At recently concluded 54th international film festival in the Spanish town of Valladolid, Honeymoons, director Goran Paskaljevic's latest film, captured the highest prize, the "GOLDEN Spike," as well as the FIPRESCI Award, the international jury of film critics.

As stated Saturday in the Serbian Ministry of Culture, under strong competition between the newest works of Paul Schrader, Steven Soderbergh, Theo Angelopulos, and other well-known filmmakers from around the world, Paskaljevic's film stood out, according to the president of the jury, renowned Italian director Ettore Scola, "by its force of cinematographic expression and strong emotional impact in an involved motion picture story from the Balkans."

Paskaljevic thanked the jury and the festival at Valladolid emphasizing that he is especially proud that the decision was made by a competent jury led by the greatest living Italian director, Ettore Scola, as well as legendary Mexican director Arturo Ripstein, producer Antonio Saura, and others.