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ZagrebDox

{{Short description|Film festival in Zagreb, Croatia}}

{{Infobox Film Festival

| name = ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival

| image = ZagrebDox 2008 logo.png

| caption = ZagrebDox 2008 masthead

| location = Zagreb, Croatia

| awards = Veliki pečat
Mali pečat

| founded = 2005

| host =

| number = 104 (2019){{Cite web|url=https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/zagrebdox-donosi-vise-od-stotinu-filmova-i-niz-novih-programa-foto-20190212|title = ZagrebDox donosi više od stotinu filmova i niz novih programa}}

| language = International

| website = {{url|http://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.

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.

Awards

The following are the main prizes given at the festival:

  • Big Stamp ({{langx|hr|Veliki pečat}}): The festival's main prize, given to both the best film screened in international competition, and to the best film in the regional competitive selection
  • Small Stamp (Mali pečat) for the best documentary film made by a young filmmaker under 35 years of age
  • FIPRESCI Award for best film in regional competition, as selected by a jury of professional film critics accredited by FIPRESCI
  • Audience Award for the best film as voted by festival audiences

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=

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col" width=75|Year

!scope="col" width=200|International title

!scope="col" width=220|Director(s)

!scope="col" width=75|Nationality

!scope="col" width=60|Ref

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2005 {{small|(1st)}}

!scope=row|The 3 Rooms of Melancholia

|{{sortname|Pirjo|Honkasalo}}

|{{flag|FIN}}

|{{cite web |title=1st ZagrebDox Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2005/news/1st_zagrebdox_awards.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2006 {{small|(2nd)}}

!scope=row|Before Flying Back to Earth

|{{sortname|Arūnas|Matelis}}

|{{flag|LTU}}

|{{cite web |title=2nd ZagrebDox Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2006/news/2nd_zagrebdox_awards.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2007 {{small|(3rd)}}

!scope=row|Civil Status

|{{sortname|Alina|Rudnitskaya|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|RUS}}

|{{cite web |title=3rd ZagrebDox Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2007/news/3rd_zagrebdox_award_winning_films.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2008 {{small|(4th)}}

!scope=row|War/Dance

|{{sortname|Sean|Fine}} and Andrea Nix Fine

|{{flag|USA}}

|{{cite web |title=4th ZagrebDox Awards Presented |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2008/news/4th_zagrebdox_awards_presented.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=6 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2009 {{small|(5th)}}

!scope=row|Lady Kul El Arab

|{{sortname|Ebtisam|Mara’ana}}

|{{flag|ISR}}

|{{cite web |title=5th ZagrebDox Awards Presented |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2009/news/5th_zagrebdox_award_winning_films.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=6 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2010 {{small|(6th)}}

!scope=row|Petition

|{{sortname|Zhao|Liang|Zhao Liang (director)}}

|{{flag|CHN}}

|{{cite web |title=6th ZagrebDox Juries and Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2010/news/6th_zagrebdox_juries_and_awards.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2011 {{small|(7th)}}

!scope=row|Position Among the Stars

|{{sortname|Leonard|Retel Helmrich}}

|{{flag|NED}}

|{{cite web |title=‘Position Among the Stars’ and ‘Trials, Tribulations & Sustainable Growth of a Cock’ Win Big Stamps at This Year’s ZagrebDox |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2011/news/position_among_the_stars_and_trials_tribulations_sustainable_growth_of_a_cock_win_big_stamps_at_this_years_zagrebdox.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 March 2011 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2012 {{small|(8th)}}

!scope=row|Returns

|{{sortname|Krzysztof|Kadlubowski|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|POL}}

|{{cite web |title='Returns' and 'A Day on the Drina' win Big Stamps of 8th ZagrebDox! |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2012/news/returns_and_a_day_on_the_drina_win_big_stamps_of_8th_zagrebdox.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=3 March 2012 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2013 {{small|(9th)}}

!scope=row|Kudzu Vine

|{{sortname|Josh|Gibson|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|USA}}

|{{cite web |title=9th ZagrebDox Closed with the Official Award Ceremony |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2013/news/9th_zagrebdox_closed_with_the_official_award_ceremony.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=3 March 2013 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2014 {{small|(10th)}}

!scope=row|The Last Station

|{{sortname|Cristian|Soto|nolink=yes}} and Catalina Vergara

|{{flag|CHI}}

|{{cite web |title=10th ZagrebDox Winners Announced! |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2014/news/10th_zagrebdox_winners_announced.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=1 March 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2015 {{small|(11th)}}

