Discovery of the Year and The the Golden Puffin: "Iska’s Journey"
Director: Csaba Bollók (Hungary)

Iska’s Journey tells the tale of young Iska who is living in poverty, begging for food and trading scrap metal for money that goes straight into buying booze for her violent parents. When she is taken off the streets and put into care at a children’s shelter, Iska doesn’t want to leave the abusive home and returns to her parents’ drunken arms. But during her stay at the shelter she made a good friend and the two of them fantasize about running away to the ocean. The audience is pulled into the world of this mesmerizing young girl and have already become travelling partners on Iska’s journey when it suddenly hits a snag and mysterious men decide to give her a lift. Csaba Bollók graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Drama and Film in 1994 and directed his first feature in 1998.

Jury: Hal Hartley, Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (Children of Nature, Cold Fever, Angels of the Universe) and Gréta Ólafsdóttir (The Brandon Teena Story).

FIPRESCI Award and the Church of Iceland award: "The Art of Crying"
Director: Peter Schønau Fog (Denmark)
“The film deals delicately with issues that often are kept quiet and presents them with respect, understanding and sympathy. 'The Art of Crying' raises awareness of the fragility of life, moves the audience and calls for discussion and responses,” is stated in the jury’s motivation.

The Audience Award: "Control"
Director: Anton Corbijn

Amnesty International Award: "El Ejido, The Law of Profit"
Director: Jawad Rhalib