Motivation of the jury: "With an impressive attention to detail and an easy, unaffected storytelling, Calin Peter Nezer describes how maternal love's darker sides and a son's hopelessly failed emancipation are amplified by a terrible tragedy. With a delicate hand he highlights the characters and lets them grow into three dimensional portraits in a sincere and genuine drama where the the turning point is allowed to take place inside the viewer as much as on the silver screen."
