The Don Quijote Award is a prize from the IFFS – International Federation of Film Societies given in selected Festivals. The IFFS Jury in each Festival is composed by film society activists from any country of the world, selected among the nominations from national Federations of Film Societies. It consists of a diploma and the promotion of the film all over the world among film societies.
Born in 1962, he entered cinema in 1989 and founded the film club Die Linse and after 8 years he and his partner Thomas Behm took over the arthouse cinema Cinema & Kurbelkiste in Münster. After more than 20 years he went in 2019 back to volantary work for his film club. Since then he works as a freelance curator and organizer, primarily in the film and cinema sector and is member of several jurys and selection committees mainly for short-film, documentary and films for young audience.
I graduated in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and I am currently the owner of a small bookstore in my hometown, Igualada. Since I was a child, cinema has been a fundamental part of my life. I grew up watching late 90s and early 2000s films such as Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, and Gladiator. I have always particularly valued the exchange of opinions after a screening, a passion that over time has developed into a true vocation. Driven by this passion, I founded a film club in my city, wrote film reviews for a local newspaper, and collaborated on cultural radio programs where I spoke about cinema, series, and literature. Recently, I have also had the opportunity to serve as a jury member at local film festivals such as the Trets Film Festival 2025. These experiences have encouraged me to apply for the MDOC, with the aim of continuing to grow and contributing my passion for the seventh art.
Manuel Mozos was born in Lisbon in 1959. He attended the Film course from 1981 to 1984 at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School. He worked as an editor, screenwriter, script supervisor, and assistant director. In 1989, he directed his first film. Since then, he has directed over twenty films, including fiction and documentaries, both short and feature-length. He regularly collaborates with publications, schools, institutes, universities, cultural and film associations, film clubs, and festivals. Since 2002, he has worked at the Portuguese Cinematheque as a senior technician at ANIM.
