MARIINKA, a documentary by Belgian filmmaker Pieter-Jan De Pue (The Land of the Enlightened) that takes audiences inside young Ukrainian lives shaped by war, has won the audience award of the 23rd edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival.
“Heartbreaking, eye-opening and visually poetic. These are just some of the words audiences have used to describe the film,” organizers said on Thursday in unveiling the winner.
“My crew and I are incredibly honored with this audience award,” said De Pue. “Not only for this award as a recognition in itself, but primarily for the fact that MARIINKA apparently managed to evoke emotions in the audience, which is perhaps the most important thing of all—and ultimately the reason why we all make films.”
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