The Awards of the 16 th Festival of Slovenian Film

including best film, best leading actor for Igor Samobor (who also received the award for actor of the year from Stop magazine), best supporting actress for Barbara Gračner, best cinematography for Fabio Stoll, best costume design for Bistra Borak, and audience and critics’ awards.

The best director award went to Marko Šantić for Save Me, while Matjaž Ivanišin and Nebojša Pop-Tasić won best screenplay for documentary Karpotrotter.

Nina Rakovec won the best leading actress award for her role in Nejc Gazvoda's Dual [trailer, film focus], which also brought best music award to Monkey Cup Dress.

The ensemble cast of Goran Vojnović’s Chefurs Raus! - Dino Hajderović, Ivan Pašalić and Jernej Kogovšek received the best supporting actor award.

Janez Burger's The Elderly Parasite or Who Is Marko Brecelj? got the best documentary and best editing awards for Miloš Kalusek.

Italian director Mateo Oleotto's Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot won the best minority co-production award and best production design for Vasja Kokelj and Anton Vončina Spazapan.

Best animated film award went to Boris Dolenc's Wanted, and best short film to Špela Čadež's Boles.

AWARDS OF THE 16^th FESTIVAL OF SLOVENIAN FILM (Portorož, September 11 -15)

THE AWARD FOR SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

for a series of committed documentary interventions, taking the film to the street and the street to the film, goes to LUKSUZ PRODUKCIJA

 THE AWARD FOR BEST MINORITY COPRODUCTION

for the production, narrative and emotional awakening of the creative energy of the regional film, goes to ZORAN, MY IDIOT NEPHEW

THE AWARD FOR BEST COSTUME DESIGN

for the precise characterisation of individuals and the collective in the film CLASS ENEMY goes to BISTRA BORAK

THE AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

for the witty and clear‑sighted portrait of a region in the film ZORAN, MY IDIOT NEPHEW goes to VASJA KOKELJ

THE AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED FILM

for the temperamental and humorous demolition of the relics of patriarchal society goes to WANTED

THE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

for the road‑movie portrait of one of the most important Slovenian artists, mentors and activists goes to THE ELDERLY PARASITE OR WHO IS MARKO BRECELJ

THE AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT FILM

for the playful and precise film language in the film WILD EAST goes to MAJA PRELOG

THE AWARD FOR BEST EDITING

for the deeply‑felt structuring of the journey with the main character in the film THE ELDERLY PARASITE OR WHO IS MARKO BRECELJ goes to MILOŠ KALUSEK

THE AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC

for the melancholic flirtation with the film imagery of DUAL goes to MONKEY CUP DRESS

THE AWARD FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

for a calm and considerate command of the sights in the film CLASS ENEMY goes to FABIO STOLL

THE AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING MALE ROLE

for toying with subculture stereotypes and for youthful craziness, temperament and freshness of the neighbourhood gang characters in the film CHEFURS RAUS goes to DINO HAJDEROVIĆ, IVAN PAŠALIĆ and JERNEJ KOGOVŠEK

THE AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE SUPPORTING ROLE

for the self‑ironic elegance of her portrayal of the authoritarian character in the film CLASS ENEMY – the headmistress in the clash between the institutional and personal – goes to NATAŠA BARBARA GRAČNER

THE AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR

for his profoundly minimalist portrayal of the charismatic and ambivalent character of the professor of German in the film CLASS ENEMY goes to IGOR SAMOBOR

THE AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS

for the embodiment of a charismatic young woman in the torrent of life for her role of Tina in the film DUAL goes to NINA RAKOVEC

THE AWARD FOR BEST SCRIPT

for the synthesis of words and film language in a thoughtfully narrated story about the journey into the past and successful return to the future for the film KARPOPOTNIK goes to the screenwriter MATJAŽ IVANIŠIN and writer NEBOJŠA POP-TASIĆ

THE SPECIAL JURY MENTION

for breaking new ground by designing clever and intelligent entertainment intended for a wider audience goes to the director BARBARA ZEMLJIČ and her film PANIC

THE AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR

for firm and mature direction, building an intriguing outlook on the modern life and creating unforgettable film characters, goes to MARKO ŠANTIĆ and his film SEDUCE ME

THE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

for the author's top‑notch original poetics, creating an intimate story between reality, fiction and phantasm, goes to the film BOLES

THE AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE

This film about the paradox of education, roaming aimlessly between the permissive and authoritarian, and about the modern incapability of individuals to make up a collective, is created out of an intimate urge to paint a critical portrait of the school system, but it soon transforms itself into an exploration of the collective social reality. Gradually guise after guise of the social structure mechanisms is revealed. The film concludes with existential discomfort, as the big screen becomes a collective mirror.

The Award for Best Feature goes to CLASS ENEMY.