Best International Feature Award

A FILM UNFINISHED (D: Yael Hersonski; P: Noemi Schory, Itay Ken Tor; Israel)

The award includes a $10,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.

The Special Jury Prize - International Feature

THE OATH (D: Laura Poitras; P: Laura Poitras, Nasser Arrabyee, Aliza Kaplan, Jonathan Oppenheim; USA, Yemen)

Sponsored by the Ontario Media Development Corporation, the award includes a $5,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.

Best Canadian Feature Award

IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY (D: Shelley Saywell, P: Shelley Saywell, Deborah Parks, Habiba Nosheen; Canada)

Sponsored by the Documentary Organization of Canada, the award includes a $15,000 prize courtesy of the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation.

Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature

LEAVE THEM LAUGHING (D: John Zaritsky, P: Montana Berg, Canada/USA)

Sponsored by the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation, the award features a $10,000 prize courtesy of the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation.

Best Mid-Length Documentary Award

I SHOT MY LOVE (D: Tomer Heymann; P: Barak Heymann, Tomer Heymann, Carl Ludwig Rettinger; Israel, Germany)

Sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts, the award includes a $3,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.

Best Short Documentary Award

TUSSILAGO (D: Jonas Odell; Sweden)

Sponsored by Playback, the award includes a $3,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs.

HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award

Jeff Malmberg for MARWENCOL

The Emerging Artist Award is sponsored by HBO Documentary Films.

2010 Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award

Presented to Kim Longinotto by Hot Docs Board of Directors

documentary's Don Haig Award

Presented to Toronto's Philip Lyall and Vancouver's Nimisha Mukerji (65_REDROSES - Official Selection 2009)

Awarded by the Don Haig Foundation, the prize includes a $20,000 cash prize generously sponsored by documentary.

The Lindalee Tracey Award

Ayanie Mohamed (Toronto)

Includes a $6,000 cash prize and $3,000 in film stock donated by Kodak Canada.

Hot Docs Audience Award Winner was THUNDER SOUL (D: Mark Landsman, USA), chronicling the reunion of the Kashmere High School Band – 35 years after their initial success – in honour of their mentor, Conrad "Prof" Johnson.

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

Stolen

Directors: Violeta Ayala and Daniel Fallshaw

AUSTRALIA 2009 / 78min.

Best Cinematography (International)

At the Edge of the World

Director: Dan Stone

USA 2009 / 90min.

Best Director (International) - Joint Winners

Defamation

Director Yoav Shamir

ISRAEL/DENMARK/USA/AUSTRIA 2009 / 93min.

and

Petition

Director Zhao Liang

CHINA/SWITZERLAND/UK/FRANCE/BELGIUM

2009 / 124min.

International Competition: Short Documentary

The Solitary Life of Cranes

Director Eva Weber

UK 2008 / 27min.

International Competition: Feature Documentary

Last Train Home

Director Lixin Fan

CANADA 2009 / 87min.

Best Emerging New Zealand Filmmaker

Five Hours with Raja

Director/Producer Anna McKessar

NEW ZEALAND 2009 / 52min.

Best NZ Director

The Unnatural History of the Kakapo

Director/Producer Scott Mouat

NEW ZEALAND 2009 / 77min.

Documentary Edge Form Best Pitch

Simon Burgin, Bring it on Home

After ten days with screenings of more than 200 films CPH:DOX handed out the awards in six competitions. And the winners are:

DOX:AWARD

Trash Humpers (dir.: Harmony Korine)

+ special mention: H:R Landshövding (dir.: Måns Månsson)

NEW VISION AWARD

O'er the Land (dir.: Deborah Stratman)

+ Trypps (dir.: Ben Russell)

SOUND AND VISION AWARD

La faute des fleurs (dir.: Vincent Moon)

+ special mention: The Delian Mode (dir.: Kara Blake)

AMNESTY AWARD

Presumed Guilty (dir.: Geoffrey Smith & Roberto Hernandez)

+ special mention: Defamation (dir.: Yoav Shamir)

DANISH DOX AWARD

Alberts Vinter (dir.: Andreas Kofoed)

SHORT:DOX AUDIENCE AWARD

Three Pilots (dir.: Philip Leamann)

POLITIKEN AUDIENCE AWARD

Into Eternity (dir.: Michael Madsen)

The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize):

Encirclement—Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy Dir: Richard Brouillette

The Mayor’s Prize:

Oblivion Dir: Heddy Honigmann

Awards of Excellence:

Z32 Dir: Avi Mograbi

The Fortress Dir: Fernand Melgar

Special Prize:

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Dir: Sean McAllister

New Asian Currents Awards

Ogawa Shinsuke Prize:

American Alley Dir: Kim Dong-ryung

Awards of Excellence:

Bilal Dir: Sourav Sarangi

This is Lebanon Dir: Eliane Raheb

Special Mentions:

Spiral Staircase of Harbin Dir: Ji Dan

Ximaojia Universe Dir: Mao Chenyu

Citizens’ Prizes

Japan: A Story of Love and Hate Dir: Sean McAllister

Yuri—About Loving Dir: Azuma Mieko

Community Cinema Award

Bilal Dir: Sourav Sarangi

Directors Guild of Japan Award

Doctor Ma’s Country Clinic Dir: Cong Feng

sponsored by Panasonic

GREEN

Tawak Productions

Download film at www.greenthefilm.com

Silver Teton Award

THE MEERKATS

James Honeyborne

Yaffle Films, BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Films, The Weinstein Company

Best Animal Behavior Program

sponsored by NHNZ

THE GORILLA KING

Tigress Productions, Ltd, Nature/THIRTEEN, BBC

Best Wildlife Habitat Program

sponsored by Sierra Club Productions

YELLOWSTONE: WINTER

BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet

Best Conservation Program

sponsored by National Geographic

GREEN

Tawak Pictures

Best People & Nature Program

sponsored by Feodor Pitcairn Productions

LEGEND OF PALE MALE

Birdjail Productions

Best Limited Series

sponsored by Wyoming Business Council

YELLOWSTONE

BBC Natural History Unit, Animal Planet

Best Children's Program

sponsored by Disneynature

ONCE UPON A TIDE

Center for Health and the Global Environment/Harvard Medical School, Sea

Studios Foundation, Laika/house, Funjacket Enterprises

Best Presenter-led Program

sponsored by Amphibico

CHARLES DARWIN & THE TREE OF LIFE

Sir David Attenborough

BBC Natural History Unit, Open University

Best Short Program

sponsored by Arete Media Group

SMALL TALK DIARIES: CHANGELINGS

Ammonite, Off the Fence, CBBC, Big Squid New Media

Marion Zunz Newcomer Award

sponsored by Discovery Channel

SWAMP TROOP

Robyn Keene-Young and Adrian Bailey, Road Media

National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channels International

Best Theatrical Program

sponsored by Sony Electronics

DISNEYNATURE PRESENTS EARTH (90 min)

Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media and Discovery Channel

Best Non-broadcast Program

sponsored by Buffalo Bill Historical Center

FROG, CHEMICAL, WATER, YOU

The Smithsonian Women's Committee, Jennifer Grace, MSU

Best 360 Campaign

sponsored by Animal Planet

THINK BEYOND PLASTICS: DIRTY SECRETS

National Geographic Television, Daniella Russo -Sea Studios Foundation

RETHINK CAMPAIGN

Save Our Seas Foundation

SPRINGWATCH

BBC Natural History Unit

Best Web Presence

sponsored by ARKive

www.bbc.co.uk/bigcat/BIG CAT LIVE

BIG CAT LIVE

BBC Natural History Unit

Best Sound

sponsored by Dolby Laboratories

SWAMP TROOP

Robyn Keene-Young (Sound Recordist and Sound Design), Adrian Bailey (Sound Design),

Mark Phillips (Sound Editor and Mixer)

Road Media

National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channels International

Best Cinematography

sponsored by Fujinon

THE FOREST: REALM OF SHADOWS

Jan Haft and Kay Ziesenhenne

nautilusfilm GmbH for Studio Hamburg Documentaries, NDR Naturfilm, Arte, ORF

Best Editing

sponsored by ORF/Universum

THE MEERKATS

Justin Krish

Yaffle Films, BBC Natural History Unit, BBC Films, The Weinstein Company

Best Original Score

sponsored by Off the Fence Productions

DISNEYNATURE PRESENTS THE CRIMSON WING: MYSTERY OF THE FLAMINGOS (75 min)

The Cinematic Orchestra

Disneynature, Natural Light Films, Kudos Pictures

Best Writing

sponsored by The Nature Conservancy

THE LEGEND OF PALE MALE

Janet Hess

Birdjail Productions

Best Special Venue

sponsored by nWave

BUGS 3D!

Principal Large Format, SK Films

Best Earth Sciences Program

sponsored by Marco Polo

O2: THE MOLECULE THAT MADE OUR WORLD

ORF Universum / NHU, Burning Gold Productions, AV Dokumenta, BMUKK, BBC

Best Use of Web 2.0/New Media

sponsored by FusionSpark Media

www.kqed.org/quest

KQED-Quest

Outstanding Achievement

DISNEYNATURE PRESENTS EARTH

Disneynature, BBC Worldwide, Greenlight Media and Discovery Channel

GORILLA MURDERS

National Geographic Television

WHALE WARS

Animal Planet

WILD OCEAN

Luke Cresswell, Steve McNicholas

Giant Screen Films, Yes/No Productions

THE WOLF THAT CHANGED AMERICA

Brian Leith Productions, Nature/THIRTEEN

INVISIBLE CITY

Director: Hubert Davis

Producers: Mehernaz Lentin, Gerry Flahive

Executive Producer: Silva Basmajian (NFB)

Sponsored by the Documentary Organization of Canada and the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation

$15,000 prize courtesy of the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation

Special Jury Prize - Canadian Feature

WATERLIFE

Director: Kevin McMahon

Producers: Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin, Gerry Flahive

Executive Producers: Mark Achbar, Betsy Carson, Michael McMahon, Silva Basmajian (NFB)

Sponsored by the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation

$10,000 prize courtesy of the Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation

Best International Feature Documentary

THE ONE MAN VILLAGE

Director/Producer: Simon El Habre

Producers: Jad Abi-Khalil, Irit Neidhardt

Sponsored by A&E

$10,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs

Special Jury Prize - International Feature

COOKING HISTORY

Director/Producer: Peter Kerekes

Producers: Georg Misch, Pavel Strnad

Executive Producer: Ralph Wieser

Sponsored by the OMDC

$5,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs

Best Mid-Length Documentary

RABBIT À LA BERLIN

Director: Bartek Konopka

Producer: Anna Wydra

Sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts

$3,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs

Best Short Documentary

THE DELIAN MODE

Director/Producer: Kara Blake

Producer: Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

Sponsored by Playback

$3,000 prize courtesy of Hot Docs

documentary’s Don Haig Award

Brett Gaylor

Tracey Deer

Awarded by the Don Haig Award Committee - $20,000 cash prize generously sponsored by documentary

The Lindalee Tracey Award

Laura Bari

Will Inrig

$6,000 cash prize and film stock donated by Kodak Canada and valued at $3,000

HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award

Chung-ryoul Lee

OLD PARTNER

Sponsored by HBO Documentary Films

Hot Docs Audience Award - Determined by audience ballot:

The winner is THE COVE (D: Louie Psihoyos; USA), a passionate, powerful and gripping intervention to end the dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. The top ten audience favourites as determined by audience vote are:

THE COVE (D: Louie Psihoyos; USA)

65_REDROSES (D: Philip Lyall, Nimisha Mukerji; Canada)

INSIDE HANA’S SUITCASE (D: Larry Weinstein; Canada, Czech Republic)

BEST WORST MOVIE (D: Michael Paul Stephenson; USA)

A HARD NAME (D: Alan Zweig; Canada)

OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (now known by new title THE HORSE BOY) (D: Michel Orion Scott; USA)

WINNEBAGO MAN (D: Ben Steinbauer; USA)

BURMA VJ (D: Anders Høgsbro Østergaard; Denmark)

ROUGH AUNTIES (D: Kim Longinotto; UK)

PROM NIGHT IN MISSISSIPPI (D: Paul Saltzman; Canada)

The big winner of the night was New Zealand director Stuart Page, who picked up the prize for Best New Zealand Feature to go along with the Staples Rodway Best Emerging New Zealand Filmmaker award for his documentary Shustak. The film is exploration of the legacy of enigmatic radical Lawrence Shustak, a popculture philosopher who left New York in the 1970s and later set up the photography department at the University of Canterbury.

Assume Nothing directed by Kirsty MacDonald was singled out for special mention in the New Zealand Competition - Feature category.

Winner for the New Zealand Competition – Short section was the Susan Potter directed film An Ordinary Person, which is a critical examination of the “homosexual panic” legal defense that saw the killer of Auckland man David McNee escape a murder conviction.

The Screenrights Best Educational Documentary was won by Monique Oomen’s The Last Western Heretic, a look at the life and trials of prominent Wellington theologian Llyod Geering.

In the International Competition – Feature section the Steve James and Peter Gilbert directed death penalty film At the Death House Door picked up the top award. Directors Leon Gellera and Marcus Vetter’s IsraeliPalestinian organtransplant story The Heart of Jenin earned a special mention in the same category. Directors Juan Diego Spoerer and Hakan Engstrom won the International Competition – Short section for Don Roberto’s Shadow.

In the technical categories:

Heddy Honigmann was awarded the prize for Best Director for her film El Olvido (Oblivion).

Francis Verster won the title of Best Editor for Sea Point Days.

John Collins and Ian Kerr won Best Cinematographer for their work on The Wild Horse. Redemption.

Anne Dellinger Grand Jury Award - "Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country" directed by Anders Østergaard

Special Jury Award - "Unmistaken Child" directed by Nati Baratz

Full Frame Jury Award for Best Short - "12 Notes Down" directed by Andreas Koefoed

Honorable Mention - "La Chirola" directed by Diego Mondaca

Honorable Mention - "The Flying Shepherd" directed by Catalin Musat

Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award - "Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country" directed by Anders Østergaard

Sponsored by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. This award honors a documentary artist whose work is a potential catalyst for education and change.

The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award - "Voices from El-Sayed" directed by Oded Adomi Leshem

Honorable Mention - "Unmistaken Child" directed by Nati Baratz

Honorable Mention - "William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe" directed by Sara Kunstler and Emily Kunstler

This prize honors a first-time documentary feature director.

Full Frame Audience Award - "The Way We Get By" directed by Aron Gaudet

Sponsored by the Doc Arts Board of Directors.The Audience Award is determined by counting audience ballots filled out during the four day Festival.

HBO Emerging Filmmaker Award - "Love on Delivery" directed by Janus Metz

Honorable Mention - "45365" directed by Bill Ross and Turner Ross

Honorable Mention - "California Company Town" directed by Lee Anne Schmitt

Sponsored by HBO Documentary Films. This award honors first- or second-time feature filmmakers in both the director and producer roles.

Full Frame Inspiration Award - "Unmistaken Child" directed by Nati Baratz

Sponsored by the Hartley Film Foundation. This award is presented to the film that best exemplifies the value and relevance of world religions and spirituality.

Full Frame President's Award - "Oil Blue" directed by Elli Rintala

Sponsored by Duke University. Aimed at recognizing up-and-coming filmmakers, this prize is awarded to the best student film.

Full Frame / Working Films Award - "Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country" directed by Anders Østergaard

This prize is awarded to the film that has the greatest potential for supporting serious grassroots organizing and social change.

The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award for Human Rights - "Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech" directed by Liz Garbus

Award is presented to a film that addresses a significant human rights issue in the United States.

1. The Grand Prix for best documentary longer than 60 mins. :10.000 Euros, Diploma and trophy of the festival

2. Best documentary up to 60 mins.: 7000 Euros, Diploma and trophy of the festival

3. Special prize of the jury: 5000 Euros, Diploma and trophy of the festival.

Competition +60’

The Grand Prix is given to two films: The Fortress by Fernand Melgar and Existence by Marcin Koszalka

The Special Mention award goes to : Tinar by (Mehdi Moniri)Iran

Special Jury award goes to ALL MY MOTHERS by Ebrahim Saeedi and Zahavi Sanjavi:

Competition -60’

Grand Prix: "Final Fitting" directed by Reza Haeri, Iran

Special Jury Prize: "Lakshemi and Me" directed by Nishta Jain, India

Special Mention: "Waltz" diected by Victor Asliuk from Belarus

Best of Festival - Sponsored By CBC

"Terminus"

Producer: Carlo Trulli

Director: Trevor Cawood

Production Company: Spy Films

Best Of Saskatchewan – Sponsored by SaskFilm

Wapos Bay: Guardians (Aboriginal)

Producer: Anand Ramayya, Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Derek Mazur

Director: Dennis Jackson

Production Company: Wapos Bay Productions Inc.

Category Awards

Aboriginal – Sponsored by APTN

Reservation Soldiers

Producer: Trish Dolman, Trish Williams

Director: Lisa Jackson

Production Company: Screen Siren Pictures

Animation – Sponsored by Tyrell Media Corporation

Yellow Sticky Notes

Producer and Director: Jeff Chiba Stearns

Production Company: Meditating Bunny Studio

Children’s Productions – Sponsored by Access Communications

Oma’s Quilt

Producer: Svend-Erik Eriksen

Director: Izabela Bzymek

Production Company: National Film Board Of Canada

Comedy

Jon Dore Television Show: Ready For Love

Producer: John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Lindsay Cox, Jon Dore, Ed Macdonald

Director: Matt Hawkins

Production Company: Insight Production Company Ltd.

Drama – Sponsored by Saskatchewan Arts Board

"Terminus"

Producer: Carlo Trulli

Director: Trevor Cawood

Production Company: Spy Films

Experimental – Sponsored by Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television

Machine With Wishbone

Producer and Director: Randall Okita

Lifestyle – Sponsored by The City Of Yorkton

Sarah’s House: Basement

Producer: Michael Prini, Sarah Richardson

Director: Andrea Griffith, Lissa Fraser Kerr

Production Company: Primevista Television Inc.

Performing Arts & Entertainment – Sponsored by RBC Financial Group

End Of The Rope

Producer and Director: Eva Colmers

Production Company: No Problem Productions

Youth Productions –Sponsored by Sasktel

I Have Seen The Future

Producer and Director: Cam Christiansen

Production Company: The Thinktank

Documentary – Arts/Culture – Sponsored by Multicultural Council Of Saskatchewan

Embracing Da Kink

Producer: Trey Anthony, Joel Gordon

Director: Joel Gordon

Production Company: V-Formation Productions Inc.

Documentary – History - Sponsored by History Television

Secret Of The Snake Goddess, The

Producer: Ed Barreveld

Director: Christian Bauer, Nikos Dayandas

Production Company: Storyline Entertainment Inc.

Documentary – Nature/Environment – Sponsored By SaskPower

Buried At Sea

Producer: John Wesley Chisholm

Director: John Wesley Chisholm, Kent Martin

Production Company: Arcadia Entertainment Inc.

Documentary – Point Of View – Sponsored by Painted Hand Casino

Daughters Of The Revolution

Producer and Director: Aeyliya Hussain

Documentary – Science/Medicine

Nature Of Things, The: The Science Of The Senses - Touch

Producer: Michael Allder, Merit Jensen Carr, Erna Buffie

Director: Bonnie Dickie

Production Company: Merit Motion Pictures

Documentary – Social/Political

Inside Time

Producer: Jason Young

Director: Annette Clarke

Production Company: National Film Board Of Canada

Documentary Series

Departures

Producer: Steven N. Bray, Jessie Wallace

Director: Andre Dupuis

Production Company: Departures Entertainment Inc.

Craft Awards

Best Director Fiction

Colony, The (Aboriginal)

Producer: John Christou

Director: Jeff Barnaby

Production Company: Eye Steel Film

Best Director Non-Fiction

Departures: Ascension Island (Doc Series)

Producer: Steven N. Bray, Jessie Wallace

Director: Andre Dupuis

Production Company: Departures Entertainment Inc

Research – Sponsored by MidCanada Production Services

Nature Of Things, The: The Science Of The Senses - Touch (Doc- Science/Medicine)

Producer: Michael Allder, Merit Jensen Carr, Erna Buffie

Director: Bonnie Dickie

Research: Bonnie Dickie, Donna Gall, Elizabeth Klinck, Wendy Rowland

Production Company: Merit Motion Pictures

Special Awards

Emerging Filmmaker – Sponsored by SMPIA

Sur La Terre Comme Au Ciel

Producer and Director: Herve Demers

Production Company: Les Films Herve Demers

Founder’s Award – Presented by The Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival

Buried At Sea

Producer: John Wesley Chisholm

Director: John Wesley Chisholm, Kent Martin

Production Company: Arcadia Entertainment Inc.

NFB Kathleen Shannon Award – Sponsored by The National Film Board Of Canada

Shattered Dreams

Producer: Gina Binetti, Marta Nielsen and Ian Brewster

Director: Marta Nielsen

Production Company: Eternity Inc.

Jury Awards

Super Phoenix

Producer and Director: Sylvie Rosenthal

Production Company: Les Productions Sylvie Rosenthal

Capturing A Short Life

Producer and Director: Sheona McDonald

Production Company: Dimestore Productions Inc.

Hitler’s Canadians

Producer: Ed Barreveld

Director: Douglas Williams

Production Company: Storyline Entertainment Inc.

The Domestic Competition award went to the film "Leviathan" by Simon Bogojeviæ Narath. The film was also awarded with Veronika's Skull (+ a sum of 1.000 euros), handed out by the Domestic Jury members - last year Domestic Competition winner Renata Poljak and Jude Goldrey from Lifesize Pictures, UK.

The reAnimated Veronika award for best animation went to the film "One Rat Short" by Alex Weil. Croatian film "I'll Kill You" by Nikola Strasek was presented with the award for best documentary and the award for best experimental film went to Raymond by BIF (all the film were also awarded with a sum of 500 euros).

The audience award, Vox Veronika, went to the Belgian film "Tango" by Guido Thys (with a remarkable average grade of 4.85).

The International Jury also gave out two special mentions, to the film "Graphitti" by Vano Burduli from Georgia, and the film "Family Reunion" by Isold Uggadottir from Island.

“We were thrilled by the high calibre of films we had to choose from this year” Festival Jury Chairman Wilson da Silva said as he announced the winners at a rooftop party at Queensland Museum South Bank to celebrate the close of a successful National Science Week

Scottish film "The Colour of Sound" took out Best Film “for the engaging way it conveyed a whole tapestry of science,” da Silva said to the crowd.

Local filmmaker Vickie Guest was on-hand to accept her award for organ-donation doco "Over My Dead Body," and told Festival guests she was thrilled to have her film recognized.

Australia’s ABC TV took out three categories in the internationally competitive film festival, which received over 150 entries from 31 countries.

ABC producer Richard Smith was announced as Best Director for his study of the journey of oil from its birth in the prehistoric past to its role in our greenhouse future, "Crude," while Rory McGuinness took Best Cinematography for "The Big Blue" and producer/director Klaus Toft took the gong for Best Science Television for "Thunderheads."

Interestingly, "The Big Blue" and "Thunderheads" were among the final films produced by ABC TV’s Natural History Unit, which was closed by the national broadcaster earlier this year.

A young Victorian filmmaker, Kristian Lang, took Best Student Film for his 3rd grade class project "Photosynthesis: How it works."

Aside from Kristian’s age and aside from the film’s technical assurance, SCINEMA Festival Director Cris Kennedy announced to the party while presenting Kristian with his trophy, “the film got to the essence of successful science communication, which is to condense complex issues into a vehicle that explains science simply, and in a fun way.”

Kristian’s proud parents were on hand to watch the ten-year-old Ascot Vale Primary School student receive his first international film festival prize.

Other Festival winners included Spain’s Pablo Garcia-Lopez take Best Animation or Experimental for his short film "Expedition to the Brain," while the US production "The Brain Fitness Program" took the Award for Technical Merit.

The awards night brought the 2008 SCINEMA Festival of Science Film to a close. In its eighth year, the festival screened in 150 cities across Australia, and a few in India, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

A partnership between CSIRO and Cosmos Magazine, the Festival runs under the support of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science and Research through its National Science Week program.

Festival winners were:

Best Film – "The Colour of Sound" (Scotland)

Producer: Karen Smyth

Director: Vince Hunter for La Belle Allee Productions

An exploration of the crucial role sound plays in our lives

What the Jury said: This was a beautifully shot, contemporary and relevant study of a whole tapestry of science, that was engagingly told.

Media contact: Karen Smyth on info@labelleallee.com

Best Director – Richard Smith for "Crude" (Australia) produced for ABC TV

Crude is the story of the incredible journey of oil, from its birth in the prehistoric past to its role in our greenhouse future.

What the Jury said: An ambitious ride through a spectrum of sciences, from history, palaeontology, geology and the atmospheric sciences, in a rollicking cauldron of sights and sounds.

