The
54th edition of
Gijon International Film Festival came to its end on
November 26th 2016, awarding three prizes to the very successful film
Glory by
Kristina Grozeva and
Petar Valchanov. More specifically, the jury, chaired by Ms. Judith Colell and made up of Mr. David Matamoros, Ms. Kathleen Haney, Mr. Nima Javidi and Ms. Claudia Pinto has awarded
Best Feature Film and
Best Script prizes to the Bulgarian/Greek co-production, while The
FIPRESCI Jury of the
54th Gijón International Film Festival, made up of Abbas Bozkurt, Pablo García Conde and Jean-Max Mejean awarded
Glory with the
FIPRESCI Prize “For its sarcastic look at the corruption in all the spheres of society and its simple yet powerful story that exposes universal issues related to class struggle”.