ZagrebDox
ZagrebDox is an international documentary film festival launched in 2005 which takes place in Croatia's capital Zagreb every year. The festival showcases creative documentary features from around the world, and also includes workshops for prospective filmmakers which help them develop their projects.
History
The week-long festival, usually held in the spring, traditionally has an international and a regional competition category. The regional program includes films from Croatia, or from other countries in Southeast Europe.ZagrebDox also involves non-competitive screenings, such as retrospectives of works of particular filmmakers, or films dealing with a common subject or genre.
The festival is organized by a Zagreb-based film production company called Factum. As of 2019, the festival had featured more than 2,000 films over the previous 14 years, which were seen by approximately 290,000 moviegoers.
Awards
The following are the main prizes given at the festival:- Big Stamp : The festival's main prize, given to both the best film screened in international competition, and to the best film in the regional competitive selection
- Small Stamp for the best documentary film made by a young filmmaker under 35 years of age
- FIPRESCI Award for best film in regional competition, as selected by a jury of professional film critics accredited by FIPRESCI
- Audience Award for the best film as voted by festival audiences
Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award
Special awards
Apart from the regular categories, the festival sometimes awards special prizes, often related to themes of a particular festival edition.| Year | Award | Film | Director |
| 2006 | Best film in the Sports and Music theme program | The Human Hambone |  |