Best Cinematography – Rory McGuinness for "The Big Blue"

Producer: Jeni Clevers for ABC TV

This blue-chip documentary reveals the secrets of the planet's largest living creature, the Blue Whale.

What the Jury said: A feast for the eyes focusing on one of our least-known treasures.

Best Experimental/Animation – "Expedition to the Brain" (Spain)

Producer & Director: Pablo Garcia-Lopez

An animated journey, using Cajal's original historical slides about the discovery of neurons.

What the Jury said: The film explored the human brain as a Fantastic Voyage into a microscopic world that touched on the history of neuroscience, with an individual style that owed a debt to be Cajal and Jules Verne.

Best Student Film – "Photosynthesis: How it works" (Victoria, Australia)

Producer and Director: Kristian Lang for Ascot Vale Primary School A simple look at how photosynthesis works, made for the filmmaker's 3rd grade class.

What the Jury said: Aside from Kristian’s age (10) and aside from the film’s technical assurance, the film got to the essence of successful science communication, which is to condense complex issues into a vehicle that explains science simply, and in a fun way.

Best Science Television – "Thunderheads" (Australia)

Producer & Director Klaus Toft for ABC TV

Thunderheads follows an intrepid group of storm-chasers into the heart of a thunder storm to look for the role clouds play in climate change.

What the Jury said: A film that gave you a sense for what science should be about – a quest, adventure, passion, perseverance and collaboration. This is what science television should be.

Award for Scientific Merit – "Brain Fitness Program" (USA)

Producer: Lennlee Keep

Director: Eli Brown for Santa Fe Productions

Based on the concept of neuroplasticy, the Brain Fitness Program shows the power of the brain to change, adapt and rewire itself.

What the Jury said: For tackling a very new area of neuroscience – a confident film that covered its science well and left you with a sense of hope.

Prix du Jury – "Over My Dead Body" (Australia)

Producer: Vickie Guest Director: Ian Walker for VizPoets

Stripped down to its sellable parts, the recycled human body can be repackaged and sold for around $200,000. Skin and bone form the dead are part of a new resources boom.

What the Jury said: This film tells a challenging and important story in an offbeat way that engages the viewer and conveys the importance of organ donation.

- Grand Prize of festival for the best artistic achievment

MAKING RAIN by Liivo Niglas and Frode Storaas

as the best scientific audiovisual recording

CONFLUENCES - EMERILLON OF FRENCH GUIANA by Perle Møhl

as the best film on survival of indigenous peoples

LAST JOIK IN SAAMI FORESTS by Hannu Hyvönen

as the best film on relationship between man and nature

OAK #419 by Robert Harding Pittman, the special mention of jury as the significant film on citizen¹s movement

PARADISE by Jerzy Sladkowski

as the Prize of French Amabassador

Members of the international jury:

Kersti Uibo (Chairman)

Priit Pedajas

Mati Põldre

Elo Liiv

Pille Runnel

Õie Sarv

ALYOSHA by Meelis Muhu

- as the best Estonian film

Jury for Estonian films:

Edward Lucie-Smith

Carol Salter

Andreas Fischer-Hansen

The Estonian People¹s Award according to the televoting on Estonian TV:

MOTHER by Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov

The Audience Award: "Red Gold"

Director: Ben Knight & Travis Rummel

The Charlie Fowler Award: "King Lines"

Director: Peter Mortimer

The Festival Director's Award: "Red Gold"

Director: Ben Knight & Travis Rummel

Aspiring Filmmaker's Award: "Throw Down Your Heart"

Director: Sascha Paladino

Kidz Kino Awards: "Best Nature Film: Once Upon a Tide"

Director: Gesine Kratzner and Drew Takahashi

Best Cartoon: "Cat Man Do"

Director: Simon Tofield

Funniest Film: "Sid"

Director: Jeff Scher

Best Cultural Film: "Shikashika"

Director: Stephen Hyde

Most Inspiring Film: "The King Of Telluride"

Director: Raphael Berrios, Isabel Marlens

AWARDS:

The Mountainfilm Prize - $5,000

This $5,000 cash prize goes to one of the nonprofits or real-life heroes featured in a film, presentation or gallery exhibit at this year’s festival. Because everyone deserves our appreciation and support, just being eligible for the Mountainfilm Prize entitles each of them to $300 cash.

If you’re moved by what you see in these Mountainfilm Prize nominees and want to increase the prize pool, grab your cellphone. Text to Give is a cutting-edge technology that allows you to contribute simply by texting 90999, keyword mtfilm. Each $5 contribution (feel free to text more than once) will go directly into the general prize pool and help bump the amount we can reward these worthy causes. If you don’t know how to text, ask a volunteer—preferably someone born after 1980.

Click here for a list of the amazing people and organizations who are eligible, and here for a list of the judges who will have the near-impossible job of deciding the winner.

The Audience Award - $1,000

Some distributors think the audience award is a much better harbinger of success for a film than a juried award. Please vote for the Audience Award (by secret ballot at the Closing Picnic and Awards Ceremony). Remember, voting helps ensure a productive and thriving democracy and, if nothing else, assists the filmmaker with a prize of $1,000.

The Charlie Fowler Award - $1,000

Charlie was a mainstay of Mountainfilm for many years, and while we miss him terribly, we find some comfort in knowing his presence is with us for this award. The judges will try their best to discern which mountaineering or climbing film Charlie would have liked most for this $1,000 prize.

Aspiring Filmmaker’s Award - $500

A panel of student filmmakers from Telluride and beyond decide this $500 prize, and Mountainfilm staff determines which films are eligible.

The Festival Director’s Award - $500

It’s unlikely any distributors care about this award. It’s totally arbitrary (and certainly not democratic), but at least it’s completely transparent. This $500 prize goes to a film that David Holbrooke has chosen from this year’s program.

Mountainfilm Prize Nominees

These eight nonprofit organizations—groups associated with programming in the festival this year—are nominated for the Mountainfilm Prize. Each organization will receive $300, and the grand prize winner collects $5,000.

Biodiesel America

(Fields of Fuel: film)

Eden Again

(Azzam Alwash: presentation)

Elephant Nature Park

(Losing the Elephants: film)

Free the Slaves

(Contemporary Slavery: presentation; Dreams Die Hard: film)

Glen Canyon Institute

(Drowning River: film & In Depth)

Grupo Cultural Baguncaco

(Alagados: film; gallery)

Tara Llanes Heart of a Champion Road to Recovery Fund

(Tara Llanes & Anne Keller: presentation; gallery)

Trout Unlimited

(Red Gold film)

2008 mountainfilm jury

The Mountainfilm Prize Jury

Adrian Belic

Adrian Belic began making films in elementary school with his brother Roko. The brothers’ first commercial documentary, Genghis Blues, was winner of the 1999 Sundance Audience Award, nominated for an Academy Award Nomination and, of course, a memorable hit at Mountainfilm. Adrian’s latest project—Beyond the Call, a feature documentary about three Americans who travel to the world’s war zones delivering lifesaving humanitarian aid—has won awards at festivals across the world, including Best of Festival at Mountainfilm 2006. We hope he brings his moustache to Mountainfilm this year.

Jeanmarie Condon

Jeanmarie Condon has made many award-winning documentaries for ABC News and is now a senior producer at Nightline. She believes documentary filmmakers "hold up a mirror to society, documenting its frustrations, exploring its faults, calling for justice, clarifying its present and preserving its sense of history." Of her work as a journalist, Jeanmarie says, “I do this work above all because I believe that it is our ability to empathize with one another that, even in our darkest hours, continues to save us." This is her first time attending Mountainfilm.

Susan Saint James

Susan Saint James has had a memorable film and television career (McMillan and Wife, Kate and Allie, Love at First Bite), but we know her here in Telluride more as a neighbor and good friend to Mountainfilm. We also know her as the mother of five great kids. Two of which, Charlie and Willie Ebersol, will show their second film—Don’t Look Down—at Mountainfilm this year.

The Charlie Fowler Award Jury

Brad Wieners

Brad Wieners is the editor of Men's Journal. He was formerly executive editor of National Geographic Adventure and senior editor at Outside. He is co-creator of two books: Burning Man and Reality Check: Here's the Real Future, a survey of technologies promised in popular culture. His travels have taken him to Alaska, Amsterdam, Arctic Norway, Argentina and a number of other regions that don't begin with the first letter of the alphabet. He lives with his family in Nyack, New York, and looks forward to rowing on the Hudson this summer.

Hilaree O'Neill

Hilaree O’Neill is a skiing and adventure globetrotter. As a ski mountaineer, she has climbed and skied in such places as India, Russia, China and Tibet, Mongolia, Alaska, Canada, the Isle of South Georgia, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. As a North Face athlete, she’s worked on adventure films with Warren Miller, NBC and the Outdoor Life Network. For the past seven years, when not traveling around the world, Hilaree has called Telluride home.

Majka Burhardt

Majka Burhardt is a writer, climber and guide who lives in Boulder, Colorado. Her latest book is Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa. Majka’s non-fiction writing has appeared in various magazines, including Men’s Health, Climbing, The Explorers Journal, Women’s Adventure and the Patagonia catalogue. She is currently finishing her first novel.

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producer: Vanessa Berlowitz & Jeff Wilson

Sapphire Award, Second Place: "Crash: A Tale of Two Species"

NATURE Thirteen/WNET New York &

ArgoFilms Co-Production

Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman

Producer: Allison Argo

Special Jury Award: "The Last Trimate"

Fork Films

Producers: Stephen Van Mil & Pria Viswalingam

Montana Filmmaker Award: "Fish and Cow"

Producer: Geoff Stephens

Director: Rick Smith

Best Narration: "The Cold Blooded Truth"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Sara Ford

Producer: Miles Barton

Best Use of Music: "Reindeer Girls"

Burning Gold Productions &

BBC Co-Production

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producers: Steve Nicholls & John Capener

Best Educational Value: "Sports Stars"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Wendy Darke

Producer: Stuart Derrick

Best Scientific Content: "The Cold Blooded Truth"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Sara Ford

Producer: Miles Barton

Best Animal Behavior: "Animal Genius"

National Geographic Television

Executive Producer: Keenan Smart

Series Producer: David Hamlin

Producers: Adam Geiger, David Hamlin &

Leslie Schwerin

Best Cinematography: "White Falcon, White Wolf"

NATURE Thirteen/WNET New York &

BBC Co-Production

Executive Producers: Fred Kaufman for NATURE

& Tim Martin for BBC

Producer: Fergus Beeley

Best Sound Design: "White Falcon, White Wolf"

NATURE Thirteen/WNET New York &

BBC Co-Production

Executive Producers: Fred Kaufman for NATURE

& Tim Martin for BBC

Producer: Fergus Beeley

Best Editing: "Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producer: Vanessa Berlowitz & Jeff Wilson

Best Script: "Crash: A Tale of Two Species"

NATURE Thirteen/WNET New York & ArgoFilms

Co-Production

Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman

Producer: Allison Argo

Best Conservation Message: "The Bangui Connection"

Camerapix

Executive Producer: Karl Ammann

Best Use of Graphics or Animation: "The Cold Blooded Truth"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Sara Ford

Producer: Miles Barton

Graphic Designer: Mick Connaire

Best Storyline: "Saving Luna"

Mountainside Films Ltd.

Producer: Suzanne Chisholm

Best Cultural Message: "5X5, Voices of Change from the Forests of Indonesia"

Handcrafted Films & Grekko Studios Co-production

Executive Producers: John Hudson & Hugh Speechly, DFID

Producers: Tim Lewis & Ridzki R Sigit

Director: Paul Redman & Nanang Sujana

Best of Category Awards

Best Advertising/PSA/Promo: "Destination Earth"

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Executive Producer: Wade Sisler

Producer: Liz Smith

Best Amateur: "The Flying Dustbin"

Producer: Raymond Besant

Best Children’s Program: "Sports Stars"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Wendy Darke

Producer: Stuart Derrick

Best Children’s Series: "Saving Planet Earth – Cheetahs"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Sara Ford

Producer: Jo Robinson

Best Conservation & Environmental Issue: "Crash: A Tale of Two Species"

NATURE Thirteen/WNET New York &

ArgoFilms Co-Production

Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman

Producer: Allison Argo

Best Ecosystem: "Waterland – Ganges"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Brian Leith

Producers: Dan Rees & Ian Geay

Best Government Agency: "5X5, Voices of Change from the Forests of Indonesia"

Handcrafted Films & Grekko Studios Co-Production

Executive Producers: John Hudson & Hugh Speechly, DFID

Producers: Tim Lewis & Ridzki R Sigit

Director: Paul Redman & Nanang Sujana

Best Human-Wildlife Interactions: "Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producer: Vanessa Berlowitz & Jeff Wilson

Best Independent: "Waterlands"

RSPB Film Unit

Producer: Mark Percival

Best Newcomer: "The Last Trimate"

Fork Films

Producers: Stephen Van Mil & Pria Viswalingam

Best News: "Borneo Rainforest"

BBC News

Producer: Nora Dennehy

Best Non Broadcast: "Waterlands"

RSPB Film Unit

Producer: Mark Percival

Best Point of View: "Blinders"

McMoss Productions, Inc.

Executive Producer: Donald Moss

Best Presenter/Host: "Saba and the Rhino’s Secret

Animal Planet International"

Presenter: Saba Douglas Hamilton

and "The Cold Blooded Truth"

BBC Natural History Unit

Presenter: David Attenborough

Best TV Program Under $250,000 Budget: "The Crayfish in the Jam Jar"

nautilusfilm GmbH

Executive Producer: Udo A. Zimmermann

Producer: Jan Haft

Best TV Program $250,000 to $500,000 Budget: "Reindeer Girls"

Burning Gold Productions &

BBC Co-Production

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producers: Steve Nicholls & John Capener

Best TV Program Over $500,000 Budget: "Armored Giants"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Sara Ford

Series Producer: Miles Barton

Producer: Adam White

Best TV Series Under $250,000 Budget: "Meerkat Manor"

Animal Planet & Oxford Scientific Films Co-Production

Executive Producers: Mick Kaczorowski & Mark

Wild for Animal Planet & Clare Birks for OSF

Producer: Renoir Tuahene

Best TV Series $250,000 to $500,000 Budget: "Animal Genius"

National Geographic Television

Executive Producer: Keenan Smart

Series Producer: David Hamlin

Producers: Adam Geiger, David Hamlin &

Leslie Schwerin

Best TV Series Over $500,000 Budget: "Life in Cold Blood – The Cold Blooded Truth"

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Sara Ford

Producer: Miles Barton

Best Theatrically Released: "Arctic Tale"

National Geographic Films

Executive Producers: Tim Kelly, John Bard

Manulis, & Michael Rosenfeld

Co-Executive Producer: Kevin McCarey

Producers: Adam Leipzig & Keenan Smart

Best Youth Group Under Age 13: "Refuge"

Producers: Thane Morin and Jordan English

Best Youth Group Over Age 13

Tipping Point

Producer: Mike Wham

This award is given to a filmmaker who has made a major impact on the documentary genre through a long and distinguished body of work. While equally known for his narrative films, Encounters at the End of the World (see below) is the latest in a long list of enduring documentaries from Herzog, including Grizzly Man, White Diamond, My Best Fiend, Little Dieter Needs to Fly and Land of Silence and Darkness. Encounters was released earlier this year from Image/THINKFilm, to much critical and audience acclaim.

"With the onslaught of new technologies such as digital effects and Photo Shop, and new forms of ‘reality TV' and virtual realities in cyberspace, our sense of reality is challenged in an unprecedented way," said Herzog. "Documentary filmmaking is called upon to find new answers. In these times of re-definition, it is a particular honor for me to receive the award from the IDA."

"Werner is a true original, and we are extremely proud to recognize his vast and unique contributions to the evolving art of nonfiction film," said IDA's Interim Executive Director Eddie Schmidt.

In previous years, IDA has bestowed its Career Achievement award on documentary luminaries such as Sheila Nevins, Michael Apted, Ken Burns, Albert Maysles, Haskell Wexler and last year's recipient, Michael Moore.

During this December's awards show, five documentary feature-length films and five documentary shorts will compete for the organization's top film honors, with nominations announced later this fall. Other annual awards presented at the event include its Pioneer Award, Preservation & Scholarship Award and the new Avid Excellence In Editing Award, sponsored by the industry's editing giant.

The IDA Documentary Awards are currently in their 24th year.

The Best South African Documentary winner is: "Shamiela’s House"

directed by Robyn Rorke

And the Best International Documentary winner is:

"Angel’s in the Dust"

directed by Louise Hogarth

Almost 6000 festival goers voted in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. The Audience Award referee was Professor Tim Dunne, Head of Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Cape Town.

The Top 3 South African Films are:

1. "Shamiela’s House" directed by Robyn Rorke

2. "Zulu Surf Riders" directed by Andrè Cronje and Carlos Francisco

3. "The Shaman’s Apprentice" directed by Catherine Winter

The Top 3 International Films are:

1. "Angels in the Dust" directed by Louise Hogarth

2. "Iron Ladies of Liberia" directed by Siatta Scott Johnson and Daniel Junge

3. "Stranded – I’ve come from a plane that crashed on the mountains" directed by Gonzalo Arijon

“Encounters values the Audience Awards as they are a gauge of audience tastes and preferences. We are grateful to our festival-goers that attended the screenings, gave critical input to the filmmakers through our Q&A and panel discussions and voted for our Audience Award. It has become evident that South Africa has the capacity to grow an intelligent and engaged documentary film audience. We will continue with the Awards which give us insight when selecting for next year, “said festival director Mandisa Zitha.

The 10th edition of Encounters ended last weekend with full houses in Cape Town. The Festival enjoyed great attendances at the Industry events in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.

1st Prize: "Encounters at the end of the world,"

Director: Werner Herzog, USA, Germany

2nd Prize: "A Promise to the Dead: The exile journey of Ariel Dorfman,"

Director: Peter Raymont, Canada

Special mention: "The thirst of a stone sea,"

Director: Vladimir Perovic, Montenegro

Medium length films

The jury for the medium length category included: Matthias Bergman, Dimitris Yatzouzakis and Sawsan Darwaza.

1st Prize: “Paradise – Three Journeys In This World”

Director: Elina Hirvonen from Finland.

Jury Comments: “Three Journeys …” we chose it as a first prize because this film confronts us with the current problem of illegal immigrants.

It orchestrates their pain, poverty, and distress into the form of a cinematographic poem.

2nd Prize: “The Nuclear Come Back” from New Zealand,

Director: Justin Pemberton.

The Nuclear Come Back gives us a sharp and sober access to a complicated and controversial issue. It very clearly contrasts the revival of the nuclear power plants that are sold to us by the nuclear industry as a solution for the climate change versus the costs and dangers of this technology that will last for 100.000 years.

Special Mention for the film “Black River”

Director: Surendra Manan from India.

Black River reveals how religious energy can be transcended into action for saving the natural recourses people live on.

Special Mention for the film “Uncle Mitte”

Director: Wijnand van Ginkel from the Netherlands.

A film that arrives to a silent eloquence using the cinematographic tools to capture moments of human life in the middle of the wilderness without manipulating the scenery.

Short length films

The short film length jury committee consisted of Marianthi Irakleidou, Fereydoun Faryad and Iannis Shizas, noted the impressive upgrade of short film length films and the creative motivation of the new generation of cinematographers.

1st Prize: "Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha - From substinence ecology to the market"

Director: Pankaj H Gupta, India

2nd Prize: "Mbeubeus"

Director: Simona Risi, Italy

Special Mentions to:

“Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha - From subsistence ecology to the market” by Pankaj H. Gupta, for the holistic approach of the traditional agriculture problems

“Mbeumbeus”, by Simona Risi, for her message about recycling in parallel with a report about third world misery.

Greek Film Center Award for best greek film

1st Prize: "Cyclown Circus"

Director: Dimitris Sfiris

1st Prize: "The ash that remains"

Director: Nikos Kavoukidis

Special mention: "The Cup"

Director: Giannis Bougioukas

Special mention: "Love lessons for revolutionary action"

Director: Nikos Alevras

Audience awards

"War/Dance"

Director: Sean Fine & Andrea Nix, USA

"Erato"

Director: Angelos Spartalis, Greece

Also were awarded:

Best First Documentary: “La Reina del Condón”

by Silvana Ceschi and Reto Stamm, (Switzerland)

Best Short Documentary: “Death Valley Superstar”

by Michael Yaroshevsky (Canada)

Special Mention was awarded to “Rakushka”

by Dmitiy Lavrinenko (Russia).

In OFF Docúpolis section was awarded the film “The Mosquito Problem”, by the Bulgarian Andrey Paounov.

Apart from the official categories, Docúpolis gave honorific awards.

The award Tercer Ojo to Best experimental documentary was for “Solo”

by Maciej Pisarek (Poland)

The Human Rights Award was for “Fighting the silence”

by Lles and Femke van Velzen (Holand)

The best Latin-american Documentary was for Andres di Tella’s “Fotografías” (Argentina)

Audience Award was for “Mari Carmen España. El final del silencio”, by Martin Jonson and Pontus Hjorthén.

Director: Matteo Garrone

Producer: Domenico Procacci

Arri-Zeiss-Award Jury Statement:

The jury awards its top prize to a film whose frightening portrait of a contemporary community transforms the familiar generic portraits of criminal life into a superbly enacted harshly realistic depiction of a modern day gomorrha. Its direction, its ensemble of creators and its fresh and original storytelling makes for a film experience that captures ones imagination as it effects our view of the everyday world.

The jury awards the ArriZeiss Award to GOMORRHA directed by Matteo Garrone and congratulates the Munich Film Festival on its accomplished and diverse program of feature films in this years international film competition.

The jury made its selection from a final nomination list of three films including Carlos Reygada's "SILENT LIGHT" and "IL DIVO" by Paolo Sorrentino and further wishes to congratulate all the filmmakers in the program and thank the Festival and its staff for their hard work and kindnesses.

CineVision Award: "EVERYBODY DIES BUT ME"

Director: Valeria Gaia Germanica

Producer: Igor Tolstunov

Jury Statement:

“Adolescents can laugh and cry almost at the same time. On the surface there are sudden fierce reactions, deeper down there is an innocence, a dreamy inner world.” That’s how Russian director Valeria Gaia Germanica describes the protagonists in her film "EVERYBODY DIES BUT ME." The excellent performances by her young cast bring the world of teenage emotions to the screen with authenticity and intensity. A lot of it may appear to be a horror scenario, but the characters’ strength and determination shows that there is hope for their future.

Also nominated: "HOME" and "LOS BASTARDOS."

Switzerland closed with the presentation of the coveted eight Golden Roses Awards. They were presented to the winners by leading Swiss personalities, including Freddy

Burger, chairman of Freddy Burger Management, which owns the rights to the Rose d’Or Festival, and Swiss-native Kiera Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, who presented the award for Best Entertainer. Well-known Dutch comedian and musical virtuoso Hans Liberg hosted the evening.

Urban Frye, festival director, presented Ben Silverman, co-chairman, NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios, with the 2008 Honorary Rose. “The winner of this award is carefully considered by the Rose d'Or organization and presented to someone who is renowned in the industry for their contribution to television,” Frye said. “ Ben Silverman has transformed the television business model and is continually pushing the boundaries of this ever-expanding medium. Ben personifies this award and I am delighted to present him with the 2008 Honorary Rose.”

The Festival received a new record of 402 programs, entered by 181 companies across 34 countries. From these, a pre-selection jury nominated 75 programs from 55 companies and 19 countries to compete in their respective categories.

A high-profile group of 19 jury members narrowed this field to the top winners in each of the following eight categories: Arts Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Sitcom, Entertainment, Game Show, Performing Arts, and Reality. Special Awards were presented for Best Entertainer and Best of 2008.

“This year's programs were of exceptional quality, which presented our international jurors with a challenging task. However, the caliber of entries proves not only that the Rose d'Or is back at the heart of European creativity, but also that it is possible to create programs with cross-cultural and cross-generational appeal,” Frye added.

The winners are as follows:

ARTS DOCUMENTARY

“Strictly Bolshoi” (76-minute documentary film)

Production Company: Ballet Boyz Productions Ltd. - UK

Broadcaster/Distributor: Channel 4 – UK

This intimate and thrilling film follows the world’s most sought-after ballet choreographer, Christopher Wheeldon, as he becomes the first Englishman to be invited to create a new work for the legendary Bolshoi Ballet.

COMEDY

“Kombat Opera Presents…” (30-minute comedy series)

Production Company: Avalon Television - UK

Broadcaster/Distributor: BBC – UK

“Kombat Opera Presents…” is a cross-genre format in which a cast of opera singers parody major television formats. It's an inspired idea that opens the door to a whole new genre: culture-clash TV.

DRAMA

“Skins” (60-minute series)

Production Company: Company Pictures / Storm Dog Films - UK

Broadcaster/Distributor: E4 – UK

“Skins” is an offbeat comedy/drama series about a group of teenagers who push boundaries, both at home and abroad. The action is enhanced by an irreverent comedic approach, which in no way reduces its emotional impact.

