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‘The Last Days of the Hospital,’ ‘Fixing the War,’ ‘The Shadow of Yoluja’ Pick Up Top Industry Prizes at Visions du Réel
'The Last Days of the Hospital,' 'Fixing the War,' 'The Shadow of Yolüja' among winner at awards ceremony for Visions du Reel’s industry section.
A visibly moved Tamadon picked up the award, thanking the entire VdR-Industry team for organizing “such amazing pitching sessions.” The Franco-Iranian director was thrilled with the prize which he told Variety was a great stepping stone as he seeks further funding from France’s CNC ahead of shooting, which is due to start after the summer. The same jury handed out the Lightdox Award, a cash prize of €3,000 ($3,300) for a project in the VdR-Work in Progress program, to “At Least to See the Ocean” by Pablo Lozano – the story of 14-year-old Josephina, the new girl in school in a marginal neighborhood in the Dominican Republic, who puts on a play with her new friends, revealing a complex world of violence in the Caribbean. “TAU” by Timofey Stekolshuk, described as “a gonzo report from the heart of a media whirlwind of the 1990s in Russia,” picked up the new No Nation Films Award, consisting of a fellowship with filmmaking duo Diana El Jeiroudi and Orwa Nyrabia for a project from a low-production capacity country.
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