During the Closing Ceremony of the Brno part of the festival, the winner of the Audience Award was announced – the prize went to Antonia, a drama by Marleen Gorris from 1995.

This “feminist fairy-tale” about the relationship of a mother and her daughter who take over a family farm at the Dutch countryside after the end of WWII was presented as part of Mezipatra’s retrospective section. Its popularity with the Czech audience underscored the winning streak of female filmmakers who have received all of the three main festival awards (read here for more information).