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'Captive' wins top prize at Cottbus festival


November 17, 2008 Alexsei Uchitel's drama of a young Chechen captured by Russian soldiers, "Captive," won the prize for best film at this year's Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema. The jury praised the film for depicting "the cruel nature of war and the importance of every human life." In addition to its main awards, the Cottbus jury presented a special prize to Polish director Michal Rosa for his script to "Scratch," a very personal look at life under a totalitarian regime.

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