The festival hosted by the Kaptol Boutique Cinema screened 102 films in 12 programmes. Nineteen films competed in the International Competition and 21 films in the Regional Competition.
The FIPRESCI jury, counting FNE correspondent Milena Zajović among its members, also gave its award to KIX, and a third prize for the Hungarian film came from the Young Jury as the Small Stamp for the Best Film by a Young Author under the Age of 35.
This year, the Honorary Big Stamp Award, usually presented by the director of the festival, Nenad Puhovski, went to Werner Herzog.
Starting with 2024, the festival founded by Nenad Puhovski has an executive director, Hrvoje Pukšec, while Nenad Puhovski will continue to be the artistic director.
The 2024 ZagrebDox Pro educational and development workshop focused on documentary series.
ZagrebDox was held with the support of the City of Zagreb, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), the Kultura nova Foundation, the Croatian Film Directors’ Guild and the Tourist Board of the City of Zagreb.
WINNERS:
International Jury Awards:
Big Stamp for the Best Film:
Four Daughters (France, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Cyprus)
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
Special Mention:
A New Kind of Wilderness (Norway)
Directed by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Regional Competition Jury:
Big Stamp for the Best Film:
KIX (Hungary)
Directed by Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész
Special Mention:
Silence of Reason (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Kumnjana Novakova
Short Films Jury:
Small Stamp for the Best Short Film:
Transit (Croatia)
Directed by Lucija Brkić
Special Award for a Short Film:
Boy (Estonia)
Directed by Vladimir Loginov
Movies That Matter Jury:
Movies That Matter Award:
Dahomey (France, Senegal, Benin)
Directed by Matti Diop
Special Award:
Total Trust (Germany, the Netherlands)
Directed by Jialing Zhang
Young Jury:
Small Stamp for the Best Film by a Young Author under the Age of 35:
KIX (Hungary)
Directed by Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész
Special Award:
Grand Prize (Croatia)
Directed by Anja Koprivšek
FIPRESCI Jury:
FIPRESCI Award:
KIX (Hungary)
Directed by Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész
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Teen Dox Award (decided by high school students from Zagreb):
Sister of Mine (Poland)
Directed by Mariusz Rusiński
Special Mention:
Boyz (Germany)
Directed by Sylvain Cruiziat
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Honorary Big Stamp Award:
Werner Herzog
