Balkan Nordic Film Festival DOC.SHORT 2023
AWARDS
Category BEST FILM
BEST SHORT FILM
Лека нощ, Лили / Good Night, Lily, 2021, Bulgaria, Short film 24’ 24’’
Director Peter Vulchev
For а poetically told story about aging, time and loves that endure in eternity.
BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILM
33 Andjela / 33 Angels, 2023, Norway, Documentary 80’
Head director Branko Dimeski
For а rich and thorough approach to a theme not previously explored in film. Also, an award to the film’s author for the courage shown in a debut film.
BEST MEDIUM-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY
Mamula all inclusive, 2023, Montenegro, Serbia, Documentary 60’
Director Aleksandar Reljic
A triple-award-winning author at our festival once again explores a theme that explicitly depicts the downfall of human existence – the fusion of a concentration camp and a luxurious hotel, in a uniquely sarcastic manner through human confessions.
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY 2023
Reznica, 2022, Serbia, Documentary 23’ 24’’
Director Davor Marinkovic
For yet another narrated story about people forced to flee their homes, forever carrying their packed suitcases in the hope of one day returning.
Category: Women’s Achievements in Film
BEST Women’s Achievements in SHORT FILM
The Last Supper, 2023, United States, Short film 15’ 48’’
Director Weijia Tang
A humorous tale by a male director who observes the subtle power of a woman’s dominance in a typically masculine, macho environment.
BEST Women’s Achievements in DOCUMENTARY Film
The Home, 2023, Ukraine, Short film 9’ 40’’
Director Olesia Labik
For the strength of director Olesia Labik and her authorial sensitivity to narrate the story of the suffering through the eyes of a girl amidst the whirlwind of war actions in Ukraine.
Category: SPECIAL AWARDS
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
reMemBer2.human, 2023, Albania, Short film 6’ 11’’
Director Durim Klaiqi
The unique film at the Festival that speaks the language of future generations and implicitly opens a new world of understanding reality through clear images and atmospheres.
BEST EDITING
Potreba za mržnjom / Recipe for Hate, 2020, Serbia, Documentary 81’ 10’’
Director: Filip Čolović
As an autobiographical story, this film, through rich personal memories and the author’s relationship with his brother, actually gives a voice to all the unresolved murders of young people in urban spaces. The painful complexity of rational emotion in editing done by Bojan Filipovic, gives film a special power, allowing the viewer to understand the magnitude of the tragedy for the entire society.
AWARD FOR Contribution to Cultural Heritage and Memory
Vitic Dances, 2023, Croatia, Documentary 89’ 52’’
Director Boris Bakal
The struggle for the common heritage of the prominent architects who worked during the time of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia obliges all of us to preserve it. The struggle of new generations, although challenging, reinstates the past to its rightful place and enriches contemporaries with the dignity they deserve.
BEST SCRIPT SHORT FILM
Сценариото / The Script, 2023, North Macedonia, Short film 14’50’’
Directed, written, and produced by: Aleksandra Kardalevska
A skillful screenwriter Aleksandra Kardalevska seamlessly connects seemingly incompatible dramatic characters and effortlessly rolls us into his maze of fiction, creating an entirely new and authentic story.
BEST YOUNG ACTOR IN SHORT FILM
Duga / Rainbow, 2021, Montenegro, Short film 16’55’’, no text
Directed and Edited by: Aleksandar Vujović
Actor Nikša Radojičić impressively, effortlessly, with full presence in front of the cameras and at the age of 6, captivates the life of a future painter.
Chairman of the Jury
Tanja Stepanov