SPECIAL MENTION

In the drama category a special mention was given to:

“The Street II” (60-minute series)

Production Company: Granada Productions - UK

Broadcaster/Distributor: BBC - UK

“The Street II”, now in its second season, follows the lives of the various residents of one street in the northern English city of Manchester.

ENTERTAINMENT

“Hider In The House” (60-minute series)

Production Company: Eyeworks - NL

Broadcaster/Distributor: BBC 2 – UK

“Hider In The House” is a hilarious and engaging children's hidden-camera show. The series pits the wits of children against their parents as they attempt to hide a celebrity in their house for an entire weekend.

GAME SHOW

“Power Of 10” (43-minute game show)

Production Company: Embassy Row - US

Broadcaster/Distributor: Sony Pictures Television Int. – UK

"Power of 10" is a high stakes, adrenaline-filled game show that tests contestants’ knowledge of public thinking and opinion. This primetime studio game show uses questions based on large-scale professional polling results on a range of issues from politics to pop culture.

PERFORMING ARTS

Mozart’s Magic Flute-Onstage and Backstage (207-minute special)

Production Company: tpc tv productioncenter zurich - CH

Broadcaster/Distributor: SF Schweizer Fernsehen (Swiss Television) - CH

An innovative television program, the action centres on a performance of Mozart’s Magic Flute, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and directed by Marin Kusej at Zurich Opera House shows. The show is aired live from two parallel perspectives, simultaneously on two different TV channels: front stage on SF 1 and backstage on SF 2.

REALITY

“The Phone” (40-minute film)

Production Company: Park Lane TV Productions - NL

Broadcaster/Distributor: Park Lane TV Productions - NL

The Phone is a movie — a movie played in daily life, with daily people who compete unknowingly, but willingly. The plot features two protagonists caught in a world no one knew existed; a parallel world that is all around us, but only visible to those who pick up `The Phone`.

SITCOM

“The IT Crowd” (25-minute series)

Production Company: talkbackTHAMES - UK

Broadcaster/Distributor: Channel 4 – UK

An office IT department is the setting of this sitcom. But far from being the second-class citizens of the corporate world, these IT guys are the heroes of this business.

In addition, special prizes were also awarded to:

BEST ENTERTAINER

“Peter Serafinowicz” (30-minute)

The Peter Serafinowicz Show

Production Company: Objective Productions/Hey Hey Hey Ltd. - UK

Broadcaster/Distributor: BBC - UK

Star of “The Peter Serafinowicz Show”, Peter is well-known UK comic actor, voice artist and composer. Through his impressions of familiar faces, Peter creates a world in which the likes of Al Pacino and Simon Cowell mingle with his own quirky creations, such as an impressively incompetent private investigator.

BEST OF 2008

“Kombat Opera Presents…” (30-minute comedy series)

Production Company: Avalon Television - UK

Broadcaster/Distributor: BBC – UK

“Kombat Opera Presents…” is a cross-genre format in which a cast of opera singers parody major television formats. It's an inspired idea that opens the door to a whole new genre: culture-clash TV.

Feature: HERB AND DOROTHY

Director: Megumi Sasaki

Short: THE TAILOR

Director: Oscar Perez

Sterling US Feature Award:

Winner: THE GARDEN

Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Special Jury Mention: TROUBLE THE WATER

Directors: Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

Sterling World Feature Award:

Winner: THE ENGLISH SURGEON

Director: Geoffrey Smith

Special Jury Mention: THE RED RACE

Director: Jan Zabeil

Sterling Short Award:

Winner: WHAT WOULD THE DROP KNOW ABOUT THAT? (screens with THE GARDEN)

Director: Jan Zabeil

Honorable Mention: GROUND FLOOR RIGHT

Director: Marlene Schiött Rasmussen

and ONE DAY

Director: Ditte Haarløv-Johnsen

Music Documentary Award:

THROW DOWN YOUR HEART

Directed: Sascha Paladino

Cinematic Vision Award:

THE ORDER OF MYTHS

Director: Margaret Brown

WITNESS Award:

PRAY THE DEVIL BACK TO HELL

Director: Gini Reticker

American Film Market/SILVERDOCS Award:

KASSIM THE DREAM

Director: Kief Davidson

Writers Guild of America Documentary Screenplay Award:

FORBIDDEN LIE$

Director: Anna Broinowski

ACE Grant Winner:

THE ELEPHANT IN THE LIVING ROOM

Directors: Ingrid Demetz, Caroline Leitner (Italy)

To award the Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best full length documentary film: "ALONE IN FOUR WALLS"

Director: Alexandra Westmeier (Germany)

To award the Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best short documentary film: 52 PERCENT

Director: Rafal Skalski (Poland)

To award the Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best short fiction film: 2 BIRDS

Director: Runar Runarsson (Iceland)

To award the Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best animation film: HOUSE OF SMALL CUBES

Director: Kunio Kato (Japan)

To award a Diploma to the film: UP THE YANTZE

Director: Yung Chang (Canada)

To award a Diploma to the film: ON ALL DAYS

Director: Mikhail Zhdanovsky (Belarus)

To award a Diploma to the film: TELL YOUR CHILDREN

Director: Andras Salamon (Hungary)

To award a Diploma to the film: DON ROBERTO’S SHADE

Directors Juan Diego Spoerer, Hakan Engstrom

(Chili)

To award a Diploma to the film: IN SCALE

Directors: Marina Moshkova (Russia)

To award a Diploma to the film: MADAME TUTLI-PUTLI

Directors Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski (Canada)

Reasons:

Martin Kubala’s documentary film captures the world of this outstanding European dancer with deep human understanding but without preconceived stereotypes. He does not demonize the drudgery of the ballet profession, nor does he fall for other similar cliches. The basic theme is the swift passage of time, and Daria Klimentova escapes from it by taking a rational approach to managing family and work relations and to expanding her professional activities. The documentary has an unobtrusive but profound mission which avoids preaching and formulating but instead offers an example of a life lived to the full. And all this against the background of the highly stylized world of classical ballet.

Czech Television Prize: "Liverpool Nativity"

BBC Classical Music Television, Velka Britanie/United Kingdom Coproducers

Reasons:

Television Programme Liverpool Nativity does a fabulous job of linking the long tradition of popular music in Liverpool with one of the most wonderful stories of all times, one that has just as much relevance today as it did 2000 years ago. The creators succeeded in producing a sensitive but unsentimentalized update making marvellous use of current television techniques.

Czech Crystal- Category 2: Documentary programs dedicated to music and dance:

"The Maestro Maker – Jorma Panula and his Finnish Conducting School"

Reasons:

With a fresh narrative and sense of humour, this documentary offers an insight into the work of the unique teacher Jorma Panula who has spawned an entire generation of young Finnish conductors and whose goal is to encourage students to develop individuality rather than creating clones of himself. The skillful editing greatly contributed to what the jury felt was a natural, free-flowing and very enjoyable film.

Czech Crystal- Category 2: Documentary programmes dedicated to music and dance:

Herbert von Karajan – "Maestro for the Screen"

Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images GmbH, Rakousko/Austria Coproducers: Rundfunk Berlin- Brandenburg, ARTE, Bayerischer Rundfunk

Reasons:

The makers of the documentary about the relation of conductor Herbert von Karajan to the film and television have managed to express the principal themes and issues regarding the relationship between classical music and television. At the same time the film provides valuable historical and nostalgic insight into the era when money was not the decisive limit for shooting the outstanding performers of their time.

Czech Crystal- Category 3: Musical drama (opera, operetta, musical, dance, ballet etc.): "Tristan und Isolde"

Opus Arte, Velka Britanie/ United Kingdom

Koproducenti/Coproducers: Hans Petri, Ference van Damme, James Whitbourn

Grand Prix GOLDEN PRAGUE: "Ballad for Edvard Grieg"

NRK Program riks Bergen, Norway

Coproducers: SVT YLE/FST

Reasons:

The Grand Prix of this year's Golden Prague Festival goes to The Ballad for Edvard Grieg because of its overall excellence. It is the successful attempt to reach the heart of a masterpiece, the Ballad in G-minor.

Social Documentary Golden Award: "Hong"

Shanghai Media Group, China

Jury’s Word

A beautifully observed film capturing the emotions of a child’s struggle to succeed.

Social Documentary Silver Award: "Japanese Ninjas" Mercurio Cinematografica, Italy

Jury’s Word

The film conveys vividly how the shared passion for cycling unites the very different cultures and environments of Japan and Africa.

History & Biography Documentary Golden Award: "The Rape of Nanking"

Point Du Jour, France

Jury’s Word

This film is an important and searing indictment of the dehumanizing nature of war, using archival footage and honest testimony in a devastatingly effective manner.

History & Biography Documentary Silver Award: "Ma Yin-Chu and the Population Control"

Shanghai Media Group, China

Jury’s Word

A strong story of one remarkable man’s courageous conviction in his scientific conclusions in the face of intense pressures across the stretch of modern Chinese history.

Nature Documentary Golden Award: "Ganges-Water Land"

BBC, UK

Jury’s Word

Beautifully photographed, the film skillfully weaves stories of teeming life in a changeable environment where people are vulnerable and adaptable.

Nature Documentary Silver Award: "Polar Bears-Living on Thin Ice"

NDR Naturfilm, Germany

Jury’s Word

This film tells a strong and moving story, capturing dramatic animal behavior under challenging natural conditions.

Asian Documentary Golden Award: "The Secret in the Satchel"

Public Television Service Foundation of Taiwan, China

Jury’s Word

Brilliantly innovative film that allows teenagers to reveal their brutally honest and harrowing stories of late adolescence.

Asian Documentary Silver Award: "Dancing Alfonso"

Heymann Brothers Films & TTV Productions Ltd, Israel

Jury’s Word

A charmingly intimate insight into the love and passion of old age, using flamenco dance to symbolize the determination to be fully alive in later life.

Special Jury Award for Documentary: "Achieving the Unachievable"

Locomotion, Canada

Jury’s Word

The jury awards a special prize to a film that transcends the category of History and Biography. It is a riveting journey into the imagination of an artist, exploring the boundaries of perception and reality.

TV Film Category

TV Film Golden Award: "Let’s Go to the Movies Tomorrow"

Akson Studio / TVP SA - Film Agency, Poland

Jury’s Word

For conveying very realistically the loss of innocence that was brings by the war and how friendships can survive all in a time of crisis.

TV Film Silver Award: "My Boy Jack, Ingenious" Broadcasting & Franada, UK

Jury’s Word

For conveying palpable pain caused by sacrifice in a war and the complexities of a family in such a situation.

Best Director (TV Film): John Alexander, ("Sense & Sensibility"), BBC, UK

Jury’s Word

Perfect interpretation of the script and characters created by Jane Austen and delivered a visually enlightened and romantic film.

Best Screenplay (TV Film): "Didier Le Pêcheur" (Jury Duty)

GETEVE, France/AT Production, Belgium

Jury’s Word

Strong story telling and development of the plot and sub plots that was unique and intriguing with vivid characterization.

Best Actor (TV Film): Alessio Boni, ("Caravaggio")

Rai Fiction, Italy/GMT Productions, France

Jury’s Word

The film embodied the characters of Carravaggio completely with all his complexities and quirks and insanity.

Best Actress (TV Film): Hattie Morahan ("Sense & Sensibility"),

BBC, UK

Jury’s Word

The most controlled, consistent ad emotionally touching performance.

TV Series Category

TV Series Golden Award: "Soldiers Sortie"

Beijing Sanhuan Audio and Video Co./Tianyi Movie & TV Co., China

Jury’s Word

The work is well-made and the characterization is vivid. It explores the spirit of “never giving up” and the sense of responsibility of modern youth.

TV Series Silver Award: "Golden Wedding"

Beijing Television Arts Centre，China

Jury’s Word

The work is close to life and exhibits the social changes and sophisticated human emotions through a married life that lasts half a century, evoking a strong echo in the audience.

Best Director (TV Series): "Zheng Xiaolong" (Golden Wedding)

Beijing Television Arts Centre，China

Jury’s Word

With simple narration and a slow but well-tailored rhythm, the work boasts fine actors and actresses whose performances show the social changes most accurately and naturally.

Best Screenplay (TV Series): "Lan Xiaolong" (Soldiers Sortie)

Beijing Sanhuan Audio and Video Co./Tianyi Movie & TV Co., China

Jury’s Word

With a novel theme and a well-knit structure, the work develops the plot from a unique perspective with its vivid characterization, concise dialogues, and the spirit of “never giving up”.

Best Actor (TV Series): "Zhang Guoli" (Golden Wedding), Beijing Television Arts Centre, China

Jury’s Word

The performance is accurate and vivid, exhibiting the personal charm of the main character from youth to late life in a vivid, coherent and natural way.

Best Actress (TV Series): Jiang Wenli ("Golden Wedding"), Beijing Television Arts Centre, China

Jury’s Word

The performance is exquisite, reserved, and real. With a touching story and vivid characterization, the work has broken through the age limit.

Animation Category

Foreign Animation Golden Award: "Things You Think: Poor and Rich"

Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany

Jury’s Word

Having adopted pastel drawing, the work is relaxing and fresh. The well-tailored child language explains vividly the differences between “the poor and the rich”.

Foreign Animation Silver Award: "Labyrinth"

IRIB, Iran

Jury’s Word

Combing the three simple colors---black, white and red---and the sophisticated digital technology, the work has incisively expressed people’s fear of war.

Animation Golden Award (China): "Big-eared Tutu Season"

Shanghai Film Group/Shanghai Animation Film Studio, China

Jury’s Word

With a lucid and lively style, the work arranges the language of adults and children in an ingenious and humorous way, offering the audience a fresh experience.

Animation Silver Award (China): "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"

Creative Cartoon Network, China

Jury’s Word

The work has a novel structure and cute images. The language used is trendy and relaxing.

Best Animation Creation (China): "Chick Wants to Fly" Jilin College of the Arts Animation School, China

Jury’s Word

Integrating Chinese brush drawing and modern advanced animation techniques, the work achieves a balance between maintaining Chinese tradition and making new breakthroughs.

Kim Cattrall was on hand to receive the NBC Universal Award of Distinction, and producer Jon Plowman accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Grand Prize was given to:

“White Light/Black Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”.

Children's Programs – In partnership with DECODE/halifaxfilm/Studio B – DHX Media Companies:

"How the Gimquat Found Her Song"

Producer: Trace Pictures/Oz Media

Country: Canada

Animation Programs – In partnership with: KBS (Korean Broadcasting System):

"Charlie and Lola Series 3: I can dance like a dancer"

Producer: Tiger Aspect Productions Ltd.

For: Cbeebies

Country: UK

Youth Programs – In partnership with Shaftesbury:

"The Baby Borrowers on Holiday"

Producer: Love Productions

Country: UK

Lifestyle Programs and Light Information– In partnership with Searchlight:

"How to Look Good Naked"

Producer: Maverick

For: Channel 4

Country: UK

Reality Format Programs – In partnership with CBC/Radio-Canada:

"Intervention"

Producer: GRB Entertainment in association with A&E Television Network

For: A&E Television Network

Country: USA

Arts Documentaries – In partnership with The Banff Centre:

"What Remains: Life and Work of Sally Mann" (Cinemax Reel Life):

Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Stick Figure Productions, BBC, and Cactus Three

Country: USA

Performance Programs – In partnership with CTV Television Inc.:

"Car Men"

Producer: NPS/ARTE/ESKá Televize

For: NPS

Country: Netherlands, Czech Republic, Germany

Interactive Program Enhancements – In partnership with Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co.:

"Odd Job Jack"

Producer: Smiley Guy Studios

Country: Canada

Internet Only Programs - In partnership with: Alberta Film, Calgary Economic Development, Edmonton Tourism - Edmonton Film Commission:

NFB Filmmaker in residence

Producer: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Country: Canada

Mobile Programs & Enhancements – In partnership with Penguin Films:

"The Border: Interactive"

Producer: White Pine Pictures with Stitch Media

For: CBC

Country: Canada

Comedies – In partnership with Just for Laughs:

"Extras: Episode 9 - Daniel Radcliffe"

Producer: BBC and HBO Entertainment

Country: UK, US

Lifetime Achievement:

Jon Plowman, Producer

Social & Humanitarian Programs - In partnership with: History Makers: Summit of International History and Current Affairs Producers:

"Jerusalem is Proud to Present"

Producer: Bador Productions in association with Yona Production

For: Chennel 8-Noga Communications & Channel 2- Keshet

Country: Israel

Political Documentaries – In partnership with Documentary Organization of Canada:

"Iron Ladies of Liberia"

Producer: Just Media in association with Gabriel Films and Independent Television Service (ITUS) and Steps International.

For: ARTE

Country: Liberia, USA, South Africa, Denmark

History & Biography Programs – In partnership with Rogers Communications Inc.:

"White Light/Black Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"

Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films

Country: USA

Investigative & Current Affairs Programs - In partnership with: A&E Television Networks:

"Dispatches: Meeting the Taliban"

Producer: October Films

For: Channel 4

Country: UK

NHK Best Asian Program – In partnership with NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation):

"White Light/Black Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"

Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films

Country: USA

Popular Science & Technology Programs – In partnership with SAIT Polytechnic:

"My Brilliant Brain"

Producer: Windfall Films In association with FIVE

For: National Geographic Channels International

Country: UK/USA

Environmental Programs – In partnership with Canwest:

"The Human Foot Print"

Producer: Touch Prods

For: E4 (Channel 4)

Country: UK

Wildlife & Natural History Programs – In partnership with WGBH:

"Four Wings and a Prayer"

Producer: Primitive Entertainment Inc. in association with Filmes a Trois,

The National Film Board of Canada, and NHK

For: The Documentary Channel

Country: Canada, France, Japan

Best Canadian Program – In partnership with Playback:

"Ghosts of the Yangtze" (Up the Yangtze)

Producer: EyeSteelFilms in association with National Film Board of Canada

For: National Geographic Channels International

Country: China, USA, Canada

Best Canadian Program – In partnership with Playback:

"The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic"

Producer: Bird Plane Productions Inc. in association with Proper Television Inc.

For: Discovery Channel

Country: Canada

Telenovela & Serial Programs – In partnership with Shure Incorporated:

"Turkish for Beginners: Season 2"

Producer: Hofmann &Voges Entertaiment GmbH

For: ARD / BR

Country: Germany

Made-for-TV Movies – In partnership with Sony of Canada Ltd.:

"Stuart, A Life Backwards"

Producer: Neal Street Productions

For: BBC/HBO

Country: UK

Mini-Series – In partnership with Deluxe Vancouver | Toronto:

"Cranford"

Producer: BBC Drama Production / WGBH Boston in association with Chestermead Ltd.

Country: UK, US

Continuing Series – In partnership with the Independent Production Fund:

"Skins"

Producer: Company Pictures

For: E4 (Channel 4)

Country: UK

Special Jury – Best Documentary:

"Iron Ladies of Liberia"

Producer: Just Media in association with Gabriel Films and Independent Television Service (ITUS) and Steps International.

For ARTE

Country: Liberia, USA, South Africa, Denmark

Special Jury – Feature Length Documentary:

"What Remains: Life and Work of Sally Mann" (Cinemax Reel Life)

Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Stick Figure Productions, BBC, and Cactus Three

Country: USA

Special Jury – Best Drama:

"Stuart, A Life Backwards"

Producer: Neal Street Productions

For: BBC/HBO

Country: UK

Special Jury – Best Entertainment:

"Extras: Episode 9 - Daniel Radcliffe"

Producer: BBC and HBO Entertainment

Country: UK, US

Special Jury – Best Overall:

"Top Gear"

Producer: BBC

Country: UK

Special Jury – Best Overall

"51st Birch St."

Producer: Copacetic Pictures New York in Association with HBO, ZDF, and ARTE

Country: US, Germany

NBC Universal Canada Award of Distinction:

Kim Cattrall

Grand Prize:

"White Light/Black Rain: The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"

Producer: HBO Documentary Films in association with Farallon Films

Country: USA

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Productions from England, Japan and the United States took Best of Show “Grand Prix” honors at the 41st annual U.S. International Film And Video Festival.

Winning in the Corporate category was “KPMG Graduate Recruitment Film,” from Jack Morton Worldwide, London. Tops in Education was “Mathematica II: Squaring the Circle,” from NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), Tokyo. The Documentary winner was a PBS production, “NATURE: Unforgettable Elephants,” from Thirteen/WNET, New York City.

The KPMG film demonstrates the global network of auditing, tax and advisory services of KPMG in a lively format designed to attract new college graduates to the firm. “Mathematica” uses animated and real world techniques – such as a comparison of a round cake and a square cake – to teach the pi formula. “Nature: Unforgettable Elephants” represents more than 15 years of work by photographer Martyn Colbeck, who documented the lives of African elephants in Kenya.

Other nominees for the Best of Festival in Corporate were:

“Gebrűder Heinemann Orchestra Film,” BM8 GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, which was made to demonstrate the strength of Gebrüder Heinemann in distribution of goods with respect to security sensitive environments;

“IBM Hermitage Film,” Jack Morton Worldwide, New York City, highlights the IBM project to put the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, online and explains how by promoting access to art helps build a bridge across cultures.

Nominated in Education was “Role of Platelet Production in ITP,” created by Shaw Science Partners, Atlanta. Ga., USA, to explain to hematologists a new drug from GlaxoSmithKlne that will be used to treat immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). The other nominees for Documentary were “J.M.W. Turner,” a profile of the famous 18th century British artist from National Gallery of Art, Landover, Md., USA; and “The Pagan Christ,” created by David Brady Productions, Sandhurst, Ontario, Canada, based on the controversial book by Tom Harpur, “The Pagan Christ: Rediscovering the Lost Light.”

The winners and nominees also won First Place Gold Camera Awards in the competition, which had winners from 23 countries.

The NBC Universal Award of Distinction acknowledges an individual's outstanding career in the broadcast industry. The award will be presented to Ms. Cattrall on Monday June 9th at the Banff World Television Awards. On Tuesday June 10th, Ms. Cattrall will sit down with Bill Carter of the New York Times to discuss her life and career.

Cattrall was a leading force in turning the ground-breaking HBO series Sex and the City into a global phenomenon. Portraying femme fatale Samantha, Cattrall won over the hearts of every woman, by playing it honest and impulsive, bringing out the inner vamp in us all. Cattrall has been highly praised by the critics and recognized with a Golden Globe and 2 Screen Actors Guild awards, plus 5 additional Golden Globe, 4 Emmy and 3 Screen Actors' Guild nominations. With the worldwide syndication of Sex and the City, her portrayal of Samantha is known around the globe.

Cattrall will be seen this summer in John Boorman's The Tiger's Tail with Brenden Gleeson for Sony Classics. Most recently Kim starred in "My Boy Jack," opposite Daniel Radcliffe and David Haig. The film, which aired in the U.K. on ITV, was highly praised by critics and will be airing in the U.S. on April 20th on PBS Masterpiece Theater. She is currently reprising her role as the infamous Samantha Jones, in "Sex and the City: The Movie," which will be released by New Line in May.

"It is with great pleasure that we bestow the NBC Universal Award of Distinction on Kim Cattrall," says Ron Suter, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Canada. "Having grown up in Vancouver and starred in many films and television programs that have originated in Canada, Kim's distinguished acting career is a prime example of what this award was meant to stand for."

“Ms. Cattrall has an incredibly prolific and successful career in both films and television,” says Jennifer Harkness, Executive Director, BANFF. “It’s a thrill to welcome her to this festival that celebrates the best in the industry.”

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"FGM" (Spain, 2008). Directed by Jon Garaño.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Jury: Brigitte Berg (Denmark), Peter Furtado (UK)

Irene Lichtscheidl (Austria), Paul Pissanos (Greece) and Robert A. Rosenstone (USA)

Award for Best International Popular-scientific Documentary Film

"In the Name of Roses"

Director: Thierry Berrod / France 2008 / 52 min.

With charm and humor Thierry Berrod sets off to gather excrements or roses as he calls them. The film offers a look into alchemists’ laboratories as well as much insight into the modern technologies involved in the processing of stools.

CZECH COMPETITION

Jury: Mgr. Pavel Černuška, Ph.D. (Czech Republic), Ing. Marcel Grün (Czech Republic), PhDr. Ivan Klimeš (Czech Republic), Tomáš Škrdlant (Czech Republic) and RNDr. Stanislav Vaněk (Czech Republic)

Award for Best Czech Popular-scientific Documentary Film

"Mr. Parkinson"

Director: Petr Jančárek / CZ 2007 / 26 min.

Coming to terms with a disease that turns one’s life upside down can be done with vast wisdom. A composer of classical music, whose movements have changed to something of a dance creation, wrote parodiable music that compliments the film. Brain surgery and its affects on family life projected on screen.

OTHER AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award in Popular-scientific Film: Nigel Marven

A biologist, filmmaker and a long-time BBC associate who has cooperated, among others, with Sir David Attenborough, a leading pioneer in promoting science on television. Today Marven is rightly considered among international celebrities in his field.

