Vukovar Film Festival

Vukovar Film Festival
Location Vukovar, Croatia
Founded 2007
Language International
Website www.vukovarfilmfestival.com

The Vukovar Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 2007 and held in the town of Vukovar, Croatia. It usually takes place over five or six days in late August.

Overview

Festival is dedicated to films made in Danube region and neighbouring countries – Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Moldavia, Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine. It was founded by Igor Rakonić. Screenings were usually held on a barge located in Danube river, but from 8th edition moved to newly opened CineStar movie theater and several other locations in the town. Some screenings are also held in Vinkovci and Valpovo.[1][2][3]

Awards

The main award at the festival is called Zlatni šlep (English: The Golden Barge).

In 2014, an award for lifetime achievement was introduced, given to notable filmmakers. Its first recipient was Mustafa Nadarević.[4]

Award winners

Golden Barge Award for Best Feature Film

Year Film Original title Director Nationality of Director
2008 (2nd) Adventurers Kalandorok Béla Paczolay  Hungary
2009 (3rd) Police, Adjective Polițist, Adjectiv Corneliu Porumboiu  Romania
2010 (4th) Honey Bal Semih Kaplanoğlu  Turkey
2011 (5th) Kotlovina Kotlovina Tomislav Radić  Croatia
2012 (6th) Beyond the Hills După dealuri Cristian Mungiu  Romania
2013 (7th) Child's Pose Poziția copilului Călin Peter Netzer  Romania
2014 (8th) Number 55 Broj 55 Kristijan Milić  Croatia
2015 (9th) Bravo! Aferim! Radu Jude  Romania
2016 (10th) Graduation Bacalaureat Cristian Mungiu  Romania
2017 (11th) In the Fade Aus dem Nichts Fatih Akin  Germany
2018 (12th) I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians Îmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari Radu Jude  Romania

Golden Barge Award for Best Short Film

Year Film Original title Director Nationality of Director
2008 (2nd) In the Morning Dimineata Radu Jude  Romania
2009 (3rd) Party Tulum Dalibor Matanić  Croatia
2010 (4th) Yellow Moon Žuti mjesec Zvonimir Jurić  Croatia
2011 (5th) Silent River Apele tac Anca Miruna Lazarescu  Romania
2012 (6th) Armadingen Armadingen Philipp Käßbohrer  Germany
2013 (7th) The Swing of the Coffin Maker Die Schaukel des Sargmachers Elmar Imanov  Azerbaijan
2014 (8th) My Guide Újratervezés Barnabás Tóth  Hungary
2015 (9th) Art Arta Adrian Sitaru  Romania
2016 (10th) Everything Will Be Okay Alles wird gut Patrick Vollrath  Germany
2017 (11th) A Night in Tokoriki O noapte in Tokoriki Roxana Stroe  Romania
2018 (12th) Lacrimosa Lacrimosa Tanja Mairitsch  Austria

Golden Barge Award for Best Documentary Film

Year Film Original title Director Nationality of Director
2008 (2nd) Don't Get Me Wrong Nu te supara, dar... Adina Pintilie  Romania
2009 (3rd) Let's Make Money Let's Make Money Erwin Wagenhofer  Austria
2010 (4th) The Children of the Commune Die Kinder vom Friedrichshof Juliane Großheim  Germany
2011 (5th) Nesvatbov Nesvatbov Erika Hníková  Czech Republic
2012 (6th) The King Kralj Dejan Aćimović  Croatia
2013 (7th) Married to the Swiss Franc U braku sa švicarcem Arsen Oremović  Croatia
2014 (8th) Overdose: Run for a Dream Overdose: Vágta egy álomért Gábor Ferenczi  Hungary
2015 (9th) Toto and His Sisters Toto şi surorile lui Alexander Nanau  Romania
2016 (10th) Outside Himmelverbot Andrei Schwartz  Romania
2017 (11th) The Promise Das Versprechen Marcus Vetter & Karin Steinberger  Germany
2018 (12th) Jam Session Jam Session Borislav Kolev  Bulgaria

References

  1. ↑ Sinovčić, Dean (30 June 2008). "Festival umjetničkih filmova na dunavskom šlepu". Nacional (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Svečano otvoren 8. Vukovar film festival na kojem će biti prikazan 81 film". Nacional (in Croatian). 25 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ↑ Sinovčić, Dean (18 August 2015). "S malo novca i uz pokušaj zabrane, festival je vrhunski". Nacional (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Flego, Miroslav (30 August 2014). "Broj 55 pobrao najviše nagrada na 8. Vukovar film festivalu". Večernji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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