BEST FEATURE FILM (1.000,00€) – Award sponsored by the Club Maria Lisboa

"Antônia" (Brazil, 2006, 90’),
Directed by Tata Amaral
Jury Statement: We chose “Antônia” as our Best Feature Film. It is an important film which shows a vibrant optimism about women in the favelas of Brazil. Often in Brazilian Cinema the favelas are presented with the dance beat of guns and death but instead in “Antônia” we have the dance beat of four women rising up together against hardship through their creativity. This film has daring camera, beautiful performances and a driving edit and is a vital addition to the Cinema of Brazil.
The Jury: José Pedro Ribeiro, São José Correia, Pier Maria Bocchi, Lisa Gornick

BEST ACTRESS
Nuria Espert for her performance in "Barcelona (Un Mapa)" | Barcelona (A Map) (Spain, 2007, 85’),
Directed by: Ventura Pons

BEST ACTOR
Josep Maria Pou for his performance in "Barcelona (Un Mapa)" | Barcelona (A Map) (Spain, 2007, 85’),
Directed by Ventura Pons
For their strong, deep, convincing performances as two old people who know that they should go through vital changes during their last days together, we decided to give the prizes for the Best Actor and the best Actress to Josep Maria Pou and Nuria Espert for their touching and challenging portrait of a couple in “Barcelona (A Map)”.
The Jury: José Pedro Ribeiro, São José Correia, Pier Maria Bocchi, Lisa Gornick

BEST DOCUMENTARY (1.000,00€)
"Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story" (Australia, 2006, 54’),
Directed by: Julian Shaw
Jury Statement: We the jury decided unanimously to award “Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story”, by Julian Shaw, the Prize for Best Documentary. “Darling!” is a heart-warming, positive, well-balanced, skilfully made documentary with an important historical and political perspective and message. The way Julian Shaw deals with his subject and protagonist is tender, authentic, and educational without being moralistic.
The Jury: Eládio Clímaco, Barbara Reumüller, Maria José García

BEST SHORT FILM | AUDIENCE AWARD (500,00€) – Award sponsored by Bico de Pena Publishing House
First Prize: "69 – Praça da Luz" (Brazil, 2007, 21’)
Directed by: Carolina Markowicz, Joana Galvão| 8 Points

Second Prize: "Lugar: Jag Är Bög" | I Am Gay (Sweden, 2008, 15’),
Directed by: Nicolas Kolovos| 7,9 Points (Mention)

Third Prize: "Lugar: Frequent Traveller" (Portugal, 2007, 8’), Directed by: Patrícia Bateira| 7,8 Points (Mention)

Best Feature Film - "Solange du hier bist" (While you are Here)
Director: Stefan Westerwelle
Germany, 2006, 77’
Prize: 1.000,00€

“The majority of the Jury decided to give the Award for Best Feature Film to Stefan Westerwelle’s “Solange du hier bist”. The Jury appreciated the coherence of the film’s theme and form. The film is narrated in a visual language characterized by artful composition with great attention to detail. Loneliness and the proximity of death are rarely explored in cinema, thus making the film appealing to audiences regardless of their sexuality.”
-Jury statement

Special Mention: Carla Ribas for "A Casa de Alice"
Director: Chico Teixeira
Brazil, 2007, 90’

“The Jury decided to award a Special Mention to Carla Ribas for her excellent portrayal of the character Alice, in “A Casa de Alice”, directed by Chico Teixeira.”
-Jury statement

Best Documentary: "Estrellas de la Línea" (The Railroad All-Stars)
Director: Chema Rodríguez
Spain, 2006, 90’
Prize: 1.000,00€

“The winner of the best documentary award is Estrellas de la línea/ The Railroad All-Stars, by Chema Rodríguez. It’s about a group of prostitutes from Guatemala who decide to create a football team to give visibility to their fight against discrimination, violence and exclusion. It´s not a gay film, nor a lesbian or a transgender film. It’s all that and more. It´s a universal, clever, unexpected and moving film about the ability to resist, to defy one’s destiny and sexual, social, cultural and gender conventions. The hookers ‘de la linea’ don´t want to be perceived as victims. They laugh as they fight, and they make us laugh a lot. There’s really no better way to bring people together. And that’s what this fight is all about.”
-Jury statement

Best Short Film – Audience Award: "Singularidades"
Director: Luciano Coelho
Brazil, 2006, 35’
Prize: 500,00€