Other winners at the 17th edition of the Albanian event included Take Me Somewhere Nice, Cold November and A Decent Man, while the Iranian short Tattoo qualified for Oscars. Bulgarian directors Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov's Karlovy Vary Crystal Globe winner The Father scooped the main award, the Golden Owl for Best Feature Film, at the 17th Tirana International Film Festival (23-29 September). Bosnian-Dutch filmmaker Ena Sendijarević picked up Best Director for her Heart of Sarajevo winner Take Me Somewhere Nice, while Ismet Sijarina and Arjan Krasniqi pocketed Best Screenplay for Cold November (Kosovo/Albania). The Best Eye on Tiff Prize for Best Debut Film went to Hadrian Marcu's A Decent Man (Romania), and Tonia Mishiali received a Special Mention for Pause (Cyprus/Greece). Aga's House by Kosovar filmmaker Lendita Zeqiraj bagged the Audience Award. As of this year's edition, the Tirana Iff is one of the qualifying festivals for the Academy.
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