Masha Chernaya's The Shards is the winner of Doclisboa's main international competition award
- Rui Pires’s Palace of Citizens gets the Best Portuguese Film MAX Award in the festival’s national competition
Doclisboa’s 22nd edition has come to an end and the winners of this year’s competition were announced over the weekend. Masha Chernaya’s The Shards [+see also:
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In the Portuguese Competition, the MAX Award for Best Portuguese film was given to The Palace of Citizens [+see also:
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Outside of the Portuguese Competition, part of the From the Earth to the Moon section, the film For You, Portugal, I Swear!, directed by Sofia da Palma Rodrigues and Diogo Cardoso, received the two festival audience awards: the Legal Partners Rights and Freedoms Award (for Best Film Dealing with Human Rights) and the Doclisboa Award (Best Portuguese Film, cross-section).
Part of the same From the Earth to the Moon section was Favoriten [+see also:
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The full list of winners:
International Competition
City of Lisbon Award for Best International Competition Film
The Shards [+see also:
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CUPRA International Competition Jury Award – ex aequo
Fire Supply - Lucía Seles (Argentina)
The Anchor - Jen Debauche (Belgium)
Portuguese Competition
MAX Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
The Palace of Citizens [+see also:
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Portuguese Authors Society Portuguese Competition Jury Award
The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder [+see also:
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School Award – ETIC Award for Best Portuguese Competition Film
I Am Here - Zsófia Paczolay and Dorian Rivière (Portugal)
Other Awards
TVCine Channels New Talent Award
The Anchor - Jen Debauche (Belgium)
Honourable Mention
Dad’s Lullaby [+see also:
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Healthy Workplaces Film Award
Favoriten [+see also:
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Honourable Mention
Boolean Vivarium - Nicolas Bailleul (France)
INATEL Foundation Award
The Falling Sky [+see also:
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Legal Partners Rights and Freedoms Award
For You, Portugal, I Swear! - Sofia da Palma Rodrigues and Diogo Cardoso (Portugal)
Doclisboa Award
For You, Portugal, I Swear! - Sofia da Palma Rodrigues and Diogo Cardoso (Portugal)
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