January 15-22, Germany’s Cloud 9 [+see also:
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Special mention went to Austrian feature debut filmmaker Klaus Handl’s March, which also won a special mention at the Sarajevo Film Festival; and Aida Begic’s Snow [+see also:
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The jury was comprised of Macedonian actress Labina Mitevska, Hungarian producer Andras Muhi and Prune Egler, director of La Rochelle International Film Festival.
In the short film category, Edward Feldman’s US/Czech co-production A Day’s Work won the main prize, worth €2,000. Special mentions went to Balastiera #186 (Romania) by Adina Pintilie and George Chiper, Jan Vagner’s Moj Brat (Poland) and Pavel Oresnikov’s Resolution (Russia).
Aljouna Polunina’s The Revolution That Wasn’t (Estonia/Finland) won the Best Documentary prize, worth €2,500, and special mentions went to Austrian film Meine Halbes Leben by Marko Doringer and Sergej Loznica’s Predstavljenje (Germany/Russia/Ukraine).
Serbian director Dragan Nikolic’s documentary Kavijar Koneksn was pronounced the CEI Event of 2009.
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