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RFE/RL: Ukraine’s Loznitsa wins Cannes ‘Un Certain Regard’ prize for best director

Published May 21, 2018 at 5:16 pm

Filmmaker Serhiy Loznitsa, left, and actor Viktor Nemets attend a press conference for the film 'My Joy', at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, on May 19.

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Ukrainian film director Serhiy Loznitsa has won a best director prize in the Cannes film festival’s Un Certain Regard competition for Donbass, his odyssey about the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

The Un Certain Regard awards, which were announced on May 18, go to more edgy films and up-and-coming directors than those awarded in the Palme d’Or prizes in Cannes’ main film competition.