THE HELLENIC RED CROSS AUDIENCE AWARDS

Hellenic Red Cross Audience Award for a film over 45’

i. A Greek production, accompanied by a cash prize of 4.000 € to the film "Birds In The Mire"
Directed by: Alinda Dimitriou

ii. A Foreign production, accompanied by a cash prize of 4.000 € to the film "As seen through these eyes"
Directed by: Hilary Helstein.

Hellenic Red Cross Audience Award for a film under 45’

i. A Greek production accompanied by a cash prize of 2.000 €, to the film "The Archelon Bubble"
Directed by: Eleftherios Fylaktos

ii. A foreign production accompanied by a cash prize of 2.000 €, to the film "City of cranes"
Directed by: Eva Weber.

THE FIPRESCI AWARDS

This year’s The FIRPESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury consisted of:
Michel Euvrard, President (Canada)
Caroline Buck (Germany)
Matti Rämö (Finland)
Alex Leo Serban (Romania)
Vassilis Kehagias (Greece)

The FIPRESCI Awards go to:

i. A Greek production, to the film "The Lovers From Axos" Directed by: Nicos Ligouris

ii. A foreign producion, to the film "Be Like Others" Directed by: Tanaz Eshagian

MINISTRY OF MACEDONIA - THRACE AWARD

The Ministry of Macedonia - Thrace Award, for a film in the Portraits – Human Journeys section goes to the film "The Mirror and the Knife"
Directed by: Dimitris Vernikos. The award is accompanied by a cash prize of 6,000 €.

GREEK FILM CENTER AWARDS

The Greek Film Center, gives the following awards:

- Award for a medium length documentary, accompanied by a cash prize of 2000 € goes to the film "Etel Adnan Words in Exile"
Directed by: Vouvoula Skoura.

- Award for a medium length documentary accompanied by a cash prize of 2000 € goes to the film "Alex"
Directed by: Alexandros Papanikolaou and Emily Yiannoukou.

- Award to a feature length documentary accompanied by a cash prize of 3.000 € goes to the film "Birds in the Mire" Directed by: Alinda Dimitriou.

- Award to a feature length documentary accompanied by a cash prize of 3.000 € goes to the film "The Third Takis" Directed by: Katerina Patroni.

- Award to a feature length documentary accompanied by a cash prize of 3.000 € goes to the film "The Lovers of Axos"
Directed by: Nicos Ligouris.

- Award to a feature length documentary accompanied by a cash prize of 3.000 € goes to the film "The Mirror and the Knife"
Directed by: Dimitris Vernikos.

ERT3 (Greek Public Television) BROADCASTING AWARD

The Jury consisting of:
Nelli Zika – Tsemelegou – Greece (ERT 3 Administration Committee)
Yorgos Botsos – Greece (Director)
Phaedon Lazaridis – Greece (Head of Educational and Cultural Screenings Office)

The ERT3 Greek Public Television awards the best film in the Stories to Tell section to: "The lovers of Axos"
Directed by: Nikos Ligouris. The award includes one broadcast of the film on ERT3 which is equivalent to the sum of 3,000 €.

THE AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD

The Amnesty International Jury consisting of:
Stelios Kouloglou – Greece (Journalist)
Pavlos Nerantzis – Greece (Journalist)
Tassos Teloglou – Greece (Journalist)
Katerina Kalogera – Greece (Director, scriptwriter)
Nikolas Kominis - Greece (Photographer)
Irini Tsolaki – Greece (Member of the Board, Greek Section of Amnesty International)
and Hans Thoolen – Greece (President of the Martin Ennals Awards for Human Rights Defenders)

Awards the best film in the Human Rights section to: "The Price of Sugar"
Directed by: Bill Haney

THE WWF AWARD

The WWF Jury consisting of:
Konstantinos Liarikos – Greece (Head of Environmental Programs WWF Greece)
Yorgos Vellidis – Greece (Head of Communications, WWF Greece)
Kostas Livadas - Greece (Composer - lyricist)

Awards the best film in the Habitat section to: "About Water: People And Yellow Cans"
Directed by: Udo Maurer, Austria / Luxembourg, 2007

Running alongside the Film Festival, the International Doc Market made 257 films available to industry professionals from 23 countries.