!scope=row|Virunga

|{{sortname|Orlando|von Einsiedel}}

|{{flag|GBR}}

|{{cite web |title=11th ZagrebDox winners announced |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2016/news/11th_zagrebdox_winners_announced.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=28 February 2015 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2016 {{small|(12th)}}

!scope=row|Poet on a Business Trip

|{{sortname|Ju|Anqi}}

|{{flag|CHN}}

|{{cite web |title=12th ZagrebDox Winners Announced |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2016/news/12th_zagrebdox_winners_announced.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=27 February 2016 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2017 {{small|(13th)}}

!scope=row|The Dazzling Light of Sunset

|{{sortname|Salomé|Jashi|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|GEO}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2018 {{small|(14th)}}

!scope=row|Of Fathers and Sons

|{{sortname|Talal|Derki}}

|{{flag|SYR}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2019 {{small|(15th)}}

!scope=row|Up the Mountain

|{{sortname|Zhang|Yang|Zhang Yang (director)}}

|{{flag|CHN}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2020 {{small|(16th)}}

!scope=row|Froth

|{{sortname|Ilya|Povolotsky|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|RUS}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2021 {{small|(17th)}}

!scope=row|Downstream to Kinshasa

|{{sortname|Dieudo|Hamadi}}

|{{flag|DRC}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2022 {{small|(18th)}}

!scope=row|Sabaya

|{{sortname|Hogir|Hirori}}

|{{flag|SWE}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2023 {{small|(19th)}}

!scope=row|Manifesto

|{{sortname|Angie|Vinchito|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|RUS}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2024 {{small|(20th)}}

!scope=row|Four Daughters

|{{sortname|Kaouther|Ben Hania}}

|{{flag|TUN}}

|

=Regional competition=

class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col" width=75|Year

!scope="col" width=200|International title

!scope="col" width=220|Director(s)

!scope="col" width=75|Nationality

!scope="col" width=60|Ref

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2005 {{small|(1st)}}

!scope=row|Images from the Corner

|{{sortname|Jasmila|Žbanić}}

|{{flag|BIH}}

|{{cite web |title=1st ZagrebDox Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2005/news/1st_zagrebdox_awards.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2006 {{small|(2nd)}}

!scope=row|Totally Personal

|{{sortname|Nedžad|Begović|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|BIH}}

|{{cite web |title=2nd ZagrebDox Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2006/news/2nd_zagrebdox_awards.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2007 {{small|(3rd)}}

!scope=row|Europe Next Door

|{{sortname|Želimir|Žilnik}}

|{{flag|SRB}}

|{{cite web |title=3rd ZagrebDox Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2007/news/3rd_zagrebdox_award_winning_films.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2008 {{small|(4th)}}

!scope=row|Weddings and Diapers

|Casey Cooper Johnson and Antoneta Kastrati

|{{flag|KOS}}

|{{cite web |title=4th ZagrebDox Awards Presented |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2008/news/4th_zagrebdox_awards_presented.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=6 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2009 {{small|(5th)}}

!scope=row|The Caviar Connection

|{{sortname|Dragan|Nikolić}}

|{{flag|SRB}}

|{{cite web |title=5th ZagrebDox Awards Presented |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2009/news/5th_zagrebdox_award_winning_films.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=6 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2010 {{small|(6th)}}

!scope=row|Totó

|Peter Schreiner

|{{flag|AUT}}

|{{cite web |title=6th ZagrebDox Juries and Awards |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2010/news/6th_zagrebdox_juries_and_awards.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 July 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2011 {{small|(7th)}}

!scope=row|Trials, Tribulations & Sustainable Growth of a Cock

|Vladimir Perović

|{{flag|MNE}}

|{{cite web |title=‘Position Among the Stars’ and ‘Trials, Tribulations & Sustainable Growth of a Cock’ Win Big Stamps at This Year’s ZagrebDox |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2011/news/position_among_the_stars_and_trials_tribulations_sustainable_growth_of_a_cock_win_big_stamps_at_this_years_zagrebdox.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=5 March 2011 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2012 {{small|(8th)}}

!scope=row|A Day on the Drina

|Ines Tanović

|{{flag|BIH}}

|{{cite web |title='Returns' and 'A Day on the Drina' win Big Stamps of 8th ZagrebDox! |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2012/news/returns_and_a_day_on_the_drina_win_big_stamps_of_8th_zagrebdox.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=3 March 2012 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2013 {{small|(9th)}}

