Ostrov â Lost Island is not lost on Hot Docs, winning the Best International Feature Documentary Award
Four Seasons in a Day, were also noticed at the Canadian gathering
Laurent Stoop and Svetlana Rodina accepting their Best International Feature Documentary Award for
Ostrov â Lost Island during the online awards ceremony
Itâs a wrap â the 28
th edition of North Americaâs largest documentary festival, Hot Docs, concluded on 9 May with 11 awards and CAD 67,000 (roughly â¬45,500) presented to Canadian and international filmmakers during an online ceremony. On the European front,
Svetlana Rodina and
Laurent Stoop, was named Best International Feature Documentary. Described by Cineuropa as a story âbetween utopia and dystopia, speaking of modern-day Russia torn between nostalgia and harsh realityâ, and focusing on the people living on the titular fishing island in the Caspian Sea, it led jurors