Swiss film director Andrea Štaka has won the main prize at the Solothurn Film Festival with Mare, “a feature film that looks like a documentary or reality itself”, according to the jury.
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In her third feature film, the Zurich-based filmmaker tells the story of Mare, a wife and mother in Croatia whose emotional world is shaken up when she meets a younger man. Mare premiered at last year’s Berlinale; its Swiss theatrical release was interrupted by the lockdown and the jury wished the film “a new chance on the big screen”.
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As part of the 56th Solothurn Film Festival, which was held online, Mare had been nominated for the 2021 Swiss Film Awards in three categories (Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Sound). The main prize, the Prix de Soleure, is worth CHF60,000 ($68,000).
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