ZagrebDox

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ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival
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Location Zagreb, Croatia
Founded2005
AwardsVeliki pečat
Mali pečat
No. of films104 (2019) [1]
LanguageInternational
Website www.zagrebdox.net

ZagrebDox is an international documentary film festival launched in 2005 which takes place in Croatia's capital Zagreb every year. The festival showcases creative documentary features from around the world, and also includes workshops for prospective filmmakers which help them develop their projects.

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History

The week-long festival, usually held in the spring, traditionally has an international and a regional competition category. The regional program includes films from Croatia, or from other countries in Southeast Europe (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia).

ZagrebDox also involves non-competitive screenings, such as retrospectives of works of particular filmmakers, or films dealing with a common subject or genre.

The festival is organized by a Zagreb-based film production company called Factum. As of 2019, the festival had featured more than 2,000 films over the previous 14 years, which were seen by approximately 290,000 moviegoers. [1]

Awards

The following are the main prizes given at the festival:

The festival occasionally includes special awards for their promotion of human rights or for highlighting topics deemed important and relevant, and also gives out lifetime achievement prizes to international filmmakers for outstanding accomplishments in the field of documentary filmmaking.

Winners

International competition

YearInternational titleDirector(s)Ref
2005 (1st) The 3 Rooms of Melancholia Pirjo Honkasalo [2]
2006 (2nd) Before Flying Back to Earth Arūnas Matelis [3]
2007 (3rd)Civil StatusAlina Rudnitskaya [4]
2008 (4th) War/Dance Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine [5]
2009 (5th) Lady Kul El Arab Ebtisam Mara’ana [6]
2010 (6th) Petition Zhao Liang [7]
2011 (7th) Position Among the Stars Leonard Retel Helmrich [8]
2012 (8th)ReturnsKrzysztof Kadlubowski [9]
2013 (9th)Kudzu VineJosh Gibson [10]
2014 (10th)The Last StationCristian Soto and Catalina Vergara [11]
2015 (11th) Virunga Orlando von Einsiedel [12]
2016 (12th) Poet on a Business Trip Ju Anqi [13]
2017 (13th)The Dazzling Light of SunsetSalomé Jashi
2018 (14th) Of Fathers and Sons Talal Derki
2019 (15th)Up the Mountain Zhang Yang
2020 (16th)FrothIlya Povolotsky
2021 (17th) Downstream to Kinshasa Dieudo Hamadi
2022 (18th)Sabaya Hogir Hirori
2023 (19th)ManifestoAngie Vinchito
2024 (20th) Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania
2025 (21st) Mr. Nobody Against Putin David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin [14]

Regional competition

YearInternational titleDirector(s)Ref
2005 (1st)Images from the Corner Jasmila Žbanić [2]
2006 (2nd)Totally PersonalNedžad Begović [3]
2007 (3rd)Europe Next Door Želimir Žilnik [4]
2008 (4th)Weddings and DiapersCasey Cooper Johnson and Antoneta Kastrati [5]
2009 (5th)The Caviar Connection Dragan Nikolić [6]
2010 (6th)TotóPeter Schreiner [7]
2011 (7th)Trials, Tribulations & Sustainable Growth of a CockVladimir Perović [8]
2012 (8th)A Day on the DrinaInes Tanović [9]
2013 (9th)TzvetankaYoulian Tabakov [10]
2014 (10th) Sacro GRA Gianfranco Rosi [11]
2015 (11th)Cain's ChildrenMarcell Gerö [12]
2016 (12th)4.7Đuro Gavran [13]
2017 (13th)Depth TwoOgnjen Glavonić
2018 (14th)The Other Side of Everything Mila Turajlić
2019 (15th)Una primaveraValentina Primavera
2020 (16th)Acasa, My HomeRadu Ciorniciuc
2021 (17th)My Uncle Tudor Olga Lucovnicova
2022 (18th)DidaNikola Ilić and Corina Schwingruber Ilić
2023 (19th)Matter Out of Place Nikolaus Geyrhalter
2024 (20th)KIXDávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész
2025 (21st)My Dad’s LessonsDalija Dozet [14]