Audience Award

"Mr. Parkinson"

Director: Petr Jančárek / CZ 2007 / 26 min.

Coming to terms with a disease that turns one’s life upside down can be done with vast wisdom. A composer of classical music, whose movements have changed to something of a dance creation, wrote parodiable music that compliments the film. Brain surgery and its affects on family life projected on screen.

Student Jury Award

Jury: Vojtěch Hanulík, Zuzka Jašková

Ester Kadlecová, Josef Kaštil, Dominika Linhartová, Rodion Procjuk, Jan Přeček and Tomáš Vynikal

"Peace with Seals"

Director: Miloslav Novák / CZ 2007 / 96 min.

Peace with Seals is an extraordinary viewing experience of peaceful coexistence between seal and man. A feature-length documentary film creation of unique picture poetry produced in the Czech Republic.

SPECIAL MENTION

Vesmír magazine Award for Best Czech Documentary Film in Natural Sciences

"Fish’n’Pills"

Director: Tereza Tara / CZ 2007 / 20 min.

“Females know little about the causes, signs and side effects of hormone pill intake. Males lose their sexuality.” The black and white film tells of environmental hormonal pollution.

Dějiny a současnost magazine Award for Best Czech Documentary Film in the Humanities and Social Sciences

"Forgotten Transports"

Director: Lukáš Přibyl / CZ 2007 / 86 min.

The Forgotten transports to Byelorussia project was gradually developed in the years of 2000 – 2006 and consists of testimonies of individuals that survived practically unknown concentration camps in Latvia, Byelorussia, Estonia and Eastern Poland.

History Today magazine Award for Best International Documentary Film in the Humanities

"Nanking"

Director: Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman / USA 2007 / 88 min.

The night before the Second World War broke out the Japanese military invaded Chinese territory and occupied the then capital city of Nanking, which subsequently set the stage for Japanese military barbarity and horror.

Award for Best Student Film - V. Ř. E. D.

JÁ (a music video for LAJKY)│Czech Republic, 2008

Director: Miloš Kameník

GUESTS

The 43rd Academia Olomouc - International Festival of Popular-scientific and Documentary Films welcomed the following guests: Josef Abrhám ml., Petr Baran, Václav Bělohradský, Luboš Bělka, Brigitte Berg, David Čeněk, Pavel Černuška, Jakub Červena, Jaroslav Flegr, Peter Furtado, Marcel Grün, Nikolaj Hrib, Vít Janeček, Pavel Jirásek, Ivan Klimeš, Natacha von Kopp, Jiřina Kosíková, Steve L. Lichtag, Irene Lichtsheidel, Petr Lokaj, Daniel Luther, Peter Lynch, Nigel Marven, František Mikeš, Miloslav Novák, Emil Paleček, Paul Pissanos, Lukáš Přibyl, Robert Rosenstone, Alice Růžičková, Martin Řezníček, Otakáro Maria Schmidt, Pavel Smetana, Jiří Straus, Jaroslav Šabata, Martin Škabraha, Tomáš Škrdlant, Pavel Štingl, Jiří Vácha, Stanislav Vaněk and others.

STUDIO

This section included a wide range of discussions, panels, lectures and film screenings. This year's main themes were: Year 1968: Global Revolt; Evolution, or a Miracle?; and Science Inside Out. Audiences had the opportunity to see several internationally renown documentary films, e.g. Project Grizzly, Cyberman, The Herd and A Whale of a Tale, by Canadian filmmaker Peter Lynch who attended the screenings.

The panel Evolution or a Miracle? brought together the supporters and opponents of the intelligent design theory vs. the evolution theory: philosopher Doc. Luboš Bělka, evolution biologist prof. Jaroslav Flegr, theologian and chemist Ing. František Mikeš, PhD., molecular biologist prof. Emil Paleček, and physiologist Prof. MUDr. Jiří Vácha, DrSc.

Prof. Robert A. Rosenstone from the California Institute of Technology gave a remarkable lecture supplemented with film clips that aimed to prove that the treatment of history in film can have a number of other aspects.

Prof. PhDr. Jiří Straus, DrSc. and Ing. Nikolaj Hrib delivered a successful lecture comparing the current practice of criminal investigation with the methods promoted by popular television shows, such as CSI Miami and others.

Alice Růžičková, Vice Dean at FAMU, dedicated her lecture to Czech popular-scientific film in the 1950s.

RETROSPECTIVE

At this year's festival, audiences had a chance to find out more about French filmmaker Jean Painlevé, a pioneer in ocean filmmaking. The screenings were introduced by Painlevé's former associate Brigitte Berg and film historian David Čeněk. Jean Painlevé made nearly 200 films, the AFO selection included e.g., The Sea Horse, The Vampire,

Notre planète la Terre, Hyas et stenorinques, Comment naissent les méduses, etc.

DOC.Port

A comprehensive video library that serves as an representative international market of popular-scientific films that offers a meeting point for producers, buyers, distributors and journalists. Each visitor with the AFO accreditation can visit the Doc.port and watch a broad selection of films. Apart from the competition films Doc.port contains also films that were not selected for the main competition. This year the DOC.Port database included 582 films from 50 countries. Hundreds of visitors watched films on DOC.Port during the festival; after the end of AFO, these films will still be available at the university library.

The winners of this year's Challenge are:

Best Film of the 2008 International Documentary Challege ($1,000 cash award) CLICK WHOOSH

Team: Reel Grrrls

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

Genre: Historical

Team Leader: Reid Kuennen

American Documentary | P.O.V. Short Film Award ($1,000 Cash Award & featured on POV Website)

ARS MAGNA

Team: Juicebox

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

Genre: Biography/Character Study

Team Leader: Sean Roach

Doc Challenge Original Vision Award BEHOLDER

Team: Boss and Coder 34

City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA

Genre: First Person

Team Leader: Eric Daniel Metzgar

Best Directing

STICK AND POUND

Team: It Donned On Me

City/Country: Foster City, CA, USA

Genre: Art

Directed by: www.ItDonnedOnMe.com

Best Editing

I=ME2

Team: Year of the Rooster

City/Country: Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

Genre: Experimental

Edited by: Kevin Thomas

Best Cinematography

STICK AND POUND

Team: It Donned On Me

City/Country: Foster City, CA, USA

Genre: Art

Cinematography by: www.ItDonnedOnMe.com

Best Writing

BEHOLDER

Team: Boss and Coder 34

City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA

Genre: First Person

Written by: Eric Daniel Metzgar

Best Soundtrack

THE MIXTRESS

Team: Wideshot Studios

City/Country: Portland, OR, USA

Genre: Biography/Character Study

Arranged by: The Mixtress: Jules Bennett

Best Original Score

JETTY

Team: Fly On The Wall

City/Country: Portland, OR, USA

Genre: Social Issue/Political

Original Score by Bell Plaines & Arlen Kallunki

Best Use of "Change" Theme

PENNYWISE: THE CHANGING FACE OF CHANGE

Team: Lucky Shot

City/Country: Silver Spring, MD, USA

Genre: Social Issue/Political

Best Use of Date Stamp

RED LIGHT BLUES

Team: Abrahami-Netz Productions

City/Country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Genre: Social Issue/Political

BEST USE OF GENRE AWARDS

Best Use of Art Genre

GHOST BIKE

Team: Go!

City/Country: Toronto, ON, Canada

Best Use of Character Study Genre

ARS MAGNA

Team Juicebox

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

Best Use of Experimental Genre

I=ME2

Team: Year of the Rooster

City/Country: Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

Best Use of First Person Genre

BEHOLDER

Team: Boss and Coder 34

City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA

Best Use of Historical Genre

CLICK WHOOSH

Team: Reel Grrrls

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

Best Use of Music Genre

OLD SOUL

Team: Reel Hard Workin Dogs

City/Country: Washington, DC, USA

Best Use of Nature Genre

FARM TO TABLE

Team: Smoke In Mirror Productions

City/Country: Rutland, VT, USA

Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre

MEET THE FREEGANS

Team: Shields Films

City/Country: Portland, OR, USA

Best Use of Sports Genre

THE ART OF BALANCE

Team: Surge Media

City/Country: New York, NY, USA

SPECIAL JUDGES AWARDS

Best Use of Archival Footage

PENNYWISE: THE CHANGING FACE OF CHANGE

Team: Lucky Shot

City/Country: Silver Spring, MD, USA

Genre: Social Issue/Political

Best Social Commentary

FIERCELY INDEPENDENT

Team: Higher Rock & Downward Spiral Productions

City/Country: Moab, UT, USA

TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI (Director: Lisa Merton, Alan Dater; USA), the inspiring story of the Nobel laureate whose simple act of planting trees inspired Kenya’s environmental movement, protected the human rights of its people and defended the nation’s democracy, won the Hot Docs Audience Award. Sponsored by History Television, the award is decided by audience ballot.

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Prize for best Canadian documentary on international development was awarded to SHOCK WAVES (Director: Pierre Mignault, Hélène Magny) for its courageous portrayal of a country and its people. The documentary shows the powerful impact that community-based radio has in affecting significant change throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The CIDA Jury commended the filmmakers for sharing the risks taken by the Radio Okapi journalists on the ground and for bringing a fresh perspective to this under-reported story. The CIDA Award comes with a $5000 cash prize.

The 2008 Hot Docs top 10, as determined by audience ballot, are:

1. TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI (Director: Lisa Merton, Alan Dater; USA)

2. PLANET B-BOY (Director: Benson Lee; USA)

3. DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER (Director: Kurt Kuenne; USA)

4. THE ENGLISH SURGEON (Director: Geoffrey Smith; UK)

5. TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI’S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA (Director: Patrick Reed; Canada)

6. ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (Director: Sacha Gervasi; USA)

7. THE BEETLE (Director: Yishai Orian; Israel)

8. DADDY TRAN: A LIFE IN 3-D (Director: Siu Ta; Canada)

9. STRANDED, I’VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINS (Director: Gonzalo Arijon; France)

10. ALL TOGETHER NOW (Director: Adrian Wills; Canada)

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY:

Claire Aguilar (producer ITVS, USA), Séverine Barde (cinematographer, Switzerland), Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (producer, Netherlands), Andreas Horvath

(director, photogapher), awards the following prizes:

Grand Prix La Poste Suisse – Visions du Réel, CHF 20'000.- to:

THE LIE OF THE LAND

Directed by: Molly Dineen, UK

Prix SRG SSR idée suisse, CHF 10'000.- to:

NUIT DE CHINE

Directed by: Ju An-Qi, France/Italia/China

LE JURY DU PUBLIC:

Claude Bernhard, Camelia Cioara, Vincent Milliard, Vreni Müller-Hemmi, awarded:

Prix du public de la Ville de Nyon, CHF 10'000.- awarded by the Municipalité de Nyon to:

ENTRE OURS ET LOUP (24H DANS LA VILLE DE N.)

Directed by: Denis Sneguirev, France/Russia

LE JURY INTERRELIGIEUX:

Viviane Borderie (France), Gisela Blau (Switzerland), Elâ Gurmen (Turkey), Serge Mulla (Switzerland), decided

Prix du interreligious jury of CHF 5'000.- awarded by the Eglise catholique suisse and by the Conférence des Eglises protestantes de Romandie (CER)

THE EXISTENCE

Directed by: Marcin Koszalka, Poland

and a Special Mention to

ENTRE OURS ET LOUP (24H DANS LA VILLE DE N.)

Directed by: Denis Sneguirev, France/Russia

LE JURY DU JEUNE PUBLIC:

Aline Fuchs, Ibrahim Obeida, Bastien Métraux, Lia Rossion, Emilie Walbaum, decided that

Prix de la DDC of CHF 5'000.- to

D’UN MUR L’AUTRE – DE BERLIN A CEUTA

Directed by: Patric Jean, Belgium/France

THe Ypung Jury Prize of the Société des Hôteliers de la Côte of CHF 2'500.- to

THE EXISTENCE

Directed by: Marcin Koszalka, Poland

REGARDS NEUFS:

LE JURY REGARDS NEUFS:

Ernesto Baca (director, Argentina), Jan Peters (director, Germany), Thomas Thümena (producer Hugofilm, Switzerland), Wang Pai-Zhang (director Taiwan), decided both:

Prix de l'Etat de Vaud de CHF 2 X 5’000.- each to

LES HOMMES DE LA FORET 21

Directed by: Julien Samani, France

NO LONDON TODAY de Delphine Deloget, France

and a Special Mention to

SOLLBRUCHSTELLE

Directed by: Eva Stotz, Allemagne

SWISS CINEMA:

THE JURY SWISS CINEMA:

Roger de Diesbach (journalist, Switzerland, Ulle Schröder (Arte Strasbourg, France), Bruno Ulmer (director, France), decided that

Prix George Foundation for the Best Newcomer in Film CHF 10'000.- to

LA MERE

Directed by: Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, Switzerland/France/Russia

Prix Suissimage/Société suisse des auteurs SSA – film suisse le plus novateur, CHF 10'000.- to

TEMOIN INDESIRABLE

Directed by: Juan Lozano, Switzerland

The Swiss jury awarded a Special Mention to

THE BEAST WITHIN

Directed by: Yves Scagliola, Switzerland

ALL SECTIONS:

LE JURY FOR CRIME CINEMA:

Thomas Krompecher (professor), Anne Reiser (lawyer), Stéphane Blok (musician and writer), awarded the

Prix «Regards sur le crime» of CHF 5’000.- decided by a group of lawyers for Geneva to

LA PETITE BOITEUSE de Robin Harsch, Switzerland

and a Special Mention to the film

ARTICLE 43

Directed by: Denise Gilliand, Switzerland

Animation: "Holi Hana - Dawnsio Bale"

Directed by: Tom Edgar

Calon / S4C

Current Affairs: "Tales from the Edge: The Children who Disappear"

Directed by: Lindsay Hill

BBC Scotland

Documentary Feature: "Padraic O Conaire - An Fear"

Directed by: Johnny White

Seanchas Productions / TG4 / BCI

Factual Documentary: "O’r Galon – Martin Thomas"

Directed by: Dylan Richards

Fflic TV / S4C

Arts Documentary: "R.S Thomas: The Man Who Went Into the West"

Directed by: Catrin Mair Thomas

BBC Wales / Fulmar

Short Drama: "River Child"

Directed by: Damian Wood

Storymix Ltd / Screen Academy Scotland

Drama Series: "Prosperity - Episode 1"

Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson

Element Films

Feature Length Drama: "The Last King of Scotland"

Directed by: Kevin MacDonald

Cowboy Films

Education: "Rygbi 100% - Series 2"

Directed by: Guto Williams

Cwmni Da / S4C

Entertainment: "Tom and the Giant"

Directed by: Will Coleman

Brave Tales Ltd

Sport Profile: "Wynebau Newydd - Merch y Gadair Ddur"

Directed by: Sian Pari Huws

Ffilmiau’r Nant / S4C

Childrens: "Aifric - Prog 4 Gafa Le Mata"

Directed by: Paul Mercier

Telegael / TG4

Young People: "On the Block"

Directed by: Katie Lincoln / Children

Macalla Teo

Directed by: James Wood, USA. www.crudeimpact.com/show.asp

Best Short Documentary with 2000 euros: "Pura Vida"

Directed by: Jan Nimmo, Scottland. www.greengold.org.uk/film.htm

Jury's Special Award : "Facedor de Montanhas"

Directed by Juan Figueroa, Brasil - Spain.

Critical Lense Award, HDV Pro- Camcorder: "Nama Saya Jakarta"

Directed by: Camino San José, Spain.

Audience Award: "Terra Promesa"

Directed by: Xavi Manzanet, Spain.

Feature Film

Best Documentary: "Cosmonaut Polyakov"

Directed by: Dana Ranga (Germany)

Short Film

Best Documentary: "Moujarad Raiha/Merely a Smell"

Directed by: Maher Abi Samra (Lebanon)

Brazilian Competittion

Feature Film

Best Documentary- CPFL-Energia/It’s All True Award "Window To The Contemporaneous" - "Permanent Pan-Cinema"

Directed by: Carlos Nader

Honorable Mention: "Simonal – You Don’t Know How Tough It Was"

Directed by: Claudio Manoel, Micael Langer, and Calvito Leal

Honorable Mention: "The Abortion Of Others"

Directed by: Carla Gallo

Short Film

Best Documentary: "Remo Usai – A Composer For the Screen"

Directed by: Bernardo Uzeda

Honorable Mentionable: "Rê Bordosa Dossier"

Directed by: César Cabral

Canal Brasil Award: "Remo Usai – A Composer For the Screen"

Directed by: Bernardo Uzeda

Megacolor and Estúdios Mega Award: "Remo Usai – A Composer For the Screen"

Directed by: Bernardo Uzeda

Le jury Catégorie Documentaires de Création, composé de Gilles Bataillon, Camille Jouhair et Jean-Baptiste Legrand, a décerné le Grand Prix à la réalisatrice Lucia Gaja pour son film "Ma vie dedans" (122 mn, Mexique, 2007). Le Prix Spécial du Jury est revenu au film "Mourir à Jérusalem" (76 mn) de la réalisatrice israélienne Hilla Medalia .

Le jury de la Catégorie Dossiers et Grands Reportages, composé de Pierre Guyot, Karim Lahidji et Christian Vélot a attribué le Grand Prix du Festival à "War Made Easy : la guerre pour les Nuls" de Loretta Alper & Jeremy Earp (72 mn, USA, 2007) et le Prix Spécial du Jury à la réalisatrice hollandaise Klaartje Quirijns pour "Chasseur de dictateurs" (72mn, Hollande, 2007).

Le jury Etudiants, quant à lui, a décerné son prix au film "Des monstres qui dorment" de Markus CM Schmidt et Jan Bernotat (92 min, Allemagne).

Le Festival tient à remercier toutes celles et tous ceux qui ont contribué au succès de cette nouvelle édition et vous donne rendez-vous dès jeudi prochain 10 avril à 20H30 au cinéma Action Christine pour la reprise de ses projections mensuelles dans le cadre des Jeudis du FIFDH (projection à 20H30 de "Rwanda, à travers nous l’humanité")

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

Lav Diaz, filmmaker (The Philippines)

Françoise Etchegaray, filmmaker (France)

Gulya Mirzoeva, filmmaker (France) Scam representative

Eugenio Polgovsky, filmmaker (Mexico)

Olaf Möller, critic (Germany)

Has awarded

- Cinéma du Réel Grand Prize with the support of the Procirep (8000€): "Holunderblüte"

Directed by: Volker Koepp (Germany)

Honorable mentions: "Wollis Paradies"

Directed by: Gerd Kroske (Germany)

and "San"

Directed by: Du Haibin (China)

- Scam International Award (4600€)

ex aequo

"Qian men Qian"

Directed by: Olivier Meys (Belgium, France)

"Invisible City"

Directed by: Tan Pin Pin (Singapore)

- Short Film Award (2500€): "Minot North Dakota"

Directed by: Cynthia Madansky and Angelika Brudniak (United States/Austria)

- Joris Ivens Award, attributed to a young filmmaker (2500€): "La Frontera Infinita"

Directed by: Juan Manuel Sepúlveda (Mexico)

The Young Jury composed of 5 highschool students and of filmmaker Pierre-Oscar Levy has awarded

- the Young Jury Award – Cinéma du Réel, with the support of the Centre Pompidou and of Paris Townhall (2500€): "L’Empreinte"

Directed by: Guillaume Bordier, France

The Young Jury wishes to attribute honorable mentions to "La Frontera infinita"

Directed by: Juan Manuel Sepúlveda (Mexico) and

"Podul de Flori"

Directed by: Thomas Ciulei (Romania)

The Librarian Committee, composed of

Julien Farenc, Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)

Thierry Maillot, Bibliothèque Kateb Yacine (Grenoble)

Dominique Rousselet, Bibliothèque de Villepinte

And of filmmaker Vincent Martorana

has awarded

- the Library Award (6000€)

to "Podul de Flori"

Directed by: Thomas Ciulei (Romania)

- The Intangible Heritage Award (2500€): "Gugara"

Directed by: Jacek Naglowski and Andrzej Dybczak (Poland)

Honorable Mentions: "C’est beau les vacances"

Directed by: Anna Zisman (France) and

"Le Chamane son neveu et le capitaine"

Directed by: Pierre Boccanfuso (France)

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has awarded

- The Louis Marcorelles Award (purchase of rights, english and spanish subtitling, DVD edition, DVD promotion, mission abroad, equivalent to about 15000€)

to "Barcelone ou la mort"

Directed by: Idrissa Guiro (France)

The Festival selection committee has awarded

The Pierre and Yolande Perrault Grant, attributed to a young filmmaker (2500€)

to "Listener’s Tale"

Directed by: Arghya Basu (India)

by Marc Evans

exaequo

"Suffering and Smiling"

by Dan Ollman

Special prize of the Jury: "Faces"

by Gmax

The OMCT Award: "Calle Santa Fe"

by Carmen Castillo

The Junior Jury Award: "Suffering and Smiling"

by: Dan Ollman

Best Film Award: Behave

Directed by: Maria Ramos

Best Director Award: Crime and Punishment

Directed by: Zhao Liang

Václav Havel Special Award: Letter to Anna

Directed by: Eric Bergkraut

Rudolf Vrba Award: Rebellion: The Litvinenko Case

Directed by: Andrei Nekrasov

Mayor of Prague Award: One Day

Directed by: Ditte Haarlov–Johnsen

Main Jury Special Mention: Citizen Havel

Directed by: Pavel Koutecký

Rudolf Vrba Jury Special Mention: A Jihad for Love

Directed by: Parvez Sharma

Mayor of Prague Special Mention: The First Day

Directed by: Marcin Sauter

Czech Radio Award: Faces [:phases]

Directed by: Holger Ernst

Student Award: Iron Ladies of Liberia

Directed by: Daniel Junge, Siatta Scott Johnson

Audience Award: Citizen Havel

Directed by: Pavel Koutecký

Director/Producer: Corrie Francis

Best Short Film - "The Linkup"

Director/Producer: Trey Chace

Best Human Interest Film - "FLOW - For Love Of Water"

Director: Irena Salina

Producer: Steven Starr

Best Action/Sport Film - "Row Hard No Excuses"

Director: Luke Wolbach

Producers: Luke Wolbach and Bill Wolbach

Best Feature - "Encounters At The End Of The World"

Director: Werner Herzog

Jury's Award - "Encounters At The End of The World"

Director: Werner Herzog

People's Choice Award - "3 Peaks 3 Weeks"

Director: Michael Brown

Producer: Dave D’Angelo

The films "Manufactured Landscapes" by Canadian Jennifer Baichwal and "Sounds of Sand" by Belgian Marion Hänsel, shared the first prize of 8.000€ of this year's ECOCINEMA Feature Length Films.

In the same category of prizes, the film "4 Elements" by Jiska Rickels from the Netherlands received a special mention.

The prize for Journalistic Research and Documentation Films worth 4.000€ was awarded to the documentary film "Palestine Blues" by Nida Sinnokrot, while at the same time, there was a special mention to the greek film "Delta, Oil's Dirty Business" by Giorgos Avgeropoulos.

Finally in the category of Short and Medium Length Films, the prize of 3.000€ was given to the film "Sinking Village" by Hungarian Marton Szirmai and a special mention was made for the film "Le Mammouth Pobalski" of French director Jacques Mitsch.

"BINGAI"

Directed by: Feng Yan

China, 2007. 114'

PRIZE JEAN VIGO FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR:

Prize: 5,000 euros

"HER DEAR OLD HOUSE"

Directed by: Tatsuya Yamamoto

Japan, 2006. 80'

FIRST PRIZE FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM:

Prize: 3,500 euros

"52 PERCENT"

Directed by: Rafal Skalski

Poland, 2007. 20'

THE AUDIENCE'S SPECIAL PRIZE FOR THE BEST FILM: Prize: 2,500 euros

"TOVARISCH, I AM NOT DEAD"

Directed by: Stuart Urban

United Kingdom, 2007. 85'

FIRST SPECIAL MENTION:

Prize: 1,000 euros

"MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH"

Directed by: Morgan Dews

Spain / USA, 2007. 72'

SECOND SPECIAL MENTION:

Prize: 1,000 euros

"A STORY OF PEOPLE IN WAR AND PEACE"

Directed by: Vardan Hovhannisyan

Armenia, 2007. 70'

Directed by Jeroen Berkvens

The Feature Jury also presented an Artistic Vision Award to "When Clouds Clear"

Directed by Anne Slick & Danielle Bernstein

In the words of the jurors, "The filmmakers aesthetic choices - in cinematography and structure - create a visceral sense of place and an intimate portrait of a strong community unified in one common cause. With a fresh perspective on a familiar storyline, the film doesn't give its subjects a voice as much as let them speak for themselves."

