On Saturday, the 34th awards gala at the Warsaw Film Festival took place. The awards were presented at Multikino Złote Tarasy.
Warsaw Grand Prix
The Warsaw Grand Prix is the festival's most important award. This year, the jury of Tolga Karacelik, Nik Powell, Marek Rozenbaum and Piers Handling decided to award this award to the film "Delegation" directed by Bujar Alimani. The film tells about the attempts to implement government reforms in Albania in 1990. These changes were to open the way for this country to the OSCE.
Best Director
The Warsaw Film Festival awards prizes in various categories, but this one could not be missing. The award for the best director is a tribute to the artist and paying respect to him for the effort he put in his work. This year such an award went to Anki Damian for the film "Moon Hotel Kabul". The film is about a charismatic journalist who writes investigative reports. In his work, he often mixes truth with fiction and is not aware that the way he works will soon have a bad impact on his life. He meets a woman named Loan who dies right after meeting them. Unfortunately, her death does not prevent her from poisoning the main character's life.
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Special Jury Award
Every script, even the best one, requires a great director who will adequately convey the vision of this picture, but also an actor who will be able to present this vision in the best possible way. This year, the Special Award of the Warsaw Film Festival went to Martina Apostolova. She played the role of the main character in the film by Irina Nadejda Koseva.
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Other Awards
There were many awards given at the festival by various types of juries. Nikos Labota was awarded for directing the film "Her Work". This film also received awards such as FIPRESCI and Young FIPRESCI Award. The Free Spirit Competition selected the best film titled "Out". He won the Documentary Competition the movie "Just like that We are", and the winner of the short film competition was "Weightlifter.
