Docu Rough Cut Boutique Awards 2022
Avanpost Award (€20,000 in kind)
Fairy Garden (pictured above) by Gergő Somogyvári (Hungary). 80 mins. Producer: Nora Somogyvári. Production company: New Retina Productions Kft. Fanni, a rejected transgender amazon finds shelter at Lacis do-it-yourself hut. The solitary homeless man becomes her father, and they go on fighting Fanni’s demons and the rejection of the outside world together.
Cat&Docs Award (€2,000)
The Soldier by Aleksandar Nikolić (Serbia, Germany, United Kingdom). 90 mins. Producer: Miloš Ivanović. Production company: Set Sales Film. Made entirely out of archive collected from many different conflicts, this anti-war film follows an archetypal soldier on his journey from a young recruit to a disillusioned veteran.
HBO Max Award (€2,000)
Fairy Garden by Gergő Somogyvári (Hungary). 80 mins. Producer: Nora Somogyvári. Production company: New Retina Productions Kft. Fanni, a rejected transgender amazon finds shelter at Lacis do-it-yourself hut. The solitary homeless man becomes her father, and they go on fighting Fanni’s demons and the rejection of the outside world together.
DOK Leipzig Preview Award (invitation to present the project at DOK Leipzig 2022)
Requiem to the Hot Days of Summer by Giorgi Parkosadze (Georgia, Greece). 75 mins. Producer: Tamta Tvalavadze, Angelos Tsaousis. Production company: Attic Production, Filmografik Productions. Mother and son – a sensuous portrayal of an innate unbreakable bond, defined by the invisible burden of care, silence and solitude in an isolated mountainous gorge in Georgia.
Movies That Matter Award (invited to the Movies that Matter Industry Days 2023)
My Muslim Husband by Daniel Barnuti and Alexandra Lizeta Barnuti (Romania). 90 mins. Producer: Daniel Barnuti. Production company: Two Doc. LIZ gets married to DANIEL, a Romanian man converted Muslim. The two lovers come to understand that to find happiness, they will have to rise above the prejudices of everyone around them, including their own.
This year’s jury comprised: Margje de Koning, Movies That Matter; Hanka Kastelicova, HBO Europe; Eugen Kelemen, Avanpost; Catherine Le Clef, Cat&Docs and Marcel Maiga, DOK Leipzig.
