Four Awards to Factum’s Films at BFDKF

The official award ceremony took place last night at the Union House large hall, closing the Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival (BFDKF).

At the 62nd edition of the festival, which took place 23-29 March, the film Naked Island won the audience award and director Tiha K. Gudac won the Gold Medal for directing. Tatjana Božić and Alexander Goekjian won the Gold Medal for the script of Happily Ever After, and the Gold Medal for best production went to Nenad Puhovski.

Naked Island by Tiha K. Gudac, which opened BFDKF, and Happily Ever After screened in regional competition, judged by the jury consisting of: film critic Dubravka Lakić, film editor Snežana Ivanović, and director and producer Mladen Đorđević.

The jury decided to give the award to Tiha K. Gudac for an extraordinary combination of an important but hidden historical subject and profound and emotionally powerful intimacy, connecting archive materials and touching testimonies of the victims.

Tatjana Božić and Alexander Goekjian won the award for Happily Ever After, a humorous and ruthless portrayal of director Tatjana Božić’s love life.

For production courage in the film Naked Island, Happily Ever After and Passage for Stella by Ljiljana Šišmanović, the award for best production went to the founder and CEO of Factum, producer Nenad Puhovski.

All the award-winning films screened in regional competition, and the festival’s off-competition section also screened Matija Vukšić’s documentary Children of Transition.