The winner of the Golden Pram award in the main competition (aimed at filmmakers' first and second features) of the 19^th edition of the Zagreb Film Festival, which took place in a hybrid format both physically on several central locations in Croatia's capital city and online via the platforms kinoeuropa.hr and croatian.film from 14-21 November, is Sebastian Meise's Great Freedom [+leggi anche:
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Golden Prams were also given out in two shorts competitions. North Pole directed by Marija Apčevska was awarded in the International Shorts Competition, while Olha Zhurba's Dad's Sneakers won the Special Mention. In the national competition called Checkers, the winner was Karlo Vorih's The Fall of Our Summer, while the Special Mention went to Everything Ahead directed by Mate Ugrin. Both competitions were judged by the same jury consisting of filmmakers from the younger generation: Sara Grgurić from Croatia, Rok Biček from Slovenia and Ivan Bakrač from Montenegro.

KinoKino is the parallel festival of films for children that takes place alongside the Zagreb Film Festival for the second year due to the pandemic, and its titles were judged by two juries, one professional consisting of actress Iva Babić, literary scholar Dubravka Zima and documentarian Saša Ban (all from Croatia), and one coming from the ranks of selected children. The adult jury singled out Sisters – The Summer We Found Our Superpowers by Silje Salomonsen and Arild Østin Ommundsen as the best film, while the children awarded Mission Ulja Funk [+leggi anche:
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The Golden Bicycle audience award went to Mohamed Diab's film Amira in the programme titled Together Again which hosts the previous competitors and guests of the Zagreb Film Festival. KinoKino's audience award went to Buster's World directed by Martin Miehe-Renard. The winner of the Best Pitch competition at the Industry Youth! event was Serbian entry Grumpiness directed by Milica Spasojević, while Bosnian entry Dead Knot written by Ismira Mašić got the Special Mention.

Here is the full list of awards:

Main Competition

Golden Pram
Great Freedom [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
The Staffroom [+leggi anche:
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International Shorts Competition

Golden Pram
North Pole – Marija Apčevska (North Macedonia/Serbia)

Special Mention
Dad's Sneakers – Olha Zhurba (Ukraine)

Checkers - National Shorts Competition

Golden Pram
Fall of Our Summer – Karlo Vorih (Croatia)

Special Mention
Everything Ahead – Mate Ugrin (Croatia/France)

KinoKino

Professional Jury Prize – Best Children's Film
Sisters – The Summer We Found Our Superpowers – Silje Salomonsen, Arild Østin Ommundsen (Norway)

Children’s Jury Prize – Best Film
Mission Ulja Funk [+leggi anche:
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Special Mention
Any Day Now [+leggi anche:
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Audience Awards

Golden Bicycle
Amira – Mohamed Diab (Egypt/Jordan/United Arab Emirates/Saudi Arabia)

KinoKino Audience Award
Buster's World – Martin Miehe-Renard (Denmark)

Industry Youth!

Best Pitch
Grumpiness – Milica Spasojević (Serbia)

Special Mention
Dead Knot – Ismira Mašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)