26th FESTEF
FESTIVAL OF TV ETHNOLOGICAL FILMS
20-22/07/2017
JURY VERDICT
NATIONAL COMPETITION
1. Grand Prix „Golden Shepherd“ for Best National Film: „THE FEAST IN GORNJE LJUBINJE“, by Zarko Joksimovic;
2. „Silver Shepherd“ for Best Ethnological Record: OUR PEOPLE, by Svetlana Miljanic, RTV;
3. „Silver Shepherd“ for Best Direction: “THE REJECTS“, by Aleksandar Reljic, RTV;
4. „Silver Shepherd“ for Best Script: “IT’S EASIER TO LIE IF YOU ASK FOR ME“, by Jelena Bozovic, RTS – Uzice;
5. „Silver Shepherd“ for Best Camera: to Zelimir Tot, for “VOJVODINA IN LENS OF RADIVOJE SIMONOVIĆ”, by Borislav Hlozan, RTV;
6. „Silver Shepherd“ for Best Editing: to Predrag Todorovic, for “VINTAGE STAMPED EMBROIDERY”, TV Center, Svilajnac;
7. „Silver Shepherd“ for Best Amateur Film: “TALKS ALONG THE ROAD – family of Bora Nikolic in Komiric”, by Dobrivoje & Dobrila Pantelic, Tri D, Donje Brezovice;
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
8. „Golden Shepherd“ and the Charter “Cedric Dallier” for Best Foreign Film: “UZU”, by Gaspard Kuentz, JAPAN; for mastery in the use of cinema language in rendering young participants’ deep commitment toa fierce religious ritual;
9. „Silver Shepherd“ for Foreign Film: “TARIKAT”, by Jasmijn Schrofer, NETHERLANDS; for an elegantly composed visual poem introducing the viewerstothe subtle levels of transcendence experienced by a female participant in a Sufi ritual.
The Jury also assigns:
1. Special Recognition: to Zvezdana Stanojevic, the author of “NUNTA”;
2. Special Recognition to the ethnologists Gordana Pajic, Dragan Cicvaric and Bogdan Sekaric;
3. Special Recognition: to Jennifer Degerand Paul Gurrumuruwuy authors of „THERINGTONE“,from AUSTRALIA, for their inventiveness and fine humour while investigating the cultural and social consequences of using modern communication technologies within an Aboriginal community;
4. Special Recognition: to Gudmund and Haakon Sand, for „LEGACY“, from DENMARK/NORWAY, for their perceptive, balancedand slightlyself-ironic treatment of the controversial and violent aspects of their own culture;
5. Special Recognition: to Florian Vallée from BELGIUM, for his film „THE FIGHTERS OF THE HOLY HAIR“, for a nuanced playing with the elements of absurdity in the festive culture of his hometown.
Kucevo, 22/07/2017
Jury Memebers:
Dr Slobodan Naumovic,
Tanja Sukovic,
Slobodan Simojlovic