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Motovun Film Festival 
Location Motovun, Croatia Founded 1999 Language International Official website Motovun Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 1999 and held in Motovun, Croatia. It usually takes place over 5–6 days in late July or early August. Motovun Film Festival is also the name of the company organizing the festival.
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Overview
Festival logo
Motovun Film Festival is entirely dedicated to films made in small cinematographies and independent productions (on 10 August 1999, the day of opening of first Motovun Film Festival, there was not even one non-Hollywood film being shown in Croatian cinemas). In everything, except for the ambition and the quality, Motovun wants to be a small festival showing small films, small in the warmest sense of the word. Festival program consists of around 70 titles from all over the world, from documentaries to feature films, from short to long films, from guerilla made films to co-productions. The only criteria in their selection is that they fit in the open-minded atmosphere of the festival with their innovations.
In years since the festival first started it became widely popular among Croatian youth, especially students. Every year during the festival a camp for visitors is organized on the foothills of Motovun, where anybody can put up their tent almost for free (the daily fee of 5 kn (roughly 1 USD) is paid to the local tourist office). The visitors' camp has become one of its hallmarks. In January 2007 The Guardian described the festival as "a cross between Glastonbury and Sundance" in its travel section. [1]
The festival also gained in status. From what was once a backpacker's film festival, it is today widely recognized as being the most important film festival held on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, along with the Sarajevo Film Festival. [2]
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.
Award winners
Propeller of Motovun
Year English title Original title Director(s) Country 2000 Billy Elliot N/A Stephen Daldry 
United Kingdom2001 Last Resort N/A Paweł Pawlikowski United Kingdom2002 Bloody Sunday N/A Paul Greengrass United Kingdom2003 Punch-Drunk Love N/A Paul Thomas Anderson 
United States2004 Ae Fond Kiss... N/A Ken Loach United Kingdom2005 The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Moartea domnului Lăzărescu Cristi Puiu 
Romania2006 Look Both Ways N/A Sarah Watt 
Australia2007 Sweet Mud Adama Meshuga'at Dror Shaul 
Israel2008 Silent Light Stellet Lijcht Carlos Reygadas 
Mexico2009 Fish Tank N/A Andrea Arnold United Kingdom2010 October Octubre Daniel and Diego Vega Vidal 
Peru2011 Bullhead Rundskop Michaël R. Roskam 
BelgiumFIPRESCI Award
Year English title Original title Director(s) Country 2001 No Man's Land Ničija zemlja Danis Tanović 
Bosnia and Herzegovina2002 Grill Point Halbe Treppe Andreas Dresen 
Germany2003 Margarette's Feast A Festa de Margarette Renato Falcão 
Brazil2004 The Five Obstructions De fem benspænd Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth 
Denmark2005 Day and Night Dag och natt Simon Staho 
Sweden2006 We Feed the World N/A Erwin Wagenhofer 
Austria2007 Hallam Foe N/A David Mackenzie United Kingdom2008 Blind Loves Slepé lásky Juraj Lehotský 
Slovakia2009 Fish Tank N/A Andrea Arnold United Kingdom2010 The Four Times Le quattro volte Michelangelo Frammartino 
Italy2011 Martha N/A Marcelino Islas Hernández MexicoNotable guests
People who visited the festival include:
- Dušan Makavejev
- Stephen Daldry [3]
- Paul Thomas Anderson [3]
- Ken Russell
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Amanda Plummer
- Mira Furlan
- Milena Dravić
- Jason Biggs
- Jamie Bell
References
- ^ Bryan, Tim (2007-01-06). "Diaries at the ready...". London: The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/jan/06/saturday2. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ "Modest Ambitions and Big Successes". Fipresci.org. 2007-07-27. http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2007/motovun/overview.htm. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
- ^ a b Young, Deborah (2003-08-06). "Motovun moviegoers arrive in force". Variety. http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117890499&cs=1. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
External links
Categories:- Film festivals in Croatia
- International film festivals
- Recurring events established in 1999
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