Best Short Documentary Winner: "Conviction: The True Story of Clarence Elkins"

Directed by Mike West & Bill Ward

The Shorts Jury also presented an Artistic Vision Award: "Ya Shadad"

Directed by Keren Shayo

Big Sky Award Winner: "Class C"

Directed by Justin Lubke & Shasta Grenier

Donner’s directorial career began with a documentary: he made his debut at the age of 21 with Aamua kaupungissa (Morning in the City), which examines the city of Helsinki. As a documentarist Donner is an exception among Finnish film-makers because many of his works are essay films in form. As a film-maker Donner is a strong auteur, whose presence and life-experience are seen and heard on screen. Among others, Donner’s filmography includes the Finnish documentary classic Fuck Off!, a ruthless and frank description of the state of the union in the beginning of the 1970’s.

Jörn Donner is among the most successful international film-makers in Finland. Ingmar Bergman’s Academy Award-winning Fanny and Alexander (1982) is the most famous of Donner’s productions, but with his company Jörn Donner Productions he has produced several documentaries by high-profile Finnish directors, including Marja Pensala, Pirjo Honkasalo, Markku Lehmuskallio and Anastasia Lapsui.

Director: Leslie Iwerks

Spirit of Activism Award: "A Land Out of Time"

Director: Mark Harvey

John De Graaf Environmental Filmmaking Award: "Everything's Cool"

Director: Judith Helfand and Daniel Gold.

I Love the Yuba Award: "Little Bird of the Yuba"

Director: Larry Huntington

I Love the Yuba Honorable Mention: "Purdon to Prosser" Director: Brian Sizer

Children's Environmental Film Competition: "Antarctica ... the End?"

Director: Sam Lowe-Anker

"Rita"

Director: Alison Teal Blehert-Koehn

Most Inspiring Adventure: "The Endless Knot"

Director: Michael Brown

Best Children's Film: "Little Blue"

Director: Bob Svihovec

Jury Awards: "King Corn"

Director: Ian Cheney & Aaron Wolf

"Mountain Top Removal"

Director: Michael O'Connell

"Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies"

Director: Jeff & Sue Turner

Honorable Mentions: "Fridays at the Farm"

Director: Richard Power Hoffman

"The Greening of Southie"

Director: Ian Cheney

"Kintaro Walks Japan"

Director: Tyler MaNiven

Title：The Warrior

Directed by： Jacek Blawut

Jury Comment by Lui Dedong

Country of Production: Poland

This film follows the rise and fall of Marek Piotrowski, world champion in kickboxing in the 90s. It shows the incredible determination with which the athlete drives his rise to stardom, and the fateful incomprehension with which he confronts his decline, and until the very end, we still don’t know whether he will finally surrender to life or not. It allows us to reflect upon the price we have to pay to achieve excellence, as well as the struggle we have to face to survive in dignity.

It is remarkable how the filmmaker skillfully depicts the often well hidden emotions of the main characters. He manages to combine with great ease and talent the elements of interviews, well shot sequences and compelling archive material to create a perfectly adapted rhythm to the narrative, echoing powerfully the different stages of the character’s tragic life.

2．Jury Prize —— The Olympic Dream in a Village（China）

Title: The Olympic Dream in a Village

Directed by: Zhang mingzhong、Zheng Xiaoxu 、 Gong Tuo、Zhong Lixin、Lu zhenping

Jury Comment by Philippe de Bourbon

Country of Production:China

The film depicts the struggle of a teenage boy Li Hanhua who lost the use of his two legs in an accident. Formerly a local swimming champion, and as we approach the 2008 Olympics, he comes back into race, competing this time in the framework of 2008 Paralympic Games.

This film is the moving story of a young man whose life is a great lesson of bravery and determination. Solidarity is also a key value in this film as the community is very supportive to this young guy.

This intimate portray is very story driven as the director follows the protagonist and his relatives very closely over a long period of time. The audience can through this observational technique measure how tough the challenge is for people facing disability. We feel a lot of empathy with the main character as the director managed to get into his intimacy but without being intrusive.

3．Award for Most Original Perspective —— Chairman George（Canada）

Title：Chairman George

Directed by：Daniel Cross and Mila-Aung Thwin

Jury Comment by Anita Reher

Country of Production:Canada

The main character of this film, George Sapounidis, a Greek Canadian, is in his own words the only Greek who sings Chinese folksongs and therefore the perfect person to perform at the closing session in Athens as the Olympic torch is passed on to Beijing. The film chronicles his attempt to realize his quite unrealistic dream to become the link between Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.

Although George is not an Olympic athlete, he still, with his hopes and aspirations, goes through similar emotions as all athletes do. Thus, we are able to observe the run-up to the Olympics from a very original perspective. This is heightened by the often used hand-held camera and out-spoken reflections about the difficulties the character encounters. Although he ultimately does not achieve his goal, the style and perspective of the film brings him across as a loveable character in a globalized world.

4. Award for Best Storytelling —— Fairies 'Ultimate Dance, Rhythmic Gymnastics~Prayer for Beijing（Japan）

Title：Fairies 'Ultimate Dance, Rhythmic Gymnastics~Prayer for Beijing

Directed by：Yoko Nonaka

Jury Comment by Ying Qiming

Country of Production:Japan

This film is about a team of Japanese eurythmics girls who immerse themselves in highly intensive training everyday to gain qualifications for the Olympic Games. Their youth vitality, beauty, passion and bravery are skillfully revealed to the audience. Competition, friendship and the group impact on individuals as shown in the film give us a chance to gain a better understanding of our current living environment and identify new attitudes we could take towards it.

The film’s powerful and exquisite story-telling style is based on superb photography which gives attention to passing details and captures skillfully memorable facial expressions. Though lacking odd plots, the film is interesting, if not beautiful, to watch.

5.Mention Speciale —— Iris Chang:The Rape of Nanking（Canada）

Title：Iris Chang:The Rape of Nanking

Country of Production:Canada

Directed by：Bill Spahic and Anne Pick

Jury Comment by Ying Qiming

This film illustrates the Chinese-origin American writer Iris Chang’s painful attempt to disclose the dark side of human history. She told the public that the Massacre in Nanjing in 1937 is a well-documented fact. She was willing to share with them the idea that reasons for the massacre are not as simple as they appear and modern civilization is not a far cry from bloody barbarism.

Chang, having strong empathy with the killed and the silent, is a symbol of human conscience and justice. Her own tragic suicide shows how far-reaching the impact of the massacre could exert.

6. Mention Speciale —— Lady Confucius（China）

Title： Lady Confucius

Directed by：Zhao Liang

Jury Comment by Liu Dedong

Country of Production:China

A Chinese old saying goes that “buried for good” is the best end of a person’s life. The film reveals to us an 84-year-old lady’s dream of being buried in the cemetery only opened to Confucius, who is her ancestor, his male descendents and their wives. From her we can see Chinese people’s traditional and non-traditional understanding and pursuit for family happiness and the sense of belonging. Feminine tranquility, like clear water, runs through the whole film, presenting the audience the lady’s perseverance and profundity. The film leaves the audience a thought-provoking insight into the other old saying that blood is always thicker than water. We are convinced that the rhythm and the lady’s charisma work in perfect harmony in the film.

7. Mention Speciale —— Tell Me Why（Poland）

Title：Tell Me Why

Directed by：Malgorzata Omielska

Jury Comment by Anita Reher

Country of Production:Poland

Tell Me Why is a film about a love story destroyed by the Holocaust. The emotional impact of the war separates these two people for their entire life. The film tells their personal stories through a mix of archival footage and interviews with them. The question at the centre of the film is why ˆ since they both survived ˆ this husband and wife do not reunite but instead form separate families in different parts of the world.

We would like to award this film for its powerful depiction of basic human emotions that connect us all. It is a simply told story that puts its characters in the forefront and lets them tell the story.

8. Mention Speciale —— 4（Australia）

Title：4

Directed by：Tim Slade

Jury Comment by Philippe de Bourbon

Country of Production: Australia

Following four outstanding violinists from four different parts of the world, this documentary shows the cycle of seasons along one year. From the springtime blossoms of Tokyo to the heat of the Australian summer, from the joyful autumn in New York to the harsh winter of Northern Finland, the film follows these wonderful musicians playing the Four Seasons of Antonio Vivaldi. Sharing their unconditional love to music, they also tell about their feelings towards the cycle of seasons.

Beautifully shot in magnificent natural and urban landscapes, this documentary is poetic journey into music and human happiness, a wonderful celebration of life.

9. Award for Contribution to Documentary —— Zhang WenQing（China）

Zhang WenQing

Jury Comment:

　　Zhang Wenqing has dedicated himself to observe and present life about the people living in the bottom of society in the West China, on the vast yellow earth. His works are many. Since the start of Guangzhou International Documentary Festival, he has been one of the most constant contributors to the festival.

　　His dedication to documentaries comes from his passion which in China, to an extend, means sacrifice. We presend him this award to honor this shared passion we all feel for documentary making.

10. Award for Contribution to Documentary —— Peter Wintonick（ Canada）

Peter Wintonick

Jury Comment:

　　We want to honor what probably is Canada's best known international Filmmaker for his outstanding contribution to the Craft and Art of Documentary making. Peter has an industry career spanning 30 years, and more than 100 films to his credit. Citing only a few of these we can mention MANUFACTURING CONSENT, or SEEING IS BELIEVING or CINEMA VERIT. In addition to his own filmmaking work, Peter is a relentless builder of bridges between different worlds, and donates much of his time to assist young filmmakers and those who aspire to be one, in getting access to international platforms and festivals, so that their work has a chance to be seen. Thus, filmmakers can grow and learn directly from the feedback they collect from their own work.

Director: Eugenia Mumenthaler / David Epiney

GRAN PREMIO CINE ESPAÑOL: "EL NIÑO Y EL MAR"

Director: Tito Molina

GRAN PREMIO DE CINE VASCO: "FOOTNOTES TO A HOUSE OF LOVE"

Director: Laida Lertxundi

MIKELDI DE ORO DE ANIMACIÓN: "LE PRINTEMPS DE SANT PONÇ"

Director: Eugenia Mumenthaler / David Epiney

MIKELDI DE PLATA DE ANIMACIÓN: "ANHALTER

Director: Daniel Höpfner

MIKELDI DE ORO DOCUMENTAL: "FAMILIA 068"

Director: Rubén Margalló / Toni Edo

MIKELDI DE PLATA DOCUMENTAL: "RETRO VISIÓN"

Director: Mauricio Godoy

MIKELDI DE ORO DE FICCIÓN: "KRAMASHA"

Director: Amit Dutta

MIKELDI DE PLATA DE FICCIÓN: "TÜRELEM"

Director: László Nemes

CARABELA DE PLATA A LA MEJOR PELÍCULA DE AMÉRICA LATINA: "EL CUARTO DEL FONDO"

Director: Leticia Jorge / Ana Guevara

PREMIO DEL PÚBLICO: L'OFFRE ET LA DEMANDE"

Director:Frédéric Farruci

Premio de la Federación Iberoamericana de productores cinematográficos y audiovisuales FIPCA y de la Entidad de gestión de los derechos de los productores audiovisuales EGEDA a la mejor producción iberoamericana dotado con 1500€: "DECIR ADIÓS"

Director: Víctor Iriarte

PREMIO DE LA SOCIEDAD GENERAL DE AUTORES Y EDITORES Y ASOCIACIÓN PROFESIONAL DE GUIONISTAS DE EUSKAL HERRIA AL MEJOR GUIÓN VASCO: "ITZALAK"

Director: Iñigo Kintana

PRESENT PERFECT

Director: Mikel Rueda

PREMIO CINE CLUB FAS: "LAS HORAS MUERTAS"

Director: Haritz Zubillaga

PREMIO DEIA: "ÎNTRE ZIDURI"

Director: Ana-Felicia Scutelnicu

PREMIO UNICEF: "DEZ CENTAVOS"

Director: Cesar Fernando de Oliveira

MIKELDI DE HONOR: "PÈRE PORTABELLA"

Best Film: "Andarilho"

Director: Cao Guimarães

Special Mention: "Margem"

Director: Maya Da-Rin

and "Ô de Casa!"

Director: Clarisse Alvarenga

Jury: Paula Gaitán, Roberta Veiga and Stella Senra

THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

Best Film: "Hotel 9 Estrelas"

Director: Ido Haar (Israel)

Special Mention: "Camarada Radu"

Director: Stefan Scarlatescu

Glauber Rocha Prize: "Tatakox"

Director: Isael Maxacali

Jury: Aloysio Raulino, Daniel Queiroz and Jair Fonseca

This evening in Pakhuis de Zwijger, during the closing ceremony of the twentieth IDFA, the winners of the various competition programmes were announced. Among the winners are Stranded (France) by Gonzalo Arijon, which took the VPRO Joris Ivens Award, and To See If I'm Smiling (Israel) by Tamar Yarom, which won both the Silver Wolf and the Volkskrant Audience Award.

VPRO Joris Ivens Competition Award

The VPRO Joris Ivens Award was presented to Gonzalo Arijon for Stranded (France). In Stranded, the survivors of a plane crash in 1972 relate how they were able to survive more than ten weeks in the inhospitable Andes mountains. Jury chair Diane Weyerman praised the cinematic qualities of the film, which the jury found both “emotional and poetic”. Stranded was pitched at the Forum in 2005. The VPRO Joris Ivens Award consists of a sculpture and € 12,500.

The jury of the Joris Ivens Competition also awarded a Special Jury Prize to Kim Longinotto for Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go, which focuses on the day-to-day life at a school for dysfunctional children. The jury praised Longinotto’s “remarkably disciplined aestheticism.”

Silver Wolf Award

Tamar Yarom received the Silver Wolf Award for To See If I'm Smiling (Israel), about the experiences of young women in the Israeli army in the territories occupied by Israel. Jury chair Rudy Buttignol, through Cees van Ede, described the film as “a brave and powerful testimony to the corrosive effect of power.” The Silver Wolf consists of € 10,000, made available by the NPS.

The winner of the Silver Cub Competition, for documentaries up to 30 minutes, was also announced. The Tailor (Spain) by Oscar Pérez, according to the jury “a bittersweet comedy on immigration”, won the Silver Cub Award, worth € 5,000.

First Appearance Award

Robert Nugent received the First Appearance Award for End of the Rainbow (France, Australia), in which a multinational in Guinea, West Africa, hires the local population to operate a gold mine. Jury chair Arik Bernstein, described the film as a “critical and multi-facetted story of globalisation.”

The First Appearance Award consists of € 5,000.

IDFA Student Award

The very first IDFA Student Award was presented by Heddy Honigmann to Elina Hirvonen for Paradise – Three Journeys in This World (Finland), in which the stories, the dreams and the (dis)illusionment of illegal African immigrants is central. The IDFA Student Award consists of € 2,500. A special mention was given by the jury to One Day by Ditto Haarlov-Johnsen.

The Volkskrant Audience Award

This year, audiences cast more than 32,000 votes for the films shown during IDFA. The most votes were cast for To See If I'm Smiling (Israel) by Tamar Yarom. The Volkskrant Audience Award consists of € 5,000, and was made possible with support from Stichting Alter Ego.

Movies that Matter Human Rights Award

The Movies that Matter Human Rights Award, for the best documentary on human rights and human dignity, went to Jerusalem is Proud to Present (Israel) by Nitzan Gilady. The film is about the organisation of the Pride Parade for homosexuals in Jerusalem. Jury chair Micha X. Peled presented a stipend prize of € 2,500 to Nitzan Gilady.

The Dictator Hunter by Dutch director Klaartje Quirijns was given a special mention by the jury. The film portrays the commitment and determination of a Human Rights Watch lawyer fighting to have former President Habré of Chad brought to trial.

Moviesquad DOC U! Award

The five-strong DOC U! youth jury recognised Planet B-Boy (USA) by Benson Lee with the

Moviesquad DOC U! Award. In the film, five B-Boys prepare for the most prestigious dance competition in the field of breakdance, The Battle of the Year.

The Stimuleringsfonds Documentary Award 2007

Elizabeth Rocha Salgado won the Stimuleringsfonds Documentary Award 2007 for her film plan Zintuigen, deuren naar de ziel [Senses, Doors of the Soul]. In Zintuigen, deuren naar de ziel, Elizabeth Rocha Salgado goes in search of the cause of obsessions. According to the jury, the plan expressed “a clear and well thought-out vision on the part of the maker, in which form and content were brought together in an exciting manner and in which an everyday topic was presented in an almost mysterious way.”

The award, a sum of € 125,000, is made available each year by the Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties and is intended for the realisation of the best film plan, developed as part of the IDFA Documentary Workshop.

Special Award for Hupert Sauper

Festival director Ally Derks present an award of € 2,500 to Hupert Sauper, director of Darwin’s Nightmare from 2004. To mark the twentieth year of the festival’s existence, the public chose the twenty best documentaries from the past twenty years, whereby Darwin’s Nightmare was the undisputed public favourite. The film shows how the international trade in fish and weapons literally consumes the poor local population by Lake Victoria.

Directed by: Sepideh Farsi (France/Iran, 2007)

Prize: (5.000,00 €)

Targa "Giampaolo Paoli" for Best Ethnographic/ Anthropological Film: "WORLDSTAR"

Directed by: Nataša Von Kopp (Germany/Czech Republic, 2007)

Special Mention: "DON’T ASK WHO I AM"

Directed by: Zheng Yi (China, 2007)

Prize of the Student Jury of the Instituto Lorenzo de'Medici: "UKU UKAI"

Directed by: Audrius Stonys (Lithuania, 2006)

Prize: 1.000,00€

Prize of the Jury of the Italian Competion: "CASA MIA"

Directed by: Debora Scaperrotta (Italy, 2007)

Prize: 2.500,00 €

Special Mention:"I PROMESSI SPOSI"

Directed by: Massimo D’Anolfi and Martina Parenti (Italy, 2007)

Directed by: Steffen Weinert

Prize: EUR 3,000

2nd Place: RAUSKOMMEN! [COME OUT!]

Directed by: Michael Dörfler

Directed by: Jan Peters

Prize: EUR 2,000

3rd Place: WIE ICH EIN FREIER REISEBEGLEITER WURDE [HOW I BECAME A FREE-LANCE TRAVEL COMPANION]

Directed by: Jan Peters

Prize: EUR 1,000

The international jury of experts for the ON VIDEO contest: PROCRASTINATION

Directed by: Johnny Kelly (UK)

Prize: EUR 1,500

A special mention goes to UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Directed by: Zhenchen Liu (France)

Short Film Contest ex aequo go to:

ELVIS UND ICH [ELVIS AND ME]

Directed by: Michael Sommer

and TRUCK STOP GRILL

Directed by: Daniel Seideneder

"youth days" – International Youth Film Contest: WIE ES BLEIBT [AS IT GOES]

Created By: eight directing students of the Munich Academy for Film and Television

Prize: EUR 2,500

Wiesbaden Youth Film Contest was announced: BLAUPAUSE [BLUEPRINT]

Directed by: Maria Bidian and Fiona Heib

Prize: EUR 450

Goldene exground-Gurke: KETTENSÄGENMAßAKKER [CHAINSAW MASSACRE]

Directed by: Linus Secker

Prize: EUR 50

The 24th Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival ended with a grand finale on Sunday. 8,616 visitors came to the various festival sections. 5,754 saw the 235 films and videos and 1,500 visited the 16 media installations in the exhibition MONITORING. The festival within the festival, SPLICE IN, which premiered in Kassel before moving to Berlin, Hamburg and Kabul received special attention. In addition to the screenings, the DokfestLounge presented an audiovisual performance program.

After the presentation of films from Kunsthochschule Kassel, the culmination of this year’s festival was the presentation of the four awards in the FINALE.

The Golden Key, the award for an outstanding documentary work of a young director, donated by the city of Kassel and amounting to a current value of 5,000 Euro, was awarded to Jess Feast from New Zealand for her film COWBOYS & COMMUNISTS which tells about the cultural clash around the whimsical underground bar “White Trash Fast Food” in Berlin. The jury pronounced the film to be “entertaining, thrilling, and of great lightness without ever slipping into the banal.”

The Golden Hercules, donated by the newspaper HNA that awards the best regional work with 2,500 Euro went to MARLA by Marta Malowanczyk. The Jury acclaimed the story of a self-discovery for its “unconventional and original narrative form.”

The media installation PUBLIC FIGURES by Erik Olofsen "which literally visualizes what remains indiscernible to our limited perception" was awarded the Golden Cube (2,500 Euro), sponsored by Micromata GmbH.

An honorary mention was received by the work ZONE*INTERDITE by Christoph Wachter and Mathias Jud, “which uses the options of the world wide web, to fill in the blind spots on the world map.”

The A38–Production Grant went to Daniela Rusnokova for her documentary SONA AND HER FAMILY which approaches the protagonist Sona, a mother of 14 children, with “minimal means and untainted narrative”. The reward is endowed with 4,000 Euro for living expenses and production costs plus an equivalent of 4,000 Euro for material support and the usage of technical equipment.

(Director Carmen Castillo, Chile, France, Belgium 2007)

Motivation:

"A film richly layered with history exploring the personal consequences of political engagement across three genrations. Many films have been made about the 1970s revolutionary movement, but few with as much complexity and craft as this one. It begins from one person's perspective and widens to encompass multiple views. Its director confronts the past with a remarkable honesty and self-reflection conveyed in your eyes long after the film has ended."

Special mention: "Vesterbro"

(Director Michael Noer, Denmark 2007)

Amnesty Award 2007: "No end in sight"

(inst. Charles Ferguson, USA 2006)

Motivation:

"A highly researched investigative documentary addressing the occupation of Iraq by the American government. A film that reveals important findings of the mismanagement, carelessness and arrogance of the American leadership occupying Iraq and raises serious doubts about the legitimacy of the leader of the free world."

Special mentions: "The Not Dead"

(inst. Brian Hill, UK 2007)

and "Umbrella"

(inst. Du Haibin, China 2007)

Sound & Vision Award 2007: "Joy Division"

(Director: Grant Gee, UK 2007)

Motivation:

"Great selection of footage, a deep engagement with the subject and intimate interviews combines to make a restless and engaging documentary. The background material gives a good sense of the psychogeography of Manchester at the time, and the effects create a tension and energy which mirrors the evolving epilepsy of lead singer Ian Curtis."

Special mention: "Pilgrimage from Scattered Points"

(Director: Luke Fowler, UK 2006)

Motivation:

We would like to extend an honourable mention to Pilgrimage from Scattered Points, a thoughtful and original portrait of composer Cornelius Cardew. It documents uncompromising political music and stays faithful to its subject.

New Vision Award 2007

BEST SHORT: "France 2007"

(Director Gee-Jung Jun, France 2007)

Motivation:

"A film comprised of footage of ambiguous origin, whose friendly direct gaze evokes in its subjects a casual open playfulness. On the edge of France 2007, shantytown inhabitants briefly take possession of their own space and their own lives."

BEST FEATURE LENGTH (TWO FILMS): "Dust"

(Director Hartmut Bitomsky, Germany 2007)

and "A Crime Against Art"

(Director Hila Peleg, Germany 2007)

Motivation:

"We have a clean film about dust and a dirty video about art. Both are comparable achievements with completely distinct subjects and strategies. Therefore the jury for New Vision has decided to split the prize.

"Dust" by Hartmut Bitomsky - An indexical exploration of the little pieces of our selves and our lives that we are obsessed with keeping under control and brushing away if necessary.

This film evokes a kind of heightened awareness towards our entire physical surroundings, reaching as far as the grains of celluloid that create the very images we are watching.

"A Crime Against Art" by Hila Peleg - This staged conceptual trial on the morals of participation in the contemporary art field blurs the lines of script and character with its real performers and their possibly actual beliefs. Suddenly art promoters and theorists take on the appearance of criminals in a kind of daily TV-court, questioning the responsibility and negotiating the performative aspects of the art discourse."

CAMERA-STYLO GRAND PRIZE: "Description of a Memory"

Directed by: DAN GEVA (Israel)

Prize: $1000.

Members of the jury were Paule Baillargeon, Hermann Barthe and Amir Labaki.

CAMERA AT THE READY AWARD: "Trois filles dans la guerre"

Directed by: MEIRA ASHER (Holland)

Prize: $1000.

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: "Sari's Mother"

Directed by: JAMES LONGLEY (United States)

Members of the jury were Françoise David, Sylvie Groulx and Ezra Winton.

FIRST CAMERA AWARD : Enemies of Happiness

Directed by: ANJA AL-ERHAYEM & EVA MULVAD (Denmark)

Prize: $1000.

SPECIAL JURY MENTION : Ser Isla (Mexico), by EUN-HEE IHM

Members of the jury were Francine Laurendeau, Pierre Pageau and Marianne Villeneuve.

ECOCAMERA AWARD: "4 Elements"

Directed by: JISKA RICKELS (Holland)

Prize: $1000. The ECOCAMERA AWARD is sponsored by Tele-Quebec in collaboration with I.C.I. Environnement.

Members of the jury were Madeleine Carter, Eric Duchemin and Hélène Raymond.

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD: "De l'autre côté du pays"

Directed by: CATHERINE HÉBERT (Québec)

"En lo escondido"

Directed by: NICOLAS Rincón Gille (Belgium)

Prize: $1000. The AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD is sponsored by Canal D.

