If the award is not followed by more work, new ideas, a desire to develop, then it’s just a statue to put on the shelf. It’s just like winning the festivals in Toronto, Berlin or Venice. After all, the award is presented every year. I don’t think it opens anything if it is not followed by more work. It took some time for me to calm down my emotions and understand what winning the Golden Camera could mean for my future career.ĭo you feel that having been awarded at an event like Cannes opens many doors for you? You don’t exactly feel it at that moment, because everything is so special. It’s a bit like I was eating the best delicacies, one after the other. People often ask me how I felt back then. It was a beautiful, but rather surreal time. So I can say I received more than one award. While I was still able to take part in the premiere, I couldn’t attend the award ceremony itself, because I had given birth in the meantime. Can one imagine a better start for a professional career?Īntoneta Alamat Kusijanović: This was altogether quite a crazy experience for me, because I went to Cannes with my film, but I was also nine months pregnant.
It has been shown at several important festivals and won the prestigious Camera d'Or in Cannes for the best debut. Kuba Armata: Murina has proven to be one of the most acclaimed films among those screened at the latest edition of the Ale Kino! International Young Audience Film Festival.
