Na tradicionalnoj Tportalovoj konferenciji koja je okupila više od 300 sudionika, VERN'ov predavač je uz glavnu nagradu osvojio i pojedinačnu nagradu u kategoriji kultura.
Predavač na umjetničkim studijima Sveučilišta VERN’, redatelj i scenarist Nebojša Slijepčević osvojio je glavnu nagradu „Vizionar godine“ na tradicionalnoj Tportalovoj konferenciji kojom se odaju priznanja najistaknutijim pojedincima koji svojim djelovanjem mijenjaju društvo, gospodarstvo i sliku Hrvatske nabolje i to kroz kategorije gospodarstvo, tech, društvo, kultura i sport, uz glavnu nagradu Vizionar godine.
Ovu titulu kolega Slijepčević je osvojio glasovima stručnog žirija i to nakon godine u kojoj je s kratkometražnim igranim filmom „Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti“ u Cannesu osvojio Zlatnu palmu, postavši prvi hrvatski filmaš kojem je to pošlo za rukom, a nakon niza priznanja uslijedila je i nominacija za Oscara.
"First of all, I would like to thank my film crew, which consists of 50 excellent individuals, without whom I as a director could not do anything. When you are involved in film, an art that is no longer in its prime, but often seems to be on the verge of extinction, you do not expect the Visionary of the Year award. Winning this award was certainly helped by the great international success of the film, but I have often wondered why this particular film has such success. 'The Man Who Could Not Keep Silent' is a film that tells the story of a hero from a dark part of the past, a story that is very important to us at this moment. It is a story about the destructiveness of silence in crucial moments and a film that shows that societies that lack solidarity are doomed to failure , " said Nebojša Slijepčević.
In addition to the main award, which was presented to him by Marko Primorac , Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, and Nataša Rapaić , President of the Management Board of Hrvatski Telekom, he also won an individual award in the culture category for his exceptional film contribution, which was presented to him by actress Zrinka Cvitešić and Siniša Đuranović , Member of the Management Board and Chief Corporate Officer of Hrvatski Telekom.
Other visionaries of the year are: Ivan Franičević , director of the company Rasco in the economy category; Ivan Jelušić , Vlatko Matijević and Srđan Kovačević , team members of the Osijek-based company Orqa in the tech category; the organizer of the project "72 hours without compromise" in the society category, and the brothers Martin and Valent Sinković , along with coach Nikola Bralić , in the sports category. See more details and photos from the award ceremony on the Tportal website .
Čestitamo svim dobitnicima, a kolegi predavaču želimo puno sreće na dodjeli Oscara 2. ožujka.
