Grand prix (feature film programme)
The members of jury Thanos Anastopoulos (Greece), Kristina Balaban (Czech Republic) and Goran Marković (Croatia) decided that the best film of 9th FMFS is "A peine j'ouvre les yeux" by Leyla Bouzid (Tunis) and the special jury award goes to the film "Albuka" by Emin Alper (Turkey).
The jury's decision:
"One of the screened movie stepped out and we all agreed that it could have won an award, but since it has already won many awards, we decided to give a chance to these two films that provoked us to have an interesting discussion. We decided to give our special award to Turkish film "Abluka" by Emin Alper because it really depicts the impression of a person that lives in as constant fear, anxiety and social isolation."
Finally, we decided that the Gran Prix should be won by "A peine j'ouvre les yeux" by Leyla Bouzid, in which she gives a portrait of a young girl in Tunis. The film follows her growing up and facing political and personal choices that lead to her loss of innocence as well as of the society that surrounds her. In such times, the final words of the film keep echoing: "Don't ever stop singing!"
We would like to thank the director Alen Munitić and the entire festival crew for hosting us and giving us this beautiful film selection that creates a perfect balance between the reality and documentary, between drama and commedy, personal and social issues. The selection was great and there are lots of excellent films, so thank you once again for this beautiful experience!"
JEŠKE (Croatian short film programme)
The best short Croatian film according to the jury- Jelena Novaković, Miro Nikolić and Leopold Botteri is "The Beast" by Daina Oniunas Pusić.
AUDIENCE AWARDS
According to the audience, the best feature film of this year's FMFS is French "Asphalte" by Samuel Benchetrit and the best Croatian short film is "Thin air" by Šimun Šitum. Among the foreign short films, the greatest number of votes won the animated "Life with Herman H.Rott" by Chintis Lundgren, filmed in Estonian- Croatian co-production.