THE HUNGARIAN STUDENT JURY'S AWARD
Rene Bo Hanssen (Sweden/Germany):
Die Stimme des Adlers /The Eagle Hunter's Son

AWARD FOR THE BEST FILM EDITING
Jean-Paul Liilienfeld (France):
La journée de la jupe/Skirt Day
The editor: Aurique Delannoy (France)

AWARD FOR THE BEST ACTOR
Hannu-Pekka Björkman (Finland):
Haarautuvan rakkauden talo/The House of Branching Love
(dir. Mika Kaurismaki)

AWARD FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
Rifka Lodeizen (The Netherlands):
Kan Door Huid Heen/Can go through skin
(dir.: Esther Rots)

AWARD FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
Trencsényi Klára (Hungary) and Vlad Naumescu (Romania):
Drumul Pasarilor/Birds' Way
The award was offered by Duna Workshop

AWARD FOR THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Jörn Staeger (Germany):
Reise zum Wald/Journey to the forest

AWARD FOR THE BEST ANIMATION
Francois Alaux, Hervé de Crécy & Ludovic Houplain (France):
Logorama

AWARD FOR THE BEST SHORT FICTION
Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen (Poland):
Darek

AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY
Responsible Society Award offered by KPMG
Fabian Daub & Andreas Gräfenstein (Germany):
Was übrig bleibt / Left behind

AUDIENCE CHOICE
Bertóti Attila (Hungary/Romania):
Ariadné fonala/Ariadne’s thread

AWARD FOR THE BEST FEATURE FILM & the MAIN PRIZE OF MEDIAWAVE'2010
George Ovashvili (Georgia):
Gagma napiri /The Other Bank
The award was offered by the Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation

MEDIAWAVE 2008 Award Ceremony was held in the former synagogue, now University Concert Hall in the evening 2 May. Animation films were missing from the list of the award winner films this year, Hungarian fictions were preferred by the international jury, though the main prizes were received by Eastern-European documentaries again.

Members of the international jury were:
Ella Davletsina, documentary filmmaker, director of "MEETINGS IN SIBERIA" International Documentary Film Festival (RUS), Mike Hoolboom, fringe filmmaker (CAN), Samira Sinai, actress, director (IRN), Ferenc Török, filmdirector (HUN), Zoltán Korösi, writer (HUN).

MEDIAWAVE’2008 AWARD LIST


HUNGARIAN STUDENT JURY AWARD:
Alexey Fedorchenko for "First on the Moon" (RUS)

SPECIAL MENTION
Rafal Skalski: "52 procent" (52 Percent) (POL)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
offered by KODAK Hungary
Erdély Mátyás: "Türelem" (With a Little Patience) (directed: László Nemes Jeles) (HUN)

THE BEST YOUTH FILM
offered Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture
Horváth Lili: "Uszodai tolvaj" (Swimming Pool Thief) (HUN)

PRIZE OF THE CITY OF GYOR offered by the City of Gyor
Pavel Medvedev: "Na tretej planete ot solnca" (On The 3rd Planet From The Sun) (RUS)

THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE
offered by the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation 4K Advisory Board
Buharov Igor and Buharov Iván: "Lassú Tükör" (Slow Mirror) (HUN)

The KPMG Responsible Society Award
Marcin Sauter – "Pierwszy dzien" (The First Day) (POL)

THE BEST DOCUMENTARY
offered by Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture
Andrey Paounov – "Problemat s komarite i drugi istorii" (The Mosquito Problem And Other Stories) (BUL)

MEDIAWAVE Grand Prize
offered by by the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation
Thomas Ciulei – "Podul de flori " (The Flower Bridge) (ROM)