Best Young Director

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
2005Life in PeaceMirnaya zhiznAntoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov Switzerland, Russia
2006 The Angelmakers Astrid Bussink Hungary, Netherlands, United Kingdom
2007Grandmothers of RevolutionBabice revolucijePetra Seliškar Macedonia, Netherlands, Cuba, Slovenia
2008 Audience of One Michael Jacobs United States
2009 On the Way to School İki Dil Bir BavulOzgür Dogan and Orhan Eskikoy Turkey
2010ChasmOtchłań Wojciech Kasperski Poland
2011Charcoal BurnersSmolarzePiotr Zlotorowicz Poland
2012The WillTestamentetChristian Sønderby Jepsen Denmark
2013Turn Off the LightsLumea in patrateleIvana Mladenović Romania
2014The Special NeedCarlo Zoratti Germany, Italy, France, Austria
2015Another Hungary – The Life of a Village – FragmentsMásik Magyarország - Töredékek egy falu hétköznapjaibólDénes Nagy Hungary
2016Above and BelowNicolas Steiner Switzerland, Germany, United States
2017Depth TwoDubina dvaOgnjen Glavonić Serbia
2018Over the LimitMarta Prus Poland, Germany, Finland
2019Still RecordingLissa ammetsajjelSaeed Al Batal, Ghiath Ayoub France, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria

Audience Award

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
2005Direkt (40) Without DadDirekt (40) Bez tateNebojša Slijepčević Croatia
Children of the DecreeDas Experiment 770 - Gebären auf BefehlRazvan Georgescu and Florin Iepan Romania, Germany
2006Wasn't awarded
2007 Blue Blood Stevan Riley United Kingdom
2008 All White in Barking Marc Isaacs United Kingdom
2009 The English Surgeon Geoffrey Smith United Kingdom
2010People from the Milky WayLjudi s mliječnog putaMiroslav Mikuljan Croatia
The Destiny of Line 13Sudbina broja 13 Irena Škorić
2011 Waste Land Lucy Walker Brazil, United Kingdom
2012Family MealsNije ti život pjesma HavajaDana Budisavljević Croatia
2013Gangster of LoveGangster te voliNebojša Slijepčević Croatia, Germany, Romania
2014Dear Lastan!Dragi Lastane! Irena Škorić Croatia
2015I Like That Super Most BestLijepo mi je s tobom, znašEva Kraljević Croatia
2016Twilight of a LifeAd ktze ha'zrikhaSylvain Biegeleisen Belgium, Israel
2017 The Eagle Huntress Otto Bell United Kingdom, Mongolia, United States
2018The Other Side of EverythingDruga strana svega Mila Turajlić Serbia, France, Qatar
2019NeighborsSusjediTomislav Žaja Croatia

Lifetime Achievement Award

(The Lifetime Achievement Award (Počasni pečat) was introduced at the 2009 edition, for outstanding contribution to documentary filmmaking)

Special awards

Apart from the regular categories, the festival sometimes awards special prizes, often related to themes of a particular festival edition.

YearAwardFilmDirector
2006
Best film in the
Sports and Music theme program
The Human Hambone
Flag of the United States.svg Mark Morgan
2008
International Critics' Jury Award
Flag of the United States.svg Ricki Stern &
Flag of the United States.svg Anne Sundberg

Flag of the United States.svg Michael Jacobs
2008
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marc Isaacs
2009
Movies That Matter Award
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
(Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land)
Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Østergaard
2012
Movies That Matter Award
The Tinniest Place
Flag of Mexico.svg Tatiana Huezo
2013
Movies That Matter Award
Flag of Denmark.svg Joshua Oppenheimer
2014
Movies That Matter Award
Pipeline
(Truba)
Flag of Russia.svg Vitaly Mansky
2015
Movies That Matter Award
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Droz Palermo &
Flag of the United States.svg Tracy Droz Tragos

References

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  6. 1 2 "5th ZagrebDox Awards Presented". ZagrebDox.net. ZagrebDox. 6 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. 1 2 "6th ZagrebDox Juries and Awards". ZagrebDox.net. ZagrebDox. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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  9. 1 2 "'Returns' and 'A Day on the Drina' win Big Stamps of 8th ZagrebDox!". ZagrebDox.net. ZagrebDox. 3 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. 1 2 "9th ZagrebDox Closed with the Official Award Ceremony". ZagrebDox.net. ZagrebDox. 3 March 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  11. 1 2 "10th ZagrebDox Winners Announced!". ZagrebDox.net. ZagrebDox. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  12. 1 2 "11th ZagrebDox winners announced". ZagrebDox.net. ZagrebDox. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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