Festival Founder, Director and co-Programmer, Dimitri Eipides state that "25% of the films in the last year's market sold. This exposure is vital for documentary filmmakers. They need their work to be circulated and seen more than anyone."

About the market: The creation and operation of the Thessaloniki International Doc Market was an initiative of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival - Images of the 21st Century and was an innovation in the field of Greek film festivals. The main purpose of the Market, annually co-organized with ERT A.E., is to bolster the commercial potential of contemporary documentaries presenting a rich, representative and eclectic sample of the year's international documentary production and giving the opportunity to Greek and foreign directors to promote their work by coming in contact with the right people. The Market took its first steps as a Balkan market, however its quality didn't take long to attract buyers from all of Europe and to transform it into a European market within its first five years of operation. In the last few years the Market has become international, with major television networks, distributors, even representatives of other Festivals from all over the world participating. The constantly increasing attendance of the buyers and their great interest in its programme, has already established its place among international markets. At the same time as its success, the Market has accomplished yet another of its particular ambitions, the promotion and support of Greek documentaries, as it now annually presents almost the sum total of Greek production, independent and non independent, and gives a unique opportunity to Greek documentary makers to not only come in contact with their foreign colleagues and to learn about all the new trends in contemporary documentary film making, but even more importantly to present their work to industry professionals and so be able to promote it internationally and find practical help that will permit them to continue with their vision.

The Ert3 Audience Award for a film over 45’ in the International Selection:

“A Song For Argyris”
By Stefan Haupt, (USA, 2005)
Prize: 3,000 Euros

The Ert3 Audience Award For A Film Under 45’ In The International Selection:

“The Blood Of Yingzhou District”
By Ruby Yang, (China/USA, 2006)
Prize: 1,500 Euros

The Ert3 Audience Award For A Greek Film Over 45’:

“Play It Again, Christos”
By Stavros Kaplanidis, (Greece, 2006)
Prize: 3,000 Euros

The Ert3 Audience Award For A Greek Film Under 45’:

“Schoolwave”
By Pavlos Tsiandos, (Greece, 2007)
Prize: 1,500 Euros

FIPRESCI Awards

The Jury consisting of: Thomas Rothschild - Germany (President), Lars Movin – Denmark, Paulo Portugal – Portugal, Sasa Radojevic – Serbia
and Dimosthenis Xifilinos - Greece

FIPRESCI award for a film in the Greek selection to:

“SECRETS & LIES”,
by Stavros Stangos (Greece, 2006)

FIPRESCI award for a film in the international selection to: “SOUVENIRS”
by Shahar Cohen & Halil Efrat (Israel, 2006)

Amnesty International Jury:

The Jury consisting of: Stelios Kouloglou – Greece (journalist); Pavlos Nerantzis – Greece (journalist); Grigoris Paschalidis – Greece (Professor of Mass Media and Communications at Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University); Irene Tsolaki – Greece (Vice – chairman, Greek Section of Amnesty International); Katerina Kalogera – Greece (Board Member, greek Section of Amnesty International) and Gerassimos Kouvaras – Greece (Director, Greek Section of Amnesty International)

Amnesty International awards the best film in the Human Rights section to:“The Trials Of Darryl Hunt”
by Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern (USA, 2006)

WWF Jury

The Jury consisting of: Dimitris Karavellas – Greece (General Director, WWF Greece), Yorgos Vellidis – Greece (Head of Communications, WWF Greece) and Yuri Averoff - Greece (documentary filmmaker)

The WWF awards the best film in the Habitat section to: “LOOP ”
by Sjur Paulsen (Norway, 2005)