Motovun Film Festival

The Motovun Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 1999 and held in the small town of Motovun, Croatia. It usually takes place over five or six days in late July or early August.

Motovun Film Festival
LocationMotovun, Croatia
Founded1999
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://www.motovunfilmfestival.com

Overview

Festival logo

Motovun Film Festival is entirely dedicated to films made in small studios and independent film productions. Founded by film director Rajko Grlić and producer Boris T. Matić, it was first organized in the late 1990s to fill the gap in cinema repertoire as there were almost none non-Hollywood films in wide distribution in Croatia at the time. The festival program every year consists of around 70 titles from all over the world, from documentaries to feature films, short and feature-length films, from guerrilla-made films to co-productions.

Over time the festival become widely popular among Croatian youths, as well as foreign backpackers. Every year during the festival, a camp for visitors is organized on the foothills of Motovun, where anybody can put up a tent. The festivalgoers' camp has become one of the hallmarks of the festival. In January 2007 British newspaper The Guardian described the festival as "a cross between Glastonbury and Sundance."[1] It is often referred to as "a Woodstock of film festivals".[2]

The festival also grew in status on the festival circuit. From an event that was once considered a "backpacker's film festival," by 2007 it was recognized as one of the two most important film festivals held on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, along with the Sarajevo Film Festival.[3]

The 2011 festival, which was supposed to be its 13th edition, was re-numbered by organizers as 14th, in order to skip the unlucky number 13.[4] The skipped year was maintained in all later festival editions, so the most recent 2020 festival (held for the 22nd time) was officially designated as "23rd Motovun Film Festival".

Awards

The main award at the festival is called Propeler Motovuna (English: The Propeller of Motovun, inspired by the prominent wind turbines located near Motovun).

Other awards at the festival are the Motovun Online award for best short film, the odAdoA (From 'A' to 'A') award for best film in the regional competition (the name of the award is short for From Austria to Albania, roughly describing the region covered), and the film critics' FIPRESCI Award.

In 2008, the Motovun Maverick Award was introduced, given to notable filmmakers for lifetime achievement. Its first recipient was Ken Russell. In 2013, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and The Gardener were given the award.

Award winners

Propeller of Motovun

Year International title Director Country
002000 (2nd) Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry  United Kingdom
002001 (3rd) Last Resort Paweł Pawlikowski  United Kingdom
002002 (4th) Bloody Sunday Paul Greengrass  United Kingdom
002003 (5th) Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson  United States
002004 (6th) Ae Fond Kiss… Ken Loach  United Kingdom
002005 (7th) The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Cristi Puiu  Romania
002006 (8th) Look Both Ways Sarah Watt  Australia
002007 (9th) Sweet Mud Dror Shaul  Israel
002008 (10th) Silent Light Carlos Reygadas  Mexico
002009 (11th) Fish Tank Andrea Arnold  United Kingdom
002010 (12th) October Daniel and Diego Vega Vidal  Peru
002011 (14th) Bullhead Michaël R. Roskam  Belgium
002012 (15th) The Delay Rodrigo Plá  Uruguay
002013 (16th) The Plague Neus Ballús  Spain
002014 (17th) The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy  Ukraine
002015 (18th) The Wakhan Front Clément Cogitore  France
002016 (19th) Viva Paddy Breathnach  Ireland
002017 (20th) Western Valeska Grisebach  Germany
002018 (21st) Killing Jesus Laura Mora  Colombia
002019 (22nd) A White, White Day Hlynur Pálmason  Iceland
002020 (23rd) My Morning Laughter Marko Đorđević  Serbia

FIPRESCI Prize

Year International title Director Country
002001 (3rd) No Man's Land Danis Tanović  Bosnia and Herzegovina
002002 (4th) Grill Point Andreas Dresen  Germany
002003 (5th) Margarette's Feast Renato Falcão  Brazil
002004 (6th) The Five Obstructions Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth  Denmark
002005 (7th) Day and Night Simon Staho  Sweden
002006 (8th) We Feed the World Erwin Wagenhofer  Austria
002007 (9th) Hallam Foe David Mackenzie  United Kingdom
002008 (10th) Blind Loves Juraj Lehotský  Slovakia
002009 (11th) Fish Tank Andrea Arnold  United Kingdom
002010 (12th) The Four Times Michelangelo Frammartino  Italy
002011 (14th) Martha Marcelino Islas Hernández  Mexico
002012 (15th) Play Ruben Östlund  Sweden
002013 (16th) The Daughter Thanos Anastopoulos  Greece
002014 (17th) Force Majeure Ruben Östlund  Sweden
002015 (18th) Magical Girl Carlos Vermut  Spain
002016 (19th) A Good Wife Mirjana Karanović  Serbia
002017 (20th) Western Valeska Grisebach  Germany
002018 (21st) Birds of Passage Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra  Colombia
002019 (22nd) God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Teona Strugar Mitevska  Macedonia
002020 (23rd) My Morning Laughter Marko Đorđević  Serbia

Notable guests

People who visited the festival include:

References

  1. Bryan, Tim (6 January 2007). "Diaries at the ready..." The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  2. http://www.themovingarts.com/the-scent-of-cinema-a-democratized-film-experience-at-motovun/
  3. "Modest Ambitions and Big Successes". Fipresci.org. 27 July 2007. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  4. "Irska, Istra, 25. srpnja i umjesto 13. = 14. Motovun film festival". Moj-Film.hr (in Croatian). 10 March 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  5. Young, Deborah (6 August 2003). "Motovun moviegoers arrive in force". Variety. Retrieved 8 March 2008.

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