The Vukovar Film Festival is an annual film festival established in 2007 and held in the town of Vukovar, Croatia. It usually takes place over five or six days in late August.
Overview Festival is dedicated to films made in Danube region and neighbouring countries – Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Moldavia, Germany, Romania, Slovakia, Serbia and Ukraine. It was founded by Igor Rakonić. Screenings were usually held on a barge located in Danube river, but from 8th edition moved to newly opened CineStar movie theater and several other locations in the town. Some screenings are also held in Vinkovci and Valpovo.
Awards The main award at the festival is called Zlatni šlep ().
In 2014, an award for lifetime achievement was introduced, given to notable filmmakers. Its first recipient was Mustafa Nadarević.
Award winners Golden Barge Award for Best Feature Film YearFilmOriginal titleDirectorNationality of Director2008 AdventurersKalandorok2009 Police, AdjectivePolițist, Adjectiv2010 HoneyBal2011 KotlovinaKotlovina2012 Beyond the HillsDupă dealuri2013 Child's PosePoziția copilului2014 Number 55Broj 552015 Bravo!Aferim!2016 GraduationBacalaureat2017 In the FadeAus dem Nichts2018 I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as BarbariansÎmi este indiferent dacă în istorie vom intra ca barbari2019 System CrasherSystemsprenger2022 Wild RootsKülön falka
Golden Barge Award for Best Short Film YearFilmOriginal titleDirectorNationality of Director2008 In the MorningDimineata2009 PartyTulum2010 Yellow MoonŽuti mjesec2011 Silent RiverApele tac2012 ArmadingenArmadingen2013 The Swing of the Coffin MakerDie Schaukel des Sargmachers2014 My GuideÚjratervezés2015 ArtArta2016 Everything Will Be OkayAlles wird gut2017 A Night in TokorikiO noapte in Tokoriki2018 LacrimosaLacrimosa2019 ChuchotageSusotázs2022 BrankaBranka
Golden Barge Award for Best Documentary Film YearFilmOriginal titleDirectorNationality of Director2008 Don't Get Me WrongNu te supara, dar...2009 Let's Make MoneyLet's Make Money2010 The Children of the CommuneDie Kinder vom Friedrichshof2011 NesvatbovNesvatbov2012 The KingKralj2013 Married to the Swiss FrancU braku sa švicarcem2014 Overdose: Run for a DreamOverdose: Vágta egy álomért2015 Toto and His SistersToto şi surorile lui2016 OutsideHimmelverbot2017 The PromiseDas Versprechen & Karin Steinberger2018 Jam SessionJam Session2019 Kalin and the Jail TeamКалин и отбора на затвора2022 An Impossible ProjectAn Impossible Project
References
External links Vukovar Film Festival at Croatian Audiovisual Centre