!scope=row|Tzvetanka

|Youlian Tabakov

|{{flag|BUL}}

|{{cite web |title=9th ZagrebDox Closed with the Official Award Ceremony |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2013/news/9th_zagrebdox_closed_with_the_official_award_ceremony.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=3 March 2013 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2014 {{small|(10th)}}

!scope=row|Sacro GRA

|{{sortname|Gianfranco|Rosi|Gianfranco Rosi (director)}}

|{{flag|ITA}}

|{{cite web |title=10th ZagrebDox Winners Announced! |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2014/news/10th_zagrebdox_winners_announced.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=1 March 2014 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2015 {{small|(11th)}}

!scope=row|Cain's Children

|{{sortname|Marcell|Gerö|nolink=yes}}

|{{flag|HUN}}

|{{cite web |title=11th ZagrebDox winners announced |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2016/news/11th_zagrebdox_winners_announced.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=28 February 2015 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2016 {{small|(12th)}}

!scope=row|4.7

|Đuro Gavran

|{{flag|CRO}}

|{{cite web |title=12th ZagrebDox Winners Announced |url=https://arhiva.zagrebdox.net/en/2016/news/12th_zagrebdox_winners_announced.html |website=ZagrebDox.net |publisher=ZagrebDox |date=27 February 2016 |access-date=3 September 2024}}

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2017 {{small|(13th)}}

!scope=row|Depth Two

|Ognjen Glavonić

|{{flag|SRB}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2018 {{small|(14th)}}

!scope=row|The Other Side of Everything

|{{sortname|Mila|Turajlić}}

|{{flag|SRB}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2019 {{small|(15th)}}

!scope=row|Una primavera

|Valentina Primavera

|{{flag|ITA}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2020 {{small|(16th)}}

!scope=row|Acasa, My Home

|Radu Ciorniciuc

|{{flag|ROM}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2021 {{small|(17th)}}

!scope=row|My Uncle Tudor

|{{sortname|Olga|Lucovnicova}}

|{{flag|MLD}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2022 {{small|(18th)}}

!scope=row|Dida

|Nikola Ilić and Corina Schwingruber Ilić

|{{flag|SRB}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2023 {{small|(19th)}}

!scope=row|Matter Out of Place

|{{sortname|Nikolaus|Geyrhalter}}

|{{flag|AUT}}

|

align=left|{{0}}{{0}}2024 {{small|(20th)}}

!scope=row|KIX

|Dávid Mikulán and Bálint Révész

|{{flag|HUN}}

|

=Best Young Director=

class="sortable wikitable" width="85%"
width="7%"| Year

!width="23%"| English title

!width="23%"| Original title

!width="27%"| Director(s)

!width="20%"| Country

style="text-align:center;"| 2005Life in PeaceMirnaya zhizn{{sortname|Antoine|Cattin|nolink=1}} and Pavel KostomarovSwitzerland, Russia
style="text-align:center;"| 2006The Angelmakers{{N/A}}{{sortname|Astrid|Bussink}}Hungary, Netherlands, United Kingdom
style="text-align:center;"| 2007Grandmothers of RevolutionBabice revolucije{{sortname|Petra|Seliškar|nolink=1}}Macedonia, Netherlands, Cuba, Slovenia
style="text-align:center;"| 2008Audience of One{{N/A}}{{sortname|Michael|Jacobs|nolink=1}}United States
style="text-align:center;"| 2009On the Way to Schoolİki Dil Bir Bavul{{sortname|Ozgür|Dogan|nolink=1}} and Orhan EskikoyTurkey
style="text-align:center;"| 2010ChasmOtchłań{{sortname|Wojciech|Kasperski}}Poland
style="text-align:center;"| 2011Charcoal BurnersSmolarze{{sortname|Piotr|Zlotorowicz|nolink=1}}Poland
style="text-align:center;"| 2012The WillTestamentet{{sortname|Christian|Sønderby Jepsen|nolink=1}}Denmark
style="text-align:center;"| 2013Turn Off the LightsLumea in patratele{{sortname|Ivana|Mladenović|nolink=1}}Romania
style="text-align:center;"| 2014The Special Need{{N/A}}{{sortname|Carlo|Zoratti|nolink=1}}Germany, Italy, France, Austria
style="text-align:center;"| 2015Another Hungary – The Life of a Village – FragmentsMásik Magyarország - Töredékek egy falu hétköznapjaiból{{sortname|Dénes|Nagy|nolink=1}}Hungary
style="text-align:center;"| 2016Above and Below{{N/A}}{{sortname|Nicolas|Steiner|nolink=1}}Switzerland, Germany, United States
style="text-align:center;"| 2017Depth TwoDubina dva{{sortname|Ognjen|Glavonić|nolink=1}}Serbia
style="text-align:center;"| 2018Over the Limit{{N/A}}Marta PrusPoland, Germany, Finland
style="text-align:center;"| 2019Still RecordingLissa ammetsajjelSaeed Al Batal, Ghiath AyoubFrance, Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria

