Serbian environmental documentary wins award in Riga

BELGRADE - Mladen Velimirovic's medium-length documentary Golija, The Hidden Pearl has won the best environmental film award at the Riga Tour Film international festival in Latvia.

The festival was held on April 22-25.

Velimirovic's film is a production of VFC Zastava film and Belgrade-based Libra film studio.

The award is the third prize won by Golija, The Hidden Pearl.

It won the Serbian Zlatna buklija award in 2014, also winning a prize at a Croatian festival last autumn, producer Ranka Velimirovic said in a statement.

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