This is not the first prize received by the film.
The film “Donbass” Ukrainian Director Sergei Loznitsa was awarded the main prize of the 15th international film festival in Seville, Spain.
It is noted that the jury gave the film “Donbass” the main prize – the Golden Giraldillo.
On the festival’s website stated that the film “Donbass” reaches “the balance between the documentary form and fiction”, and also “demonstrates the insurmountable tragedy of war and its consequences.”