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Film Festival, has unveiled the winners of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, as well as other prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3741\">Rachel Zegler-Led Psychological Thriller \u2018NDA\u2019 Acquired by Bleecker Street<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Eurimages Co-production Development Award, with a 20,000 Euros ($22,800) cash prize, went to \u201cSelamlik\u201d (Sweden, Denmark), directed by Jerry Carlsson, written by Khaled Alesmael and produced by Frida M\u00e5rtensson.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAfter years of separation, Furat, a Syrian writer exiled in Sweden, travels to C\u00f3rdoba to reunite with Pierre, the love of his life, whom he left behind when fleeing the war in Syria. Furat hopes to revive the love they once shared. But Pierre arrives guarded, carrying a secret that will change everything.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe jury said, \u201cIt\u2019s a story that resonates strongly in today\u2019s geopolitical context, with, unfortunately, too many displaced individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAn additional 20,000 Euros cash prize went to \u201cReminiscence\u201d (Ukraine), directed and written by Anastasia Tykha, and produced by Darya Bassel.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe jury said, \u201cThis award goes to a project led by a female creative team \u2013 an emerging director and an established producer \u2013 telling a story that explores the universal themes of loss, grief and survival, with the desire to find a way to keep living in today\u2019s Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThree years after her brother Yan vanished in the war, Sasha reluctantly returns from Kyiv to her hometown. There she finds Yan\u2019s photos staged like a shrine and their mother speaking to his uniform. Unable to talk about it, Sasha wanders around town and reconnects with Slava, Yan\u2019s childhood friend and a veteran with quiet PTSD. Their renewed bond unlocks memories she has long suppressed.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3739\">\u2018NCIS: New York\u2019 Casts Jennifer Beals, Jacqueline Byers, Shane Harper, Devin Druid<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Connecting Cottbus Award also went to \u201cReminiscence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Midpoint and KVIFF Development Award, which comes with 10,000 Euros cash prize, went to \u201cThey Bloom at Dawn\u201d (North Macedonia), directed and written by Angela Dimeska, and produced by Ognen Antov.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe jury said it was \u201ca project about human and family relationships in the context of an environmental crisis,\u201d and added \u201cit brings a community together and reminds us that personal courage and collective responsibility are closely linked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAfter her grandfather dies, restless Rosa returns to her grandparents\u2019 remote lakeside village. 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