The winner of the Balkan film competition at the 11^th Prishtina International Film Festival (PriFest, 16-21 July), a strand also known as the “Honey and Blood” programme, was Albanian director Robert Budina’s feature A Shelter Among the Clouds [+lire aussi :
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fiche film], as decreed by jury members Karin Dix, Daniel Mulloy and Eponine Momenceau. Furthermore, the film’s leading actors, who both originate from Kosovo, Arben Bajraktaraj and Irena Cahani, snagged the Best Actor and Best Actress Awards, respectively. The jury bestowed the Best Director Award upon Turkey’s Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun for his film The Announcement [+lire aussi :
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The international jury for PriFest’s European competition, comprising Claudia Landsberger, Armond Morina and Vladimir Anastasov, handed first-time Slovenian director-screenwriter Darko Štante’s Consequences [+lire aussi :
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In the Documentary programme, Rodrigo Areias’ Blue Breath received the Best Documentary Award, and Miel-Emile [+lire aussi :
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Finally, in PriFORUM, the industry section of PriFest, the project that went home with the Best Pitch Award was Gulizar by Turkish director Belkıs Bayrak, which received a €50,000 prize for video post-production, whereas the Sound Postproduction Award, worth €10,000, went to the Macedonian project Aisha by Hanis Bagashov. The €1,500 PriFest Award was handed to My Brother by Yulian Malaj and Harris Davas, from Albania, and the Best Green Project was deemed to be Nature by Beatrice Shabanaj and Verona Berisha.

Here is the complete list of winners at the 11^th Prishtina International Film Festival:

Best Balkan Film – Honey and Blood
A Shelter Among the Clouds [+lire aussi :
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Best Director
Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun - The Announcement [+lire aussi :
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interview : Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
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Best Actor Award
Arben Bajraktaraj - A Shelter Among the Clouds

Best Actress Award
Irena Cahani - A Shelter Among the Clouds

Best European Film
Consequences [+lire aussi :
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interview : Timon Sturbej
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Special Jury Prize
Vladimir Mishukov - Elephants Can Play Football (Russia)

Special Mention
Zoe - The Days to Come [+lire aussi :
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interview : Carlos Marques-Marcet
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Best Documentary Award
Blue Breath - Rodrigo Areias (Portugal/Finland/France)

Special Mention for Documentary
Miel-Emile [+lire aussi :
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FIPRESCI Award – Best Balkan Film
The Announcement - Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun

Media Jury Award
The Days to Come - Carlos Marques-Marcet

Middle-length Award
Let’s the Death Be Alive - Uriel Jaouen Zrehen (France)

Student Programme Award
Colour Cage - Daniel Reascos (Ecuador)

Lifetime Achievement Award from PriFest
Melihate Qena (actress)
Selman Lokaj (actor)

International Achievement of a Kosovar Film/Actor
Kushtrim Hoxha

Audience Award
An Unforgettable Spring in a Forgotten Village - Kushtrim Bekteshi (North Macedonia/Kosovo/Albania)

PriFORUM Awards

Best Pitch - Video Postproduction Award
Gulizar - Belkıs Bayrak (Turkey)

Best Pitch - Sound Postproduction Award
Aisha - Hanis Bagashov (North Macedonia)

Best Pitch – PriFest Award
My Brother - Yulian Malaj, Harris Davas (Albania)

Best Green Film Project
Nature - Beatrice Shabanaj, Verona Berisha