=Audience Award=

class="sortable wikitable" width="85%"
width="7%"| Year

!width="23%"| English title

!width="23%"| Original title

!width="27%"| Director(s)

!width="20%"| Country

style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 2005Direkt (40) Without DadDirekt (40) Bez tate{{sortname|Nebojša|Slijepčević|nolink=1}}Croatia
Children of the DecreeDas Experiment 770 - Gebären auf Befehl{{sortname|Razvan|Georgescu|nolink=1}} and Florin IepanRomania, Germany
style="text-align:center;" | 2006style="text-align:center;" colspan=4| Wasn't awarded
style="text-align:center;"| 2007Blue Blood{{N/A}}{{sortname|Stevan|Riley}}United Kingdom
style="text-align:center;"| 2008All White in Barking{{N/A}}{{sortname|Marc|Isaacs|nolink=1}}United Kingdom
style="text-align:center;"| 2009The English Surgeon{{N/A}}{{sortname|Geoffrey|Smith|Geoffrey Smith (filmmaker)|nolink=1}}United Kingdom
style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2| 2010People from the Milky WayLjudi s mliječnog puta{{sortname|Miroslav|Mikuljan|nolink=1}}rowspan=2| Croatia
The Destiny of Line 13Sudbina broja 13{{sortname|Irena|ŠkorićSzkoric}}
style="text-align:center;"| 2011Waste Land{{N/A}}{{sortname|Lucy|Walker|Lucy Walker (director)}}Brazil, United Kingdom
style="text-align:center;"| 2012Family MealsNije ti život pjesma Havaja{{sortname|Dana|Budisavljević|nolink=1}}Croatia
style="text-align:center;"| 2013Gangster of LoveGangster te voli{{sortname|Nebojša|Slijepčević|nolink=1}}Croatia, Germany, Romania
style="text-align:center;"| 2014Dear Lastan!Dragi Lastane!{{sortname|Irena|ŠkorićSzkoric}}Croatia
style="text-align:center;"| 2015I Like That Super Most BestLijepo mi je s tobom, znaš{{sortname|Eva|Kraljević|nolink=1}}Croatia
style="text-align:center;"| 2016Twilight of a LifeAd ktze ha'zrikha{{sortname|Sylvain|Biegeleisen|nolink=1}}Belgium, Israel
style="text-align:center;"| 2017The Eagle Huntress{{N/A}}{{sortname|Otto|Bell|nolink=1}}United Kingdom, Mongolia, United States
style="text-align:center;"| 2018The Other Side of EverythingDruga strana svegaMila TurajlićSerbia, France, Qatar
style="text-align:center;"| 2019NeighborsSusjediTomislav ŽajaCroatia

=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.

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!width="50"|Year

!Award

!width="240"|Film

!width="150"|Director

{{center|2006}}

|{{center|Best film in the
Sports and Music theme program}}

|{{center|The Human Hambone}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Morgan

{{center|2008}}

|{{center|International Critics' Jury Award}}

|{{center|The Devil Came on Horseback
&
Audience of One}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ricki Stern &
{{flagicon|USA}} Anne Sundberg

{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Jacobs

{{center|2008}}

|{{center|Amnesty International Award}}

|{{center|All White in Barking}}

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Marc Isaacs

{{center|2009}}

|{{center|Movies That Matter Award}}

|{{center|Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
(Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land)}}

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Anders Østergaard

{{center|2012}}

|{{center|Movies That Matter Award}}

|{{center|The Tinniest Place}}

|{{flagicon|MEX}} Tatiana Huezo

{{center|2013}}

|{{center|Movies That Matter Award}}

|{{center|The Act of Killing}}

|{{flagicon|DEN}} Joshua Oppenheimer

{{center|2014}}

|{{center|Movies That Matter Award}}

|{{center|Pipeline
(Truba)}}

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Vitaly Mansky

{{center|2015}}

|{{center|Movies That Matter Award}}

|{{center|Rich Hill}}

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Droz Palermo &
{{flagicon|USA}} Tracy Droz Tragos

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