IMAGE AWARD: "Americano"

Directed by: CARLOS FERRAND (Québec)

Prize: $1000.

Members of the jury were Josée Beaudet, François Dupuis and France Pilon

EDITING AWARD: "Shake the Devil Off"

Directed by: PETER ENTELL (Switzerland)

Prize: $1000.

The members of the jury were Serge Giguere, Jean-Claude Labrecque and Jacques Leduc.

Eileen Thalenberg

Stormy Nights Productions, Inc.

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "From The 50 Yard Line"

Doug Lantz

Blake House Media, Inc.

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Double Take Art Exhibition Introduction Film"

Barbara Groth

Big Buddha Baba Productions

and "Bella Figura- Do Singers Have To Be Fat?"

Marieke Schroeder

Pars Media FilmProduction

and "All The Time In The World "

Alister Sanderson

and "Realism: The Artistic Form of the Truth"

Leyla Salem

Films Media Group

CBC Artspots - Artist Profiles

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

HONORABLE MENTION: "Greetings From Asbury Park"

Amber Edwards/ NJN

"Asian Youth Orchestra Hong Kong Concert 2006"

Cheung Wing Tim and Ching Pui Ki

Radio Television Hong Kong

"Gros Morne Time Lines"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Direct Support: A Realistic Job Preview"

Jerry Smith

THE CHRIS STATUETTE- 2006 Community Partnership Award: "New Jersey SEEDS Scholars Program Mutual of America"

BRONZE PLAQUE: "The Ride To Conquer Cancer"

Telling Story, Inc.

and "Journey By Heart"

Michelle Paymar

Michelle Paymar Films

HONORABLE MENTION: "Above and Beyond"

American Signature Inc.

"Eddie Osterland - America’s 1st Master

Sommelier"

Magic Music Productions LLC

"Iceland, Naturally"

Salo Productions

"Humminbird Fish Finder"

Hawthorne Direct Inc.

"Den - Season 1"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Venture’s Dreamers + Schemers: All

About Undies"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CHILDREN & YOUTH

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Anita’s Africa"

Coming Home Films, Inc.

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "The Constitution Project: Key Constitutional Concepts"

Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands

Robe Imbriano

BRONZE PLAQUE: "This Is Daniel Cook; Nature, Science,

and the Environment"

J.J. Johnson

Bullfrog Films

"Face the Music: Copyright, Art, and the Digital Age"

Close Up Foundation

"Discovering the Performing Arts"

Lauren F. Cardillo

"The Sunday Man"

Danielle Shamash

HONORABLE MENTION: "That Incredible State"

Jan Nowina-Zarzycki

"Citizen Quest: A Stronger America"

Argentine Productions

"Cool Voting: It’s Your Vote"

Argentine Productions

2006 Community Partnership Award - New Jersey SEEDS Scholars Program Mutual of America: "Shooting For Change"

Lalita Krishna

Third Element Productions

"Dating Violence: Should We Expect Respect?

Aquarius Health Care Media

Stuart Muszynski

"Fitness Fanatic"

CET

"Ohio Rocks!"

CET

Kim Mlinek

"For Whom The Pit Calls"

Filippo Lubiato

Clip Club

"Yorktown"

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Lina Randulfe

"Kids’ CBC"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy "

(22 mn elementary school release)

City of Burnaby

Robert Broad

EDUCATION & INFORMATION

THE SILVER CHRIS: "John James Audubon: Drawn From Nature"

American Masters

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Dragons’ Den - Where Are They Now?"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Teen Truth: An Inside Look at Bullying and School Violence"

Human Relations Media

"Celebrating Diversity: A Universal Message From The Real Rain Man"

National Professional Resources, Inc.

"The Approach In Action: A Training Video"

The People’s Picture Company Inc.

"The Lure of Money: Save It, Invest It, Protect It"

Nina Halper, AARP

"It’s Not Worth It! Maritime Pollution Offences"

Videotel Productions

Ron Tanner

"American Trustees"

Annette Strauss Institute for

Civic Participation

Nancy Schiesari

HONORABLE MENTION: "Librarians to the Rescue"

Dwight Bennett, Don Loftus

"Asleep At The Wheel: The Dangers of Drowsy Driving"

Human Relations Media

"The Wise Owl Bully Stopper Kit"

Human Relations Media

"The Power Trip: Bullying In School"

Human Relations Media

"Finding Our Voice "

Jerry Smith

"Wealth Masters - Shopping and Cooking With Deanna For Optimum Health"

Magic Music Productions LLC

"Monster In The Family"

John Kastner

"Strong Men of Nguiu"

Bearcage Productions

Chris Bamford

"Strings of Fear"

Rhonda A. Denny

"Struggle For Identity: Issues In Transracial Adoption & A Conversation Ten Years Later"

Photosynthesis Productions

"You Don’t Want To Live In My House"

Newist / Cesa 7

Dean Thomas

"From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy"

(28 mn secondary school educational release)

City of Burnaby

Robert Broad

"Dominoes"

Bullfrog Films

Daniel Schorr

San Diego Association of Realtors: “The Importance of Disclosures”

Magic Music Productions LLC

Louie Stevens

"Best Practices: Building Blocks for Enhancing School Environment"

Perimeter Productions

Caitlin Hammel

"ADLs for CNAs: Basic Training for Documenting the Activities of Daily Living"

HCPro, Inc.

"The Feral Boys of Glasgow - CBC News: Sunday Night"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Venture’s Dreamers + Schemers: Franchise Fortunes"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Confronting The Past"

Coleen Rajotte

ENTERTAINMENT

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Relative Obscurity"

John Swartz and Jeff Rosenberg

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Dragon Boys"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Producer: Michael Checkik

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Little Mosque on the Prairie"

(Episodes 101 & 103)

Westwind Pictures Ltd

Michael Kennedy

"Metal Storm"

Echo Productions, LLC

"Greetings From The Shore"

Greg Chwerchak

"Love Aflame - The Interpretations"

Radio Television Hong Kong

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Endless Knot"

Michael Brown

"Divine Restoration - Series II"

Rui Feliz

VisionTV International

"Gotta Run!" (CBC News at Six)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Birthday Boy"

Violet M. Williams

THE HUMANITIES

BEST OF FESTIVAL: "Becoming A Woman in Zanskar"

ZED

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Come Walk in My Shoes"

Robin Smith - Video/Action Fund

"Marie Antionette"

David Grubin Productions

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Peyote to LSD: A Psychedelic Odyssey"

Gryphon Productions

Peter von Puttkamer

"Warrior By Birth"

Klaudiusz Jankowski

"Black Samurai"

ZED

"Little Brazil, Gort, Ireland"

RTE

"Writings On The Wall"

Time Of Day Productions

"Titanic’s Final Moments"

Rushmore DeNooyer

Kirk Wolfinger

"Mississippi Cold Case"

MSNBC

HONORABLE MENTION: "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story"

Lee B. Groberg

"A Window Opens - Margaret & Sophie In Ethiopia"

90th Parallel Film & Television

Productions Ltd

"Frank Lloyd Wright’s Buffalo"

WNED-TV/PBS

"The Geometry Of Love"

VisionTV

Paul Carvalho

"From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy"

(47 mn general release)

City of Burnaby

Robert Broad

"A Taste of Shakespeare: Othello"

Bullfrog Films

Dug Rotstein

"A Night of Magic, The Lantern Festival in Taiwan"

The Press Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago

Yuan-tung Wang

"Mississippi Roads #2705"

Mississippi Public Broadcasting

"Kiviuq"

John Houston

drumsong communications inc.

"Bloodlines: Famous Last Words"

yap films / Pauline Duffy and Elliott Halpern

Herrie ten Cate

"The Mother Road"

Lauren F. Cardillo

"The Runner"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CBC News: "The National - Return to Shanghai"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Why Do We Marry?"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Land and Sea: Fish Tales"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Back To The Lotus" (CBC News at Six - Saskatchewan)

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Confronting The Past"

Coleen Rajotte

"Encounters With Moses"

90th Parallel Film & Television

Productions Ltd

MENTAL HEALTH

THE SILVER CHRIS: "Not Just A Bad Day: Living With

Bipolar Disorder"

Mars Entertainment

Gillian Hrankowski

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Crystal Fear, Crystal Clear"

Eva Wunderman

"Freefall"

Hand Hammered Films

Pawel Pawelczak

"Put Me Together Again"

yap films / Pauline Duffy and Elliott Halpern

Anna Hall

HONORABLE MENTION: "Where Does Marie Go?"

Societe Radio-Canada Saskatchewan

"Wearing Masks IV: The Spectrum of Intervention and The Challenge of Re-entry"

Rainbow Productions Inc

Dirk Wales

"Talk To Me: teens speak out about sexual violence"

Fanlight Productions

Saun Ellis

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: "Happiness"

CNN

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: "Genius"

CNN

"Born in the Wrong Body"

MSNBC

"Through True Eyes: The Process of Recovery from Eating Disorders"

Atlantic Mediaworks Ltd.

"Anti-drug Files – Rove"

Radio Television Hong Kong

Lai Man Yi

PHYSICAL HEALTH & MEDICINE

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Let Them Eat Cake"

Fanlight Productions

Lisa Kaselak

Paula Zahn Now - "Dana Reeve Hour"

CNN

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Rushing, Crashing, Dying: The Meth Epidemic"

Human Relations Media

Anderson Cooper 360: "Hiding in Plain Sight"

CNN

"Living Better with Chronic Pain"

Health Dialog

Tom Kidder

"Weight Loss Surgery: Is It Right for You?"

Health Dialog

Tom Kidder

HONORABLE MENTION: "Tobacco and Death: Perfect Together"

Human Relations Media

360 Vision - "Give Me Shelter"

VisionTV

American Morning - "Inside Autism Series"

CNN

"Making Connections"

Aquarius Health Care Media

Leslie Kussmann

"Remaking American Medicine - Health Care for the 21st Century"

Crosskeys Media

Frank Christopher, Matthew Eisen, Marc Shaffer

INTERACTIVE ONLINE

THE SILVER CHRIS: "From The Heart: The Freeman Legacy"

City of Burnaby

Ivana Filipovic

BRONZE PLAQUE: www.dc8.us

The Network DC

"Incident Investigation, Analysis and Reporting

Videotel Productions"

Pat Mitchell

HONORABLE MENTION: "Urban Ministries of Durham Resident"

Testimonial PSAs

MindWorks Multimedia

"Beyond the Solar System: Expanding the Universe in the Classroom"

Clive Grainger

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

"Kiviuq"

John Houston, drumsong

communications inc.

RELIGION

THE SILVER CHRIS: CNN Presents: "After Jesus: The First Christians"

CNN

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "360 Vision - "A Call To Prayer"

VisionTV

Sadia Zaman

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Something About Mary Magdalene"

VisionTV International

Harvey Crossland

'Time for Teens #401: James Christensen “Art of Inspiration”'

BYU Broadcasting

HONORABLE MENTION: "5 Seekers"

VisionTV

Allan Novak

"The Lost Tomb Of Jesus"

Associated Producers Ltd.

Simcha Jacobovici

"Rediscovering Catholicism - Becoming the Best Version of Yourself"

National Cathloic Broadcasting Council

Wayne Moss

"Road to Zion"

BYU Broadcasting

#104: “A House Unto Thy Name”

BYU Broadcasting

"Village of Spirits: Lily Dale"

Cooper Rock Pictures Inc.

Jackie Dzuba

"Underground Reality Vietnam The Voice of the Martyrs"

Ramsey Tripp & Jayson Lobozzo

"Inside Opus Dei" - CBC News: Sunday Night

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"The Pratt Brothers: Builders of Zion"

Stuart Heimdal

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

THE SILVER CHRIS:"Black Diamonds: Mountaintop

Removal & The Fight For Coalfield Justice"

Bullfrog Films

Catherine Pancake

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Some New Tricks With DNA"

Jack Micay

"Tigers Attack"

yap films / Pauline Duffy and Elliott Halpern

Roger Finnigan

BRONZEPLAQUE: "The Leading Edge: Innovation in BC

Knowledge Network"

"Reading The Book Of Life"

Jack Micay

"Light At The Edge Of The World"

90th Parallel Film & Television

Productions Ltd

"Water, Water"

4 Square Productions

"Gabon: Eden On The Edge"

National Geographic Television & Film,

Natural History Unit

"Valley Of The Wolves"

National Geographic Television & Film,

Natural History Unit

"Visions of Taiwan’s Mountains"

The Press Division, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago

Chiao Ku

"HOT TYPE: The Heat Is On"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CBC News: "The National - The Big Thirst"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"The Nuclear Option" - CBC News: Sunday

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Heather Loughran and Carole MacNeil – coproducers

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Real Lost World"

Gryphon Productions LTD

"Clash Of The Caimans"

National Geographic Television & Film,

Natural History Unit

"Planet Carnivore: King Bear"

National Geographic Television & Film,

Natural History Unit

"Swim for the River"

Bullfrog Films

Tom Weidlinger

"Sap Sucking Hoppers" (The Secret World of Gardens, Episode 6)

Bullfrog Films

Susan Fleming

"Toxic Bust: Chemicals and Breast Cancer"

Bullfrog Films

Megan Siler

"Titanic’s Final Moments"

Rushmore DeNooyer

Kirk Wolfinger

"the fifth estate: The Denial Machine"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"Land and Sea: Osprey"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"A Winter Day - Lake Mattamuskeet"

The Mattamuskeet Foundation Inc.

Blake Scott

SOCIAL ISSUES

THE SILVER CHRIS: "China Blue"

Bullfrog Films

Micha X. Peled

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "In Search of International Justice"

Bullfrog Films

Judy Jackson

"Rain in a Dry Land"

Bullfrog Films

Anne Makepeace

"SASA! A Film about Women, Violence, and HIV/AIDS"

Chanda Chevannes

BRONZE PLAQUE: "Orange Revolution"

Miriam Zimmerman and Steve York

"The Armenian Genocide"

Two Cats Production

Andrew Goldberg

"No Umbrella: Election Day in the City"

Bullfrog Films

Laura Paglin

"Granny D Goes to Washington"

Bullfrog Films

Alidra Solday

"Arid Lands"

Bullfrog Films

Josh Walleart

"We Feed the World"

Bullfrog Films

Erwin Wagenhofer

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Biologist, The Poet, &

The Funeral Director"

Harvey Edwards

"A Safer Sex Trade"

Cheap and Dirty Productions Inc.

"The Great Health Service Swindle"

(LIFE Series 5, Episode 5)

Bullfrog Films

Kim Hopkins

"Cash Flow Fever" (LIFE Series 5, Episode 10)

Bullfrog Films

James Heer

"Dreaming of Tibet"

Bullfrog Films

Will Parrinello

"Have I Got a Witness"

Benjamin Greene, Corwin Lamm, and Brooke Shuman

"Silences"

Octave Films

"Mississippi Cold Case"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

"9/11 Toxic Legacy"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

STUDENT COMPETITION

SILVER PLAQUE: "The Sunday Man"

Danielle Shamash

BRONZE PLAQUE: "One in 2000"

Ajae Clearway

"The Old Son"

Jong Hwang

"Love You Mum"

David Ockenden

"Cancer Treatment"

Brian Wiebe

"A Kid’s Journey of Grief"

Break-an-Egg Productions

Taylor Leach

HONORABLE MENTION: "Go Barefoot"

Matthew Meindle

"Camp Bean, All Things Woodsey"

Michelle Banta Tessier

"Dr. Docatto’s Reprise!!!"

Algorithm Animation Studios

Benjamin W. Neidenthal

"Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night"

Overbite Pictures, LLC

Travis Irvine

"Truck Night at Yankee Lake"

John Jurko II

"This Is Bright"

Nicole Desender

"The Pratt Brothers: Builders of Zion"

Stuart Heimdal

WAR & PEACE

THE SILVER CHRIS: CNN Presents: "Combat Hospital"

CNN

THE CHRIS STATUETTE: "Homefront"

Ava Karvonen, Franco Dottor

Reel Girls Media

"War Zone Diary"

MSNBC

BRONZE PLAQUE: Anderson Cooper 360: "Dr. Sanjay

Gupta Reports from the Mideast"

CNN

CNN Presents: "In the Footsteps of Bin Laden"

CNN

"For God & Country: A Marine Sniper’s Story"

MSNBC

"The Secret History of 9/11"

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

HONORABLE MENTION: "The Crazy Eights"

90th Parallel Film & Television

Productions Ltd

"Felons in the Military"

CNN

Anderson Cooper 360 – "PTSD"

CNN

it’s the first time the Grierson Trust has given awards in Sheffield. After wading through an impressive number of submissions, the jury finally made their decision.

The winner of The Green Award, a single documentary that has contributed to the climate change debate, is Davis Guggenheim’s "An Inconvenient Truth" the acclaimed environmental doc linked to Al Gore.

The Innovation Award a documentary that exhibits innovation in style or content was awarded to Mark Craig’s "Talk to Me" a quirky documentary about voicemail messages.

The Youth Jury Award, the award recognizes films that are engaging for young audiences and was chosen by a jury of young people aged 16-18 years, chaired by a member of the Grierson Trust. After much deliberation, the jury chose "We Are Together" a moving story about orphans living in South Africa and their passionate for music.

Spokesperson for the youth jury said: 'The films moved and inspired us and taught us something about other young people in parallel cultures to our own. We never imagined that we would be able to empathize and relate so strongly to the young people who appeared in Baghdad High. For these reasons, we would like to recommend the film. However, no film touched us as much or made as great an impact as the winning film "We Are Together."'

Heather Croall, festival director said: ‘The awards have been a tremendous success. The quality of the entries was high, making it a hard job for the jury. The winning films represent innovative methods of production and storytelling and capture the imagination of a youth audience.’

Roger Graef, patron of the Grierson Trust is delighted with the response: 'The festival is an ideal place to celebrate the achievements in documentaries amongst a talented collection of peers. Who have all devoted themselves to using documentaries to inform the world about what’s going on in our immediate horizons. The winners are a strong field of candidates that reflect that concern vividly.'

The 2007 Sheffield Doc/Fest was the most success yet with over 1200 delegates traveling from all over the world to attend the 5-day event.

Heather Croall, festival director said: ‘The international reputation of the Festival has grown immensely over the last 12 months and the increase in delegates confirms this. The opening night film Joy Division went down a storm, we had two simultaneous screenings just to cope with the crowd. Sheffield and the Yorkshire region have grown to recognize what a great event they have on their doorstep. Our hard work over the last 18 months to grow the Cross Platform business opportunities for Yorkshire is paying off.’

As always, Doc/Fest offers established and first time filmmakers the opportunity to win funding and gain expert advice from industry experts.

The winners of the 2007 competitions are:

During the Channel 4 Pitch, six new directors competed in front of a panel of television executives, to win the chance to make a 24-minute film for Channel 4's documentary new talent strand. The winner, Anoop Pandhal will receive a 10-week freelance placement at a production company to make the film, on a budget of £45,000, which includes a £5,000 director's bursary.

For the third year running, Doc/Fest hosted the Sky One Development Prize. Sky One invited production companies to pitch their ideas for a new documentary series or factual entertainment series aimed primarily at adults for the 10pm Sci-Fi slot. Winner Patrick McGradey from Wave Length Films was awarded £5,000 for his idea World Wide Weird, an innovative witty take on the wilder conspiracy theories about the internet.

Filmmaker Daniel Dewsbury won the BBC New Talent competition with his impressive pitch about two aspirant skaters and their rivalry as they compete to be the first British Olympic competitors. He wins a nine-month placement with the BBC.

Current TV the first TV network created by, for and with young adults, ran a competition in which eight lucky individuals got a chance to pitch live to a panel of Current TV executives. The winner was Mateo Willis with a film about multi-religious commune in Northern Italy. He wins £1000 to make his film, along with the promise of additional commissions.

For the first time Doc/Fest, added two Cross Platform competitions to the line up, aimed at finding factual ideas that would work across a range of media platforms.

The Crossover Lab Pitch Competition saw documentary makers and content producers pitch ideas they’d created while on a five-day Doc/Fest creative laboratory earlier in the year. The winners were Diarmid Scrimshaw Warp Films, Anna Higgs, Quark Films and Tim Morgan, Mint Digital, with their idea Museum of Our Futures a television show, website and gallery installation about contemporary human society and how it might be discussed and perceived in the future.

Doc/Fest also teamed up with the National Film Board of Canada to launch the Cross-Media Challenge a co-production competition for innovative, interactive, socially engaged content with applications for mobile and broadband that offered a £5,000 co-production development deal with the NFB. The winner is Virginia Heath, Vita Nova Films & Quba New Media and her idea My Dangerous Loverboy, a groundbreaking web and mobile site that will raise awareness about global sex trafficking and create a community for at-risk young girls and their wider peer group to tell their stories and offer advice.

Both winners of the Cross Platform competitions are from Sheffield.

Directed By: Frédéric Fisbach

Reflet d'Or for the Best Production: "BOLDOG UJ ELET" (HAPPY NEW LIFE)

Directed By: Harpad Bogdan

Titra-Film SA Award: "MENG NA LI SHA" (MONA LISA)

Directed By: Ying Li

Bluewin Audience Award for the Best Film: "MAMAN EST FOLLE"

Directed By: Jean-Pierre Améris

FIPRESCI Award: "FRANZ & POLINA"

Directed By: Mikhaïl Segal

EgliFilm Award: "MUTUM"

Directed By: Sandra Kogut

Reflet d'Or for the Best Collection & Long Drama: "LES PREDATEURS"

Directed By: Lucas Belvaux

Reflet d'Or for the Best Series: "CAPE WRATH"

Directed By: Robert Murphy

Special mention of the Jury: "LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE"

Directed By: Zarqa Nawaz

Tudor Award for the Best Actress' Performance to SOFIA "LEDARP in DEN MAN ÄLSKAR" (TO LOVE SOMEONE)

Directed By: Ake Sandgren

Tudor Award for the Best Actor's Performance and Special Mention of the Jury to ERKAN CAN in "TAKVA"

Directed By: Özer Kiziltan

Cinéma Tout Ecran Young Jury Award: "OUTSIDE LOVE"

Directed By: Daniel Espinosa

Reflet d'Or for the Best Film REGARD D'AUJOURD'HUI: "A MAN'S JOB"

Directed By: Aleksi Salmenperä

TV5MONDE Award for the Best French-speaking Feature Film: "SOUS LES VENTS DE NEPTUNE"

Directed By: Josée Dayan

Reflet d'Or "Cinema Tout Ecran" for the Best Short Film: "SOFT"

Directed By: Simon Ellis

TSR Award for the Best Short Film: "THE WHITE DRESS"

Directed By: Vanessa Gildea

Kodak Award for the Best Swiss Short Film: "LA VALISE"

Directed By: Kaveh Bakthiari

Cinéma Tout Ecran Audience Award for the Best Short Film: "TANGHI ARGENTINI"

Directed By: Guido Thys

The International Jury for Documentary Film awards for Documentary Films and Videos (longer than 45 min):

Golden Dove: "Nu te supara, dar ..." (Don’t Get Me Wrong)

by Adina Pintilie (Romania)

Prize: € 10,000 granted by TELEPOOL to the film

We can recognize ourselves and our lives in the repetitions of these people. In only 8 days the 27-year-old Adina Elena Pintilie found hope in hopelessness.

Silver Dove: "Kinder. Wie die Zeit vergeht" Children. As Time Flies.

by Thomas Heise (Germany)

Prize: € 3,000 partially funded by Corona Films

Twilight, industrial landscape, young boys, bleak future – And Germany.

The International Jury for Documentary Film awards

for Documentary Films and Videos / Short Metrage (to 45 min)

Golden Dove: "Moujarad Raiha" (Merely a Smell )

Directed by: Maher Abi Samra (Lebanon)

Prize: € 5,000 partially funded by Filmverband Sachsen e. V.

Five shots – one dedication – the rest is your imagination.

The International Jury for Documentary Film awards

Honorary Mention to the film: "Doel Leeft" (Doel Is Alive )

Directed by Tom Fassaert (Belgium)

Old people are fighting back and therefore live longer.

Honorary Mention: "Dirty Pictures (Hotel Diaries 7)

Directed by John Smith (UK, Palestine)

A personal way of thinking and filming at the same time.

The German Jury for Documentary Film awards for Documentary Films and Videos:

Zweitausendeins Filmpreis: "Nach der Musik" (A Father’s Music )

Directed by Igor Heitzmann (Germany)

Prize: € 10,000

An intimate portrait about public life and a great documentary film about the secrecy of the private. When

filmmaker Igor Heitzmann realises that he can understand his father, the conductor Otmar Suitner, only through

his art, he explains both: Not only does he open up the complex nature of the classical interpretation of music,

he also relates an almost incredible love story. This masterful montage combines the discrete approach to the likeable protagonists and the carefully selected footage from the archives in a unique filmic composition.

