CIMA - Association of Female Filmmakers and Audiovisual Medium Female Workers

CIMA members Marta de Santa Ana, Mariola Pestana and Silvia Sánchez, who made up the jury, granted the award to Elma Tataragic, screenwriter of Stitches (Miroslav Terzić, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, 2019, 97 min.) “for making visible, through the film’s screenplay, the drama of stolen children thousands of women from different parts of the world have suffered. For portraying the protagonist as a brave, determined, tenacious and not victimized woman. Because the story she has written reflects the supporting and solidarity network of those women who contributed, many years later and with all their surroundings against them, to get the truth known. And because it denounces the power abuse exerted by public institutions and women’s vulnerability”.

The CIMA jury also granted a special mention to Stitches‘ lead actress, Snezana Bogdanovich, “for her outstanding interpretation of the seamstress Ana. Restrained, her performance stamps with credibility”.