03-04-2018

FESTIVALS: Wongar Wins 65th March Festival in Belgrade

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    FESTIVALS: Wongar Wins 65th March Festival in Belgrade photo: Stanislav Milojkovic

    BELGRADE: Wongar by Andrijana Stojković was awarded best long documentary at the 65th March Film Festival (Martovski festival – The Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival) on 1 April 2018. The festival screened almost 120 films from 28 March to 1 April 2018.

    The festival organised its usual competitive programmes: national selection for long documentaries (over 50 minutes long), short documentaries, short fiction films, experimental films and video art, as well as animated films subsections. An international short fiction films competition was also in the menu.

    The festival was managed by the team led by Marko Popović as the festival’s art director and Boban Jevtić as special consultant. The festival was supported by Film Center Serbia..

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Best Long Documentary (more than 50 minutes of length): Wongar / Vongar
    Directed by Andrijana Stojković
    Produced by Art & Popcorn
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Best Documentary (up to 50 minutes of length): The Same / Isti
    Directed by Dejan Petrović
    Produced by FILMART
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Best Short Film – Serbian Competition: The Wine / Lijana
    Directed by Ivan Đurović
    Produced by FMK – Fakultet za medije i komunikacije
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Best Short Film - International Competition: Would You Look at Her / ВИДИ ЈА ТИ НЕА
    Directed by Goran Stolevski
    Produced by Black Cat Production
    Supported by the Macedonian Film Agency

    Best Animated Film: Untravel / Neputovanje
    Directed by Ana Nedeljković & Nikola Majdak, mlađi
    Produced by Baš Čelik
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Best Experimental Film or Video Art: Stars of Gaomeigu / Zvezde Gaomeigua
    Directed by Marko Grba Singh
    Produced by Looking China, Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade

    Professional Awards:

    Best Sound Design: Aleksandar Protić for The Other Side of Everything / Druga strana svega
    Directed by Mila Turajlić
    Produced by Dribbling Pictures
    Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of SerbiaFilm Center Serbia, CNC – Cinémas du monde, Doha Film Institute and HBO Europe

    photo: Stanislav MilojkovicBest Editing: Aleksandra Milovanović for The Other Side of Everything / Druga strana svega
    Directed by Mila Turajlić

    Best Cinematography: Igor Marović for The Wine / Lijana
    Directed by Ivan Đurović
    Produced by FMK – Fakultet za medije i komunikacije
    Supported by Film Center Serbia

    Best Achievement in Film Directing: Marko Grba Singh for Stars of Gaomeigu / Zvezde Gaomeigua
    Produced by Looking China, Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade

    Postproduction Award (awarded by The Living Pictures): Dejan Petrović for his next film