Dolores Leo Popović won the award for the best acting performance at the 32 nd edition of the
“Risto Shishkov” Chamber Theater Festival, which ended last night in Strumica. She was
awarded for the role of Anya in the play “Candy,” based on the novel by Luke Davis, directed by
Tamara Stojanoska, an independent production called “Zlaten Elec” from Skopje.

The award comprises a golden medallion with the image of Risto Shishkov, a monetary award of
EUR1,500 and a plaque, which will be presented to her additionally.
The festival jury’s decision was explained by the president, the last year’s laureate, Jordan
Simonov, in which Biljana Krajchevska and Alksandar Ivanovski evaluated the actors’
performances.

“Exploring the necessity of questioning and interpreting the present, through a non-
confrontational, subtle acting language, Dolores Leo Popovic aesthetically shapes the problem
and the social-political relations in which we live, creating an authentic powerful character that,
in addition to her acting aesthetics and freedom in artistic creation, not only becomes a key to
achieving and nurturing both the social and the individual ability for empathy, but also for
achieving social action, because the art-theater is the entity that inspires the process of
constructing a better and more just world” – Simonov said.