The International Jury for the Young Talent Competition

Talent Dove of the Media Foundation of the Sparkasse Leipzig: "Someone Like You"

Directed by Nanna Frank Møller (Denmark)

Prize: € 10,000 as start-up funding for the next documentary film project

This film portrays the relationship between two sisters at a crucial point of their life. We see dramatic scenes

unfold in front of the camera which reveal their personalities in a touching and poetic way. The director shows a combination of real interest in human psychology together with serious artistic intentions and professional craftsmanship.

The International Jury for the Young Talent Competition awards for an extraordinary documentary film talent

an Honorary Mention to the film: "Ugolnaja Pyl" (Coal Dust)

Directed by: Marija Miro (Russia)

In this film a young director is using expressive images to construct a metaphorical picture that illustrates the life

and destiny of a community facing social and economical problems. The story is being told in a cinematographic

way, with different instruments, from photography to sound design.

Honorary mention to the film: "One Day"

Directed by Ditte Haarløv Johnsen (Denmark)

The film tells the story of an African woman prostituting herself in Europe. The director courageously uses an

original style, with precise close ups, stressing small details of the protagonist’s everyday life, thus revealing the situation she is caught up in.

The International Jury for Animated Films awards for Animated Films and Videos

Golden Dove: "Eletvonal" (Life Line)

Directed by Tomek Ducki (Hungary)

Prize: € 5,000

The breathtaking aesthetics of the images and especially the soundtrack carry us into a world foreign yet close

to us.

Silver Dove: "Kafka Inaka Isha" (Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor)

Directed by Koji Yamamura (Japan)

Prize: € 2,000

The film shows us a new way of using animation and a unique interaction of cinematographic components.

The International Jury for Animated Films awards

Honorary Mention: "Bildfenster I Fensterbilder" (Framing)

Directed by Bert Gottschalk and Rudi Zieglmeier (Germany)

The film succeeds in finding poetry in places, where one might not expect it.

The International Jury for Animated Films awards

Honorary Mention: "Le Pont" (Bridge)

Directed by Vincent Bierrewaerts (France, Belgium)

In this touching and convincingly related story, a child’s curiosity and innocence are confronted with the harsh

world of the adults.

The MDR (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) awards for an excellent Eastern European documentary film

MDR Film Prize along with

to the film: "La Mere" (The Mother )

Directed by Antoine Cattin and Pawel Kostomarow (Switzerland, France, Russia)

Prize: € 3,000

With great intensity and from a close distance we get an insight into the life of a mother with 9 children who live

deep in the Russian countryside. Every-day life is hard and bleak, but still full of energy, zest for life and love. It

is exclusively women who run the daily affairs. Ljuba argues, cries, laughs and executes her protective role

alternately at a breath-taking speed. Camera and montage keep drawing us back into this maelstrom of events and blows of fate. There are images which are going to haunt us for a long time to come, such as the one, when a child drags a sledge through the mud of a cow shed. And still: We are not dismissed with an uneasy feeling, but are hoping and dreaming together with Ljuba and her sprightly family.

The DEFA Foundation awards

the DEFA Sponsoring Prize: "Heinz und Fred" (Heinz and Fred)

Directed by Mario Schneider (Germany)

Prize: € 4,000

"Once upon a time, there used to be a king who lived with his only son in a huge kingdom...," are the words

how the story of Heinz and Fred begins. Their kingdom in Ahlsdorf is a world of work made up of steel and

scrap. Director Mario Schneider combines reality and fiction in a marvellous way. He increases the film’s fairy-tale potential further by choosing a dialect speaker as narrator, by his love of details and colours as well as by the background provided. The subject matter of this documentary film is artistically alienated by the expressive

images which tell a very emotional story about father and son in an otherwise rather rough and strange atmosphere of this region, the Mansfelder Land.

The Jury of the Trade Union ver.di – Department of Media and Arts : "Rain in My Heart "

Directed by Paul Watson (UK)

Prize: € 1,500

"You can’t solve the problems – but you have to show that they exist," are the words of filmmaker Paul Watson.

He was refused access to more than 70 medical facilities when he was working on his film project – just one

opened its doors. This is where he met Wanda, Mark, Tony and Nigel, four people whose lives have been

determined by alcohol. Watson became their confidant during the shooting – and he didn’t let them down.

He accompanied these people with his camera – paying them respect without being voyeuristic –– both in

hopeful situations and when they received devastating body-blows in their fight between life and death. He

manages to keep the right balance between closeness and distance thus reminding us in a pitiless and yet

sensitive way of our fellow-men who live a life on the brink and are forgotten by society. For this he deserves

our gratitude.

The Ecumenical Jury awards

Prize of the Ecomenical Jury: "Kamienna Cisza" (Stone Silence )

Directed by Krzysztof Kopczynski (Poland)

Has Amina, a married woman, been stoned for adultery in an Afghan village? The fascinating pictures of the movie are taking the viewer through a labyrinth of truths and lies, of unspoken words and contradictions, where the village community tries to evade the pressure exerted by the law, religion, tradition and human feelings. In an exciting search for the truth, the film manages to go far beyond the local context and, in a provocative way, puts the old biblical words to the test: “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.”

The FIPRESCI Jury awards

FIPRESCI Prize: "Juizo" (Behave )

Directed by Maria Augusta Ramos (Brazil)

For the brilliant portrayal of the vicious circle of a judicial system expressed through a cinemathographic language, as fresh as it is adequate.

The Youth Jury of the Filmschule Leipzig e. V. awards: "Draußen bleiben" (Run Out )

Directed by Alexander Riedel (Germany)

The film presents a highly explosive subject firsthand on the screen: the life in a home for asylum seekers and

the ongoing fear of being expelled. The film largely owes its high quality especially to the dynamic camera work,

the expressive images and the harmonious interaction between interview and everyday-life scenes. "Draußen

bleiben" lives above all on its young and lively protagonists who present their situation in a convincing manner. The film will therefore reach especially people of the same age who recognize in some scenes events and

incidents that happen in their personal environment. Still, the women-protagonists remain witty, direct, self- confident and enjoy life, despite the poor living conditions. Valentina was particularly fascinating: She made a great step forward in her development during the shooting, from the cheeky little kid in a city ghetto to a young and independent woman. The strong and friendly relationship that flourishes between Alex, the director, and Valentina gives the film its special flair. – The film associates joy and exuberance, but never loses its touching seriousness.

Discovery Channel Audience Prize: "Sportsfreund Lotzsch" (Sportsman Lotzsch )

Directed by Sandra Prechtel and Sascha Hilpert (Germany)

Prize: € 5,000

the mephisto 97,6-Publikumspreises: "Ubornaya Istoriya – Lyubovnaya Istorya" (Lavatory - Lovestory )

Directed by Konstantin Bronzit (Russia)

The 2007 Banff Mountain Film Festival jury included Julie Tait, co-director of England’s Kendal Mountain Film Festival, as well as China-based mountaineering journalist and filmmaker Charlie Buffet, American climber and filmmaker Rob Frost, Canadian film producer Kerrie Long, and Canadian mountaineer, photographer, and filmmaker Pat Morrow.

Grand Prize: "Death on Nanga Parbat" (Tod am Nanga Parbat — Die Messner-Tragödie)

Directed by: Ludwig Ott

Prize Sponsored by Mountain Equipment Co-op ($4000)

“For the Grand Prize, we looked to a film that transcends category,” says jury member Julie Tait. “In giving us fresh insight into a historic event and the cult of hero, Death on Nanga Parbat offers the viewer a depth of experience that underlines the power of the medium. It’s a triumph of substance over style.”

Best Short Mountain Film: "The Western Lands — Hoy"

Directed and Produced by Grant Gee

Prize Sponsored by Mountain Hardwear ($2000)

“The filmmaker creates a rich and beautiful canvas on which this story is told,” says jury member Julie Tait. “This is a sensual film with an experimental treatment, a story of life, love and loss.” “It’s sex mixed up with climbing,” adds jury member Pat Morrow.

Best Film on Mountain Environment: "Badgered"

Directed by Sharon Colman

Prize Sponsored by Patagonia ($2000)

“Director Sharon Colman has given us a refreshing look at the resilience of the natural world in the face of human impact. She’s creatively delivered a serious subject in a light-hearted and humorous way,” says jury member Rob Frost.

Alpine Club of Canada Award for Best Film on Climbing: "King Lines"

Directed and Produced by Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer

Prize Sponsored by the Alpine Club of Canada ($2000)

“He has everything,” says jury member Kerrie Long. “He’s young, talented, beautiful and articulate. And yet, this is a gritty story of persistence and determination — he’s always reaching for the route he might not be able to do.”

Best Feature-length Mountain Film: "Loop"

Directed and Produced by Sjur Paulsen

Prize Sponsored by Camper’s Village ($2000)

“It’s very difficult to deal with the philosophical approach to life in the mountains, and do it visually, not just with words,” says jury member Pat Morrow. “This film does that, with its strong synergy among visuals, narration and dialogue.”

Best Film on Mountain Sports: "20 Seconds of Joy"

Directed by Jens Hoffmann

Prize Sponsored by Big Rock Brewery ($2000)

People’s Choice Award: "20 Seconds of Joy"

Directed by Jens Hoffmann

Prize Sponsored by Ortovox ($2000)

“We get to know the central character over time, and the film combines precipitous physical locations with insight into the deepest recesses of this athlete’s mind,” says jury member Pat Morrow. This film was also voted the favourite of 53 finalists by festival attendees.

Best Film on Mountain Culture: "Nine Winters Old"

Directed by Bill Heath

Prize Sponsored by Petzl ($2000)

“Mountain culture is not just about folkloric traditions,” says jury member Charlie Buffet. “It’s the way people live and dream their mountain experience. There was a sense of surprise, of playful curiosity, that carried me through this film.”

Special Jury Award: "The Beckoning Silence"

Directed and Produced by Louise Osmond

“High quality re-enactment, spectacular production values,” says jury member Charlie Buffet.

Special Jury Award: "Becoming a Woman in Zanskar"

Directed by Jean-Michel Corillion

“Gives voices to two women from a remote and relatively closed culture,” says jury member Kerrie Long. “It moved me to tears.”

Special Jury Award: "Into the Wild"

Directed by Sean Penn

“Rarely does Hollywood treat a delicate story with this level of integrity,” says jury member Rob Frost. “We hope that Penn’s work will lead the way for other Hollywood directors, and develop a taste for truth in their audience.”

People’s Choice Award for Radical Reels: "Trial & Error"

Directed by Bjørn Enga

Prize Sponsored by Fido ($350 plus a selection of prizes)

Voted most radical of the high adrenaline films screened at Radical Reels on Tuesday, October 30.

By: Serge Dumont, Association Ried Bleu [France]

Prize: 5000 €

Silver Prize: “Requins Sous Haute Surveillance”

By: Christian Petron, Yves Lefevre , Cinémarine, Sorciers Productions [France]

Prize: 3000 €

Bronze Prize: “Princes Des Épaves”

By: Jérôme Espla, Poisson-Lune Productions [France]

Prize: 2000 €

Special Jury Prize: “Un Lagon En Héritage”

By: Jacque-Olivier Trompas, Néo Productions [France]

Prix Du Public: “Le Grand Festin”

By: Ralf Kiefner, Peter Spielmann, Andréa Ramalho [Germany]

Albert 1st Monaco Oceanographic Foundation Prize: “Requins Sous Haute Surveillance”

By: Christian Petron, Yves Lefevre , Cinémarine, Sorciers Productions [France]

Prize: 1500 €

Planete Thalassa Prize: “Otaries - Derrière Le Masque Du Clown”

By: De Riberolles François, Saint Thomas Productions [France]

Information & News Prize: “Mari In Paci (Série)”

By: Balducchi Isabelle, Antoni Georges, Ferrer Geneviève, France 3 [France]

Prize For Animal Documentary: “Hyeres Islands”

By: Sebastian Hernandis, Jose-Manuel Herrero [Espagne]

Prize For Historical Documentary: “Les Mémoires De La Mer”

By: Bernard Crutzen, Olivier Fontaine, Myrose Hoareau Prod., Alefa Prod. [France]

Humour Prize: “Débit De Poissons”

By: Jacques Romieu, Jacker Studio [France]

Speciale Mention: “Le Secret Des Déferlantes”

By: Yves Bourgeois, Atom Productions [France]

Gold Prize SMY Ondina Prize: “Les Fenêtres De La Vie”

By: Danny Van Belle [Belgium]

Prize: 2000 € And Cruise For A Value Of Approx. 1680 To 2200 €)

Silver Prize Odyssea Divers Prize: “Secrets De Rivière”

By: Philippe Laforge, Jean-Clauby Micha [Belgium]

Prize: 1500 € and Cruise Value 2300 €

Bronze Prize: “Histoire D'île”

By: Georges Antoni [France]

Prize: 1000 €

Special Jury Prize: “La Mer”

By: Leonardo Sergiani [Italy]

Public Prize: “The Majesty Of Muck”

By: Mark Thorpe [Great Britain]

F.F.C.V. (Fédération Française Of Cinéma And Vidéo) Prize: “Une Seule Pour Tous”

By: Leandro Blanco [Espagne]

Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute Prize: “L'hippocampe - Une Valse Pour La Vie”

By: Elodie Turpin [Canada]

Dimitri Rebikoff Prize: “Klin Wara”

By: John Boyle, Fionn Crow Howieson [Great Britain]

Brigitte Cruickshank Prize: “Les Fenêtres De La Vie”

By: Danny Van Belle [Belgium]

Prize: 750 €

Information & News Prize: “Le Dernier Voyage”

By: Rafael Gonzalez-Olias, Mayte Sanchez-Giron [Espagne]

Prize For Animal Documentary: “Action... Let's Eat!”

By: Alberto Penna [Italy]

Prize For Historical Documentary: “Szent Istvan”

By: Fabio Ruberti, Stefano Marconcini, Iantd Srl [Italy]

Fiction Prize: “Cabaret”

By: Alexander Penkin [Russia]

Humour Prize: “Neptunia”

By: André Laban [France]

Prize For The Unusual: “Insatiable”

By: José Lachat [Suisse]

Prize For The Best Musical Adaptation: “Les Fenêtres De La Vie”

By: Danny Van Belle [Belgium]

Archipelaego Competition

'Architecture Of The Sea Prize' Jacques Rougerie: “Aménagement Du Front De Mer”

By: Guillaume Durand [France]

And “Coral'eye “

By: Fabrice Et Cédric Burel [France]

Prize: 1500 € Given By Nausicaa

Design Prize: “Réhabilitation Du Fort Historique "La Casamar" À Tarfaya (Maroc) (Projet N °4)

By: Lahousseni Tahar Ouedraogo [Burkina-Faso]

Prize: 500 €

The Sea As Imagined By Children Award: “Project N°11”

By: Nastia Denisova [Russia]

Directed By: Paul Davis

Best International Short: "Make a Wish"

Directed By: Cherien Dabis

Best Canadian Feature: "Dead in the Water"

Directed By: Neil Docherty

Best International Feature: "Sounds of Sand"

Directed By: Marion Hänsel

Canadian Eco Hero Award: Sheila Watt-Cloutier

International Eco Hero Award: Robert Redford

Film Industry Eco Hero Award: Caroline Underwood

BETWEEN THE SEAS INTERNATIONAL JURY to award Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film: “Artel”

Director: Sergei Loznitsa (Russia, 2006)

This year the jury also gave a special mention to the film: “It Happened Just Before”

Director: Anja Salomonowitz (Austria, 2006)

The following persons sat on this jury:

Michal Bregant / Czech Republic

Film historian and theoretician, chief editor of the magazine Iluminace, since 2002 dean of Prague FAMU; due to his merit the whole department has shifted in a fundamental way towards a more free curriculum structure and hosting international tutors.

Arnold Dec / Poland

Film critic and organizer of film events, he has finished studies in geography, film studies and media studies, director of the Sanok Film Festival and Summer Film School in Zwierzyniec, since 2006 executive director of the International Documentary Film Festival Crossroads of Europe in Lublin.

Juan Manuel Eujanian / Argentina

A producer schooled at Buenos Aires University. National, Public and State University - a versatile author, graduate student of film studies, author of several television films and short films, worked as cameraman and editor, held seminars of digital editing technologies and film editing in Mexico and Argentina.

Mária Ferenčuhová / Slovakia

Prorector of the University of Fine Arts in Bratislava, film theoretician and editor of the Slovak Film science and the "moving pictures" magazine Kino-Ikon, besides Kino-Ikon she also publishes in the Cinepur revue or the National film archive quarterly Iluminace.

Jean-Philippe Tesse / France

Film critic writing for the French magazine Les Cahiers du Cinéma, dramaturgist of the Nantes Three Continent Film Festival dealing with the contemporary film of African, Asian and Latin American countries.

OPUS BONUM JURY to award BEST WORLD DOCUMENTARY FILM: “731: Two Versions of Hell”

Director: James T. Hong (China, USA, Taiwan, 2006)

Woody Vasulka Award for the best documentary film of 2007, juried by Woody Vasulka / USA

Born in Brno, he studied hydraulic mechanics and metalurgy, subsequently the documentary film department at FAMU, he belongs to the first generation of video technology experimenters, he has lived in the US since 1965, he founded the electronic media theater The Kitchen in New York, currently he works as curator and archivist in the Center for Art and Media Technologies (KZM) in Karlsruhe, Germany.

CZECH JOY JURY to award BEST CZECH DOCUMENTARY FILM: “A Town Called Hermitage”

Directors: Ondřej Provazník, Martin Dušek (Czech Republic, 2007)

The following persons sat on the jury:

Juraj Horváth

Artist and graphic designer of books, head of the illustration and graphics atelier at VŠUP. He was awarded The Most Beautiful Czech Book Award several times and in 2001 he received the Finest Book of the World Award at the Book Fair in Leipzig, Germany. His activities include drawing, graphics, illustration and publishing of children´s books and magazines in a family publishing house Baobab, for seven years he has been the author of the graphic design of the Jihlava festival.

Jan Šikl

Film director and screenwriter, after graduating from the Prague FAMU he has worked in the Short Film Studio since 1984, besides how own documentaries or commission work he also cooperated at the screenplay for the TV series The Criminalist Adventure. In 1991 he founded his own production company Pragafilm. He was awarded the Best Czech Documentary Film Award at the IDFF Jihlava in 2005 (along five five more filmmakers) and 2006.

Drahomíra Vihanová

Chief pedagogue at FAMU, film director, famous especially for her safe film Zabitá neděle, made a whole range of creative documentary films (among others Proměny přítelkyně Evy, Denně předstupuji před tvou tvář) and keeps coming back also to feature films (last time in 2000 with her film Zpráva o putování studentů Petra a Jakuba).

Petr Pirochta

Currently a taxi driver in Jihlava, in the past he worked as a Construction Industry driver in Brno, after 1989 he worked as an assessor of the municipal court in Jihlava and a local manager of the political party Občanské hnutí (Civil Movement), later on he went over to security services; he has been a long-time subscriber of Literární noviny.

AUDIENCE AWARD: “The Tadpole, the Rabbit and the Holy Ghost”

Director: Filip Remunda (Czech Republic, 2007)

CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD CINEMATOGRAPHY

The contribution to world cinematography was personally received in Jihlava by the Brno-born Woody Vasulka.

Born in Brno, he studied hydraulic mechanics and metalurgy, subsequently the documentary film department at FAMU, he belongs to the first generation of video technology experimenters, he has lived in the US since 1965, he founded the electronic media theater The Kitchen in New York, currently he works as curator and archivist in the Center for Art and Media Technologies (KZM) in Karlsruhe, Germany.

THE "RESPEKT" AWARD for the BEST REPORTAGE went to the two-part “Highway” from the ČT Reporters program.

GOLDEN OLIVE goes to the film "Wolverines – hyenas of the north" directed by Oliver Goetzl and produced by GULO FILM PRODUCTIONS (for NDR NATURFILM – STUDIO HAMBURG DOCUMENTARIES), Germany, for the passionate commitment to discover the world never before captured by the camera, and for the intriguing portrait of the wildlife photographer.

SILVER OLIVE goes to the film "Statement 710399", directed by Refik Hodžić and produced by XY FILMS, BiH, sober and moving for the investigation into the crimes of the past. It finds the reason for hope on the both sides of conflict.

BRONZE OLIVE goes to the film "Welcome Europa", directed by Bruno Ulmer and produced by ARTE FRANCE / Son et lumière, France. A poetic exploration of relentless, hopelessness and emasculation experienced by four refugees in Europe which powerfully questions the lack of humanity faced by these vulnerable people.

THE AWARD FOR DIRECTING goes to Nurit Kedar for the film "Wasted" produced by Ruth Diskin Films, Israel. Through a skilful and innovative structure and approach, the director explores the visceral experiences of Israeli soldiers and invites the audience to contemplate the many levels of waste brought about by war and politics.

THE AWARD FOR THE SCREENPLAY goes to Claudio Canepari, Piergiorgio di Cara, Salvo Palazzalo, Clelio Benvento and Francesco la Licata for the film "Checkmate – Provenzano", directed by Claudio Canepari, Claudio Mariano Cirino and Paolo Santolini, and produced by RAI, Italy, because excellent and dynamically structuring of story turns this documentary into suspensful thriller movie.

THE AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY goes to the director of photography Ivo Nörenberg for the film "Wolverines – hyenas of the north", produced by GULO FILM PRODUCTIONS (for NDR NATURFILM – STUDIO HAMBURG DOCUMENTARIES), Germany, with its exceptional cinematography the film invites the audience into the beauty and mystery of Finland's landscape and into the lines of the elusive wolverine.

GRAND PRIX OF THE FESTIVAL

The Grand Prix of the Festival goes to the film "Crime named Katyn", directed by Petra Shelikova and produced by CZECH TV, Czech. An excellently structured film with international signifance to the past, present and future. Trough the words of witnesses, families of victims, historians and even denialists, it exposes the truth of the massacre at Katyn.

THE AWARD FOR THE BEST SELECTION ON THE FESTIVAL

Jury decided that the award for the best selection on the Festival goes to RAI, Italy, because of consistency of quality and innovative ways in dealing with serious topics.

JURY'S DECISIONS IN THE CATEGORY OF ECOLOGY

AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTING

The award for the best director in the category of ecology goes to Villi Hermann for the film "Greina", produced by RTSI Televisione Svizzera / Imagofilm Lugano, Switzerland. Through the story of one cheese maker who wants to continue old ecological cheese-making tradition he in a beautifully cinematic and silence way shows the change in the agricultural system.

THE AWARD FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

The award for the best photography in the category of ecology goes to Damir Bednjanec for the film "Kornati Islands", produced by HRT, Croatia.. Photography vividly captured natural beauties and cultural heritage of this Croatian islands.

AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

The award for the best screenplay goes to Roonak Sonboli for the film "A black night" produced by IRIB, Iran. The script brought dramatic structure to this ecological story and the complicated subject matter was delivered with great clarity.

GOLDEN OLIVE

In the category of ecology Golden Olive goes to the film "A black night", produced byIRIB, Iran and directed by Saeid Nabi. "A black night" is a well structured story of the invasion of alien jellyfish into the Caspian sea over last 5-6 years. With the very effective use of cinema language it illuminates the devastation that jellyfish cause into the livelihood of the fisherman and the scientists effort to find a solution.

JURY'S DECISIONS IN THE CATEGORY OF TV FILM/ TV DRAMA

THE AWARD FOR BEST PHOTOGRAPHY

The award for the best photography in the category of TV Film/ TV Drama goes to Marek Traskowskit for the film "Feast of St Barbara" produced byTVP SA – Film Agency, Poland, for discovering a surprising beauty in the most unexpected surroundings.

THE AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTING

The award for the best director in the category of TV Film/ TV Drama goes to Gianfranco Albano, for the film "The moon's child", produced by RAI Fiction 11 MARZO FILMS, Italy. For the successful transformation of a historical event into a truthful film story, where the director interprets this true story in a warm, human and gripping film with a large ensemble of excellent perfomances.

THE AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY

The award for the best screenplay in the category of TV Film/ TV Drama go to Rupert Henning and Uli Brée for the film "Brothers – on the road to Santiago" produced by DOR FILM PRODUCTION / ORF / ARTE, Austria. The Jury liked how the script integrated personal stories with large social issues and combined it with a light-hearted touch.

THE AWARD FOR THE BEST ACTOR

The award for the best actor in the category of TV Film/ TV Drama goes to Piotr Fronczewski for the film "Conversations with an executioner" produced by TVP SA – Film Agency, Poland, for the detailed depiction of the mind and soul of the totalitarian man for whom the emotions are suspended by rigid ideology.

THE AWARD FOR THE BEST ACTRESS

The award for the best actress in the category of TV Film/ TV Drama goes to Alexandra Kurikova for the film "The God of sadness and joy", produced by Viktor Minsky and Maksim Ykhanov – Film.UA, for the realistic portrayal of woman who is suddenly confronted with unresolved issues from the past, and in that confrontation she must find her true self.

