Festival dei Popoli Firenze/ Winners
Sergei Loznitsa was awarded one more time for his ”Maidan” (photo) at the festival in Firenze. The brief jury motivation goes like this: Timely in this current passage of History, the filmmaker calmly and masterfully engages in the unfolding of a people’s unrest with a conflicted system.
Click the link below and you will get an interesting interview (in English) with the director – 15 mins.
Alexander Nanau received the audience award for his ”Toto and his Sisters”. There is a clip from the film and an interview with the director – 10 mins. Click the link below.
For other awards check the website for the festival, that has ”Reality is More” as its motto. … Is it?
http://www.festivaldeipopoli.org/en/blog/see_news/2014/best-feature-length-documentary/710