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Winner: Elephant (Hungary)
Writer: David Csicskar
Producer: Balazs Zachar.
The Hungarian project was awarded “for its intelligent approach to the unflinching exploration of a very challenging issue within the bounds of accessible and enjoyable comedy form, and for me for its palpable love and affection for its flawed leading character” as stated Steve Matthews, who handed over the award on behalf of HBO Europe, adding that: “This has been another year of very high-quality work from diverse teams all making amazing progress. As always it has been difficult to choose a winner.”
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Winner: Afterparty (Croatia)
Writer: Dora Sustic
Producer: Maja Pek-Bruenjes
In the words of Steve Matthews, who handed over the award on behalf of HBO Europe:
“The difficulties of running the MIDPOINT programme online this year have certainly not resulted in any loss of quality: the participants all rose to the challenge with professionalism and innovation. As always this was a very difficult decision: several of the projects displayed extremely high levels of craft and attainment from teams who were collaborative and determined always to keep pushing themselves. But one stood out for having achieved those craft objectives, but which also displayed an additional spark of personal passion and the courage to explore difficult and controversial modern topics with great honesty. A writer’s job is to explore an issue, not to preach about it – and for that reason the winner of this years’ HBO Europe prize is AFTERPARTY.“
Gabor Krigler
Head of Studies, Group Leader
Ben Morris
Group Leader
Cyril Tysz
Group Leader
Steve Matthews
Guest Tutor
Ben Harris
Guest Tutor
Maggie Murphy
Guest Tutor
Rumle Hammerich
Director Tutor
Fabian Haslob
Legal Tutor
Nebojsa Taraba
Producer Tutor
Marike Muselaers
Financing Tutor
Michaela Sabo
Pitching Tutor
Christopher Mack
Guest Tutor
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