DECISION OF THE EUROPE OUT OF EUROPE JURY

After careful consideration of all eight films in the competitive program, the ’Politika’ Award Jury consisting of: Mr Kim Dong Ho, President of the Jury and Director of Pusan Film Festival; Mr Hrvoje Hribar, film director and Ms Dubravka Lakić, film critic, would firstly like to mention the special artistic qualities of the Russian film ’Traveling With Pets’ by Vera Storozheva.

However, ’Politika’ Award for Best Film in Europe out of Europe program unanimously goes to Kristijan Milić for the film with precise directing, expressive acting and sensible cinematography work - the Croatian-Bosnian anti-war film ’The Living and The Dead’.

The "Nebojsa Djukelic Award"

The "Nebojsa Djukelic Award" is traditionally awarded in memory and respect of one of the FEST selectors, renown film critic Nebojsa Djukelic, author of the TV program “Moving Pictures”, that had become a synonym for an well-thought, analytical and authoritative approach to interpreting and presenting the art of film. This year, the Association of Film Journalists and Critics of Belgrade and the Film Critics Society award this Award jointly, which will remain a tradition in the future.

In quest of a film, from the program of this year’s FEST, which is first and foremost the result of inspiration, but at the same time a film with integrity, recognizable and different by the virtue of its expression and style, we have agreed that this year’s “Nebojsa Djukelic Award” is to go to the Israeli film “The Band’s Visit” of novice director Eran Kolirin.

The Jury for “Nebojsa Djukelic Award”: Dubravka Vojvodic, Bogdan Zlatic and Ivan Arandjelovic, members of the Film Critics Society and the Association of Film Journalists and Critics of Belgrade.

The FIPRESCI Award for BEST FILM of FEST 2008

The Jury of FIPRESCI Serbia of the 36th FEST is awarding the FIPRESCI Award for BEST FILM to the Russian film “12”of Nikita Mihalkov. The Award has been received on the final press conference of FEST by the Cultural Attache of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Belgrade, Mr. Oleg Buldakov, on behalf of the director and the crew of the film.

The Jury of FIPRESCI Serbia of the 36th FEST is awarding the SPECIAL FIPRESCI AWARD to the Turkish-German film “THE EDGE OF HEAVEN” of Fatih Akin. The Award was handed over on the final press conference of FEST to Mr. Igor Stankovic, the Director of the distribution company MCF.

The Jury of the FIPRESCI Award deliberated in the following composition: Aleksandar Sasa Erdeljanovic (Chairman of the Jury, the Yugoslav Film Archive), Sandra Perovic (RTS) and Vladan Petkovic (Screen International).

B2B Prize: “To get to Heaven first you need to die”
Directed by Djamshed Usmonov,
“…for its original characters and seductive performances, and a story which takes us on a journey that's never predictable, but always convincing.”

Special Mention: Armin Omerovic for his beautifully understated and touching performance in two films screened at the Festival: “Armin” directed by Ognjen Svilicic and “the Melon Route” Directed by Branko Schmidt.

Jury of the B2B “Europe out of Europe” Competition: Dubravka Lakiç, film critic of the daily Politika; Pawel Pawlikowski, film director from United Kingdom; and Meinolf Zurhorst, ZDF and Arte Commissioning director;

YU FIPRESCI Award for Best Film of FEST 07: “The Lives of Others” (Das Leben den Anderen)
Directed By: Florian Hankel fon Donersmark,
“…which in a extraordinarily convincing and moving manner sheds light to the Orwellian effects of controlling people in totalitarian times, which are, unfortunately, still with us.”

Special Mention: “The Free Will” (Der Freie Wille)
Directed by: Mathias Glasner

The Jury of film critics, members of the national section Yu-Fipresci” Milan Vlajcic (Chairman), Zoran Djordjevic and Vladimir Dzudovic