BRONZE OLIVE

In the category of TV Film/ TV Drama Bronze Olive goes to "Nothing is forgotten", directed by Nils Willbrandt, produced by Dagmar Rosenbauer / WDR. The eternal human dilemmas: guilt and forgiveness and consequences of lack of absolution are competently explored in this film.

SILVER OLIVE

In the category of TV Film/ TV Drama Silver Olive goes to film "Before you hit the ground" produced byDramatiska Istitutet, Sweden, directed by Magnus Holmgren. Creatively directed and structured love story. Lucid dream subject has dealed with care, which beautifully adds more layers on this surviving story.

GOLDEN OLIVE

In the category of TV Film/ TV Drama Golden Olive goes to film "The moon's child" produced by RAI Fiction 11 MARZO FILMS, directed by Gianfranco Albano, Italy, for the epic story of a most difficult struggle for the human dignity and freedom.

The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize): "FENGMING A Chinese Memoir"

Directed by: Wang Bing (CHINA)

The Mayor’s Prize: "Encounters"

Directed by: Pierre-Marie Goulet (PORTUGAL, FRANCE)

Runner-up Prizes: "Potosi, the Journey"

Directed by:Ron Havilio (ISRAEL, FRANCE)

"M"

Directed by: Nicolás Prividera (ARGENTINA)

Special Prize: "Tarachime birth/mother"

Directed by: Kawase Naomi (JAPAN)

New Asian Currents Awards were chosen by a jury that included Byun Young-joo and Nakazato Isao

Ogawa Shinsuke Prize: "Bingai"

Directed by: Feng Yan (CHINA)

Awards of Excellence: "The Drown Sea"

Directed by: Yuslam Fikri Anshari (Yufik) (INDONESIA)

"Back Drop Kurdistan"

Directed by: Nomoto Masaru (JAPAN, TURKEY, NEW ZEALAND)

Special Mention: "Somewhere over the Cloud"

Directed by: Hsiao Mei-ling (TAIWAN)

Citizens’ Prize: "Mr. Pilipenko and His Submarine"

Directed by: Jan Hinrik Drevs, René Harder (GERMANY)

"Back Drop Kurdistan"

Directed by: Nomoto Masaru (JAPAN, TURKEY, NEW ZEALAND)

Community Cinema Award: "Bingai"

Directed by: Feng Yan (CHINA )

Docúpolis Award Best Documentary: "Welcome Europe" Directed By: Bruno Ulmer (France)

Prize: 6.000 euros

Special Mention by the Jury of Best Documentary: "The Mother’s House"

Directed By: François Verster (South-Africa)

Best First Documentary Award ex aequo:" Encounter Point "

Directed By: Julia Bacha and Ronit Avni (USA)

and "A verdade do gato" (The truth of the cat)

Directed By: Jeremy Hammers (Belgium)

Best Short Documentary Award Gran Angular: "ShantyGARDENtown"

Directed By: Cagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti (France)

OFF DOCÚPOLIS Award: "Roaming Around"

Directed By: Brigitte Maria Bertele (Germany)

Honorific Prices :

Best Documentary Concerning Human Rights: "A Walk to Beautiful"

Directed By: Mary Olive Smith (USA)

Best Latin-American Documentary: "Descaminhos" (Dead End)

Directed By: Marilia Rocha, Luis Felipe Fernández, Alexandre Baxter, Joao Flores, Maria de Fátima Augusto, Leandro HBL, Armando Mendz and Cristiano Abud (Brazil).

Best Experimental Documentary Award Tercer Ojo: "A Ilha da boa vida"

Directed By: Merces Tomaz Gomez (Portugal)

Audience Award: "Djiarama"

Directed By: Chus Barrera and Alícia Fernández Carmena

Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET

Granada International, BBC, ZDF

Children's (Sponsored by Lunchbox Lessons): "Extreme Animals: Sports Stars"

BBC-Natural History Unit

Best Achievement in Sound (Sponsored by Dolby Laboratories): "Raptor Force"

NATURE/Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

Sound Design: Geof Thurber and Raul Rosa

Rerecording Engineer: Greg McCleary

Sound Editor: Jim Ohm

Earth Sciences (Sponsored by Marco Polo Films): "Crude"

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

New Media (Sponsored by Footage Bank HD): "Our Oceans, Ourselves"

American Museum of Natural History

Podcast and Website

Limited Series (Sponsored by Conservation International): "Nature Tech"

MR-Film Production for ORF, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

CGI/Animation (Sponsored by Nature/WNET): "Ocean Odyssey: Secrets of the Deep"

Impossible Pictures, BBC, Discovery Channel

Visual Effects Producers: Lorna Paterson and Joanna Nodwell

Lead Animators: Adam Burnett, Richard Smith, Nigel Rafter, Angela King, Peter Clayton, and Theo Facey

Newcomer (Sponsored by Discovery Channel): "Wolverines - Hyenas of the North"

Oliver Goetzl

Studio Hamburg Pruduktion GmbH/NDR Naturfilm, Parthenon Entertainment

Nonbroadcast (Sponsored by Save Our Seas Foundation): "How to Save the World"

Cloud South Films

Cinematography (Sponsored by Film/Video Equipment Service Company): "Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole"

BBC-Natural History Unit, The Discovery Channel, JVP, NHK, BBC-Worldwide

Cinematography by the Planet Earth Camera Team

People and Animals (Sponsored by National Geographic): "Saving Luna"

Mountainside Films

Original Musical Score (Sponsored by Sony Electronics): "Christmas in Yellowstone"

NATURE/Thirteen/WNET

Composed by Lenny Williams

Short (Sponsored by National Geographic): "Showdown at Elk Town"

BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide

Theatrical (Sponsored by Sony Electronics): "Deep Sea 3D"

Howard Hall Productions

Editing (Sponsored by Apple): "Paranormal Pigeons"

Icon Films, Animal Planet, Channel Five

Edited by Matt Meech

Environmental (Sponsored by Environmental Defense): "Crime Scene Wild: Sharks"

Cicada Films, Animal Planet International

Writing (Sponsored by Animal Planet): "The Queen of Trees"

Thirteen/WNET

Granada International, BBC, ZDF

Written by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone

Presenter Led (Sponsored by Amphibico): "True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider Hunter"

Granada Wild, Thirteen/WNET

Presented by Martin Nicholas

Interactive (Sponsored by Apple): "Water's Journey: Everglades"

Design by Jade Carter

Internet Video by Jack Penland

Special Jury Award: "In the Valley of the Wolves"

Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

Bob Landis

Special Jury Recognition Award: "Crude"

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Grand Teton Award (Sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast): "Galapagos: Born of Fire"

BBC-Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide

Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Sylvia Earle

Legacy Award: Roy Disney

Short Documentary: "A Summer Not to Forget"

Director: Carol Mansour

Special Mention: "Wittenoom"

Director: Caro MacDonald

Medium Documentary: "Please Vote for Me"

Director: Weijun Chen

Special Mention: "My Daughter the Terrorist"

Director: Beate Arnestad

Feature Documentary: "Knee Deep"

Director: Michael Chandler

Special Mention: "Terra Incognita"

Director: Maria Finitzo

New Zealand Competition

Short Documentary: "In the Night Kitchen"

Director: Simon Burgin

Medium Documentary: "Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story"

Director: Julian Shaw

Feature Documentary: "The Nuclear Comeback"

Director: Justin Pemberton

Best Educational Documentary: "Please Vote for Me"

Director: Weijun Chen

Directed By: Tomasz Wolski (Poland 2006)

The City of Neubrandenburg Award: "Under Construction" by Zhenchen Liu (France 2007)

Award of the Mecklenburgische Versicherungsgruppe: "Over the Hill"

Directed By: Sunny Bergmann (Netherlands 2007)

Lobende Erwähnung: "First Elections"

Directed By: Sarah Vanagt (Belgium 2006)

Findlings-Preis des Landesverbandes Filmkommunikation Mecklenburg- Vorpommern:"Over the Hill"

Directed By: Sunny Bergmann (Netherlands 2007)

Preis der Studentenjury der Hochschule Neubrandenburg: "Vali Asr– Juli 2006"

Directed By: Norman Richter (Germany/Iran 2007)

Preis der Studentenjury der Universität Stettin: "Afghan Muscles"

Directed By: Anders M. Dalsgaard (Dänemark 2006)

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and integral member of the Festival Board.

A leading television and film production company specializing in a wide variety of entertainment and educational based content in the ever-growing field of High-Definition programming, Arête Media Group works closely with the world’'s foremost cultural institutions & corporations. Based between New York City, Washington, D.C., and Jackson Hole, the Arête Media Group possesses strong relationships with a variety of distribution companies in the domestic and international markets. A digital content development leader, Arête Media Group develops and produces multi-platform new media and educational programming in the following:

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* DVD + Home Video and On-Demand and HD Home Video

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* Streaming Media and Web Based Initiatives

*Publishing and Merchandising

"We are delighted to have Arête step into this crucial role,"” says Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival Executive Director, Lisa Samford. “The company brings tremendous experience and insight to the board, and we have wanted a strong independent production company to join the world-class lineup of broadcasting commissioners and manufacturers that comprise our Board of Directors.”

Her enthusiasm is matched by Arête Media Group Principal, Jason Winkler, “"We are thrilled to be a part of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, as so many like-minded people from all walks of film-making and production are brought together in an amazing environment. With our core competencies and unique relationships based in cultural and edu-tainment projects, we could not become involved with a more appropriate event and we hope to be involved with the festival for many years to come.”"

Below is the complete list of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival’s Board of Directors:

• American Geological Institute

Animal Planet

Arête Media Group

BBC Natural History Unit

Discovery Channel

Fujinon Inc.

Granada Wild

Lobo Media Productions

Lunchbox Enterprises

National Geographic Television & Film

Nature/WNET

NHK Japanese Broadcasting

NHNZ, Ltd.

Panasonic Broadcast

Sierra Club Productions

Sony Electronics

The Turner Foundation

UNIVERSUM/ORF Natural History Unit

Directed by: Mohammad Rasoulof (Iran)

Special Mention: “Franz + Polina”

Directed by: Mikhail Segal (Russia)

and “NimmerMeer”

Directed by: Toke Constantin Hebbeln (Germany and Denmark)

Short Film Prize: “Security”

Directed by: Lars Henning (Germany)

Video Prize: “Rendez-vous dans l’inachevé”

Directed by: Richard Jutras (Canada)

TV Prize: “Anderman”

Directed by: Jaap van Heusden (Netherlands)

Special Mention

“Sasa”

Directed by: Romas Lileikis (Lithuania)

“Mistrz”

Directed by: Darius Kuciewicz (Poland)

Multimedia Prize: Vlog “The call Of The Dead”

Directed by: Dane Watkins (USA)

www.eatmydata.co.uk/TheCallOfTheDead/14.htm

Animation Prize: “Oblomov’s cat”

Directed by: Hans Richter (Netherlands)

Special Mention

“Weiss”

Directed by: Florian Grolig (Germany)

Prémio Interpretação (ex-aequo) / Best Actor/Actress Prize (ex-aequo)

Svetlana Ivanova and Adrian Topor in “Franz + Polina”,

Directed by: Mikhail Segal (Russia)

Best Screenplay Prize

Mohammad Rasoulof in “Iron Island” (Iran)

Cinematography Prize: Maxim Trapo in “Franz + Polina”

Directed by: Mikhail Segal (Russia)

Avanca Competition Prize: “Logo hoje”

Directed by: José Pedro Magano

Special Mention: “Cães Marinheiros”

Directed by: Joana Toste

“Grandes Esperanças”

Directed by: Miguel Marques

Director: Alexander Petrov (Russia)

Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best full length documentary film: “MY DAUGHTER THE TERRORIST”

Director: Beate Arnestad (Norway)

Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best short documentary film: “SARAFAN”

Director: Alexandra Strelyanaya (Russia)

Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best debut to: “THREE FOR TAKING”

Director: Bartek Konopka (Poland)

Prize “Centaur” and 2000 USD for the best short fiction film: “SOFT”

Director: Simon Ellis (UK)

Diplomas awarded to: “THE CEMETERY CLUB”

Director: Tali Shemesh (Israel)

LAVATORY - LOVESTORY

Director: Konstantin Bronzit (Russia)

“CHRIS”

Directors: Jan Gassmann, Christian Ziörjen (Switzerland)

4 ELEMENTS

Director: Jiska Rickels (The Netherlands)

MAGIC PARIS

Director: Alice Winocour (France)

Directed by: Richard Ladkani and Kief Davidson

The Best Film of the XX Pärnu IDA Film Festival - GRAND PRIX - “BEFORE FLYING BACK TO EARTH”

Directed by: Arunas Matelis (Lithuania)

Grand Prix: “Cäne”

Directed by: Andy Guerif

Georges De Beauregard National Prize

“Nawna (Je Ne Sais Pas…)

Directed by: Nazim Djemaa

Special Mention Decerned To: “France 2007”

Directed by: Gee-Jung Jun

First Film And Sound Prize for First Film Prize: “Huling Balyan Ng Buhi : O Ang Sinalirap Nga Asoy Nila”

Directed by: Sherad Anthony Sanchez

Special Mention Decerned To “1.Orakel (Orakel Von Prohlis)”

Directed by: Andråas Fohr

Sound Prize: “1937”

Directed by: Nora Martirosyan

Special Mention Decerned To “Le Goåt Des Olives”

Directed by: Anne Lacour

Public Libraries Prize: “The Halfmoon Files”

Directed by: Philip Scheffner

GNCR Prize (Groupement National Des Cinämas De Recherche): “Hic Rosa, Partition Botanique”

Directed by: Anne-Marie Faux

Marseille Esperance Prize: “Mostrame”

Directed by: Anneleen Hermans

2007 competition. Over twenty Judges representing the Festival’s Board of Directors chose from 400 films entered into some 700 categories, an approximate 25% increase in submissions. Final judging will take place immediately prior to the Festival and will be announced at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner Thursday, October 4th. All films entered into competition are eligible for the (Best of Festival) Grand Teton Award sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast.

Best Animal Behavior Program:

“Buddha, Bees, and the Giant Hornet Queen”

BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide

“Nature: In the Valley of the Wolves”

Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

“The Queen of Trees”

Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET, Granada International, BBC, ZDF

Best Children's Program:

Sponsored by Lunchbox Lessons

“A Year on Earth”

Bahati Productions, Discovery Kids, Animal Planet

“Extreme Animals: Sports Stars”

BBC-Natural History Unit

“Loose at the Zoo: Golden Lion Tamarins”

Smithsonian Networks

Best Earth Sciences Program:

Sponsored by Marco Polo Films

“Crude”

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“Faces of Earth: Building the Planet”

The Science Channel, American Geological Institute

“Galapagos: Born of Fire”

BBC-Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide

Best Environmental Program:

“Climate Chaos Season, Episode 2: Can We Save Planet Earth? “

BBC-Natural History Unit / Science, Discovery Channel and Open University

“Crime Scene Wild, Episode 4: Sharks “

Cicada Films, Animal Planet International

“The Curse of Copper”

True Nature Films

Best Limited Series:

“Climate Chaos Season”

BBC-Natural History Unit / Science, Discovery Channel and Open University

“Nature Tech”

MR-Film Production for ORF, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

“Planet Earth”

BBC-Natural History Unit, JVP, NHK, Discovery, BBC Worldwide

Marion Zunz Newcomer Award:

“Fish and Cow”

Rick Smith

“Longfin”

Lindsey Davidson/Melissa Salpietra

“Wolverines: Hyenas of the North”

Oliver Goetzl

Studio Hamburg Pruduktion GmbH/NDR Naturfilm, Parthenon Entertainment

Best Nonbroadcast Program:

“Discover Hetch Hetchy”

Backcountry Pictures, Environmental Defense

“How to Save the World”

Cloud South Films

“Ribbon of Sand”

Harpers Ferry Center

Best People & Animals Program:

Sponsored by National Geographic

“Jaglavak, Prince of Insects”

ZED, Equator TV, France 3

“Red Velvet”

Compass Films

“Saving Luna”

Mountainside Films

Best Presenter-led Program:

“Bird Quest with Vern and Bob”

Shribes Productions

“Life in the Undergrowth: Invasion of the Land”

BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide

“True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider Hunter”

Granada Wild, Thirteen/WNET

Best Short Program:

“Safari”

Catherine Chalmers

“Saving Grace: Episodes 2, 3, 4”

Halcyon Media, Animal Planet International

“Showdown at Elk Town”

BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide

Best Theatrical Program:

Sponsored by Sony Electronics

“The Alps”

MacGillivray Freeman Films

“Deep Sea”

Howard Hall Productions

“Ocean Voyagers”

Feodor Pitcairn Productions, Off the Fence

Best Use of New Media:

Sponsored by Footage Bank HD

“Ecogeeks”

Science Video Podcast and Website

“The Wild Classroom”

“Science Bulletins: Our Oceans, Ourselves”

Podcast and Website:

American Museum of Natural History

“TERRA: The Nature of our World”

Video Podcast and Website

Montana State University

CRAFT CATEGORIES

Best CGI/Animation:

“In the Womb: Animals”

Pioneer Productions, Fox TV Studios, National Geographic

“Prehistoric Park, Episode 1: T-Rex”

Impossible Pictures, ITV, ProSieben, M6, Animal Planet

“Secrets of the Deep”

BBC, Discovery Channel

Best Cinematography:

Sponsored by Film and Video Equipment Service Company

“Galapagos: Born of Fire”

Cinematography: Paul Stewart, Barrie Britton, Richard Wollocombe; Additional Photography: Richard Burton, Peter Scoones

BBC-Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide

“The Meadow”

Cinematography: Jan Haft, Robert Morgenstern, Markus Rüth, Kay Ziesenhenne

Studio Hamburg Produktion GmbH/NDR Naturfilm, Parthenon Entertainment, ORF Universum, Arte

“Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole”

Cinematography: Doug Allan, Barrie Britton, Richard Burton, Simon Carroll, Rod Clarke, Martyn Colbeck, Wade Fairley, Ted Giffords, Mike Holding, Michael Kelem, Simon King, Toshihiro Muta, Tim Shepherd, Andrew Shillabeer, Peter Scoones, Warwick Sloss, Paul Stewart, Gavin Thurston

BBC-Natural History Unit, The Discovery Channel, JVP, NHK, BBC-Worldwide

Best Editing:

“Nature: Chimpanzees - An Unnatural History”

Editors: Cob Carlson, Allison Argo

Argo Films and Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Channels International, Granada International

“The Nature of Mothers”

Editor: Florent Mangeot

Saint Thomas Productions

“Paranormal Pigeons”

Editor: Matt Meech

Icon Films, Animal Planet, Channel Five

Best Interactive Presentation:

“Discover Hetch Hetchy”

www.backcountrypictures.com

“Seafood Watch Training Program”

www.seafoodwatch.org

“Water's Journey”

www.theevergladesstory.org

Best Original Music Score:

“Equator: Challenge of Change”

Composer: Trevor Coleman

NHK, NHNZ

“Meerkat Manor: Cold Comfort”

Composer: Brollyman Productions

Oxford Scientific Films, Animal Planet International

“Nature: Christmas in Yellowstone”

Composer: Lenny Williams

Thirteen/WNET

Best Writing:

“Crude”

Writer: Richard Smith

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

“Eye of the Leopard”

Writer: Dereck Joubert

Wildlife Films Botswana, National Geographic Channel

“The Queen of Trees”

Writers: Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone

Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, NATURE - Thirteen/WNET, Granada International, BBC, ZDF

Best Achievement in Sound:

Sponsored by Dolby Laboratories

“NATURE: Raptor Force”

Sound: Wayne Bell, Barry Heywood, Keith Highley, Robert Neely

Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

“The Queen of Trees”

Sound: Lucy Bateman, Etienne Oliff

Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET, Granada International, BBC, ZDF

“NATURE: In the Valley of the Wolves”

Sound: Bob Landis

Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

Biannually for the last sixteen years, broadcasters, filmmakers, and other industry professionals have joined leading scientists, journalists, and conservationists in Grand Teton National Park for the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. For one remarkable week, this eclectic collection of talented artists gathers from around the world to hone their skills, explore emerging media technologies and market opportunities, network and exchange ideas, and honor notable achievements within the industry. Recognized as premier in its genre, the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival is an unparalleled industry gathering. Over 650 international delegates participate in an exceptional slate of leading-edge equipment presentations, seminars and state-of-the-art screenings. JHWFF film competition honors the finest examples of natural history filmmaking.

The audience in the Caligari FilmBühne in Wiesbaden has chosen FAIR TRADE as winner of the 14th German Short Film Competition of exground filmfest. On behalf of director Michael Dreher, Saskia Hanser-Strecker took the prize money of EUR 3,000 from Rita Thies, Head of Cultural Department of the State Capital Wies-baden. WIGALD by Timon Modersohn came in second place – and was awarded with a prize money of EUR 2,000 sponsored by ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. The prize money of EUR 1,000 for the third place went to Christine Lang for her short movie DIE BABYSITTERIN.

In the course of the Award Ceremony for the German Short Film Competition, exground filmfest announced the winners of further competitions of the festival: British director Gemma Burditt won the International ON-VIDEO Competition with her short movie NIGHT SHIFT. The prize money of EUR 1,500 is also donated by the Cultural Department of the State Capital Wiesbaden. Furthermore the international jury gave a special mention to Bogdan George Apetri from Romania for his short film A VERY SMALL TRILOGY OF LONELI-NESS. The short documentary BENIDORM by Carolin Schmitz took the audience award for the best film within the "Wiesbaden Special – Short Film Competition". Film journalist Gerd Klee from exground filmfest’s media partner "Wiesbadener Kurier" handed over the cheque with the prize money of EUR 500 sponsored by Wiesbaden’s most important local newspaper.

Last Saturday a youth jury from Wiesbaden published the winner of the "youth days – International Youth Film Competition": director Florian Gaag got the prize money of EUR 2,500 for his feature film debut WHOLETRAIN, sponsored by the Cultural Department of the State Capital Wiesbaden as well. This award ceremony took place within the second Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition. This audience award went to Maria Bidian, Caroline Löw and Fiona Heib for their short film SCHUH WIE DU. Last, but not least Daniel Meinl won the "Golden exground Cucumber": last Wednesday, the exground jury gave him the highest vote and thus the prize money of EUR 50 and the trophy for his moving amateur movie FEELIN’ SAD.

“DANCE FOR ALL”

ZDF/ARTE, Germany

Coproducers/ Koproducenti: InsideOutFilm

CZECH TELEVISION PRIZE:

“THE FIGHT OF CARNIVAL AGAINST LENT”

TVP SA, Poland

Koproducenti/Coproducers

CZECH CRYSTAL:

Category 1: Music or dance programmes made for television

“CAR”

Nederlandse Programma Stichting (NPS), Netherlands

Koproducenti/Coproducers:

CZECH CRYSTAL:

Category 2: Documentary programmes dedicated to music and dance

“THE PATHÉTIQUE”

13 Production, France

Koproducenti/Coproducers: Arte France

CZECH CRYSTAL:

Category 3: Musical drama /Opera, operetta, musical, dance, ballet, etc./

“LE NOZZE DI FIGARO”

ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk,Austria

Koproducenti /Coproducers: ORF/UNITEL Classica in Cooperation, BF Moving Images BR, Salzburger

Festspiele

Grand Prix GOLDEN PRAGUE:

“THE ART OF ENCOUNTERS”

Poorhouse International Ltd., UK

Koproducenti /Coproducers: Senso Films, ARTE France, Compagnie Montalvo

SILVERDOCS is the first carbon-neutral documentary festival in North America through a partnership with Clean Currents, LLC, a DC-area sustainably operated clean energy business that is donating carbon offsets.

More info: Cleancurrents.com

Merchandise

At the AFI Silver concessions you can purchase sustainable SILVERDOCS t-shirts from TS Designs and the J.Sac, a bag made from partially recycled plastic bottles, provided by Living Changes: www.living-changes.com.

Publications

SILVERDOCS publications are printed by Harris Lithographics Inc., the first forest stewardship council (FSC)–certified printer in the US. The FSC promotes responsible forest management globally by certifying forest products that meet the most rigorous standards in the world.

Recycling

Please be sure to use the recycling bins found in all Festival venues, including the Cinema Lounge. SILVERDOCS will also be recycling other items such as batteries and CDs/DVDs at the lounge— see SILVERDOCS.com for details.

Online

This year, SILVERDOCS launched new website with a "low-watt web color palette" in order to reduce energy consumption when displayed by computer monitors.

Green Docs

ARCTIC TALE

BIG RIG

4 ELEMENTS

GARBAGE WARRIOR

HOW TO COOK YOUR LIFE

IN THE SHADOW OF

THE MOON

NEW HOME MOVIES FROM THE LOWER NINTH WARD

OFF THE GRID: LIFE ON THE MESA

SUPER AMIGOS

THE PRICE OF SUGAR

At the Conference

PROJECT GREENCODE: RISING TO THