"SOMETHING BETTER TO COME" AWARDED IN GENEVA
The documentary by Hanna Polak won the Youth Jury award at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights.
"Something better to come" has already been awarded this year, winning special mention at the Zagrebdox festival and the main award at the festival in Trieste. The Youth Jury in Geneva chose it the best documentary in the "creative documentary" category.
The protagonist of "Something better to come" is 11-year-old Jula. She lives on the svalka, the biggest dumping ground in Europe, 20 km away from the centre of Moscow. The area, surrounded by a wall and controlled by the guards, is supposed to be free from all kinds of intruders. However, there is a small group of people who live there and make a small community, deprived of the rights. These people are Jula's closest family. She leads her life here, and here Jula dreams about future far away from the dumping ground.
You can find the full list of the winners on the festival's website.