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The 23rd edition of Slovakia's oldest and most prestigious documentary film festival, ETHNOFILM, unfolded from 12th to 15th November across five cities: Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, Nitra, Žilina, and Čadca. One of the festival's top honours, the Bronze Turoň, was awarded to The End of the Valley of Tears, directed by Jarosław Wszędybył, whilst Karina Będkowska's My Place Ozerna came back with the coveted Čadca City Award.
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The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences – the world's largest organisation uniting leading figures from all sectors of the television industry across more than sixty countries – has awarded one of its coveted prizes to Jakub Piątek's documentary. The film received the prestigious statuette in the Arts Programming category.
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Trains directed by Maciej J. Drygas has been crowned the best feature-length documentary of the festival. The film also scooped the award for best editing, courtesy of the director himself, whilst the accolade for best cinematography went to the directors and cinematographers of The Guest.
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The documentary directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka won the Youth Lab Jury Award Winner at the Cambridge Film Festival, which has just concluded.