The 23rd European Film Festival Palic ended on Friday, July 22nd with the awards ceremony, handing the Golden Tower for Best Film to the film Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade. 

The Golden Tower for Best Director went to Cristian Mungiu for Graduation, while two Special Mentions were given to Tomasz Wasilewski for the United States of Love (Poland/Sweden, 2016) and to Milos Radovic for his film Train Driver’s Diary. 

The  Audience Award was handed to the Hungarian film Kills on Wheels (Hungary, 2016) by Attila Till.

Bence Fliegauf΄s Lily Lane (Hungary, 2016) won the Best Film Award in the Parallels and Encounters programme, dedicated to Eastern European cinema, while a Special Mention was given to Marko Škop΄s Eva Nová (Slovakia/Czech Republic, 2015). 

The newly established Eye to Eye programme, part of Wide Management΄s initiative dedicated to high-school and university audiences awarded Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov for their film, The Lesson.

The honorary Aleksandar Lifka Award for exceptional contribution to European cinema was handed to Ulrich Seidl and Serbian director Slobodan Šijan, while the Underground Spirit Award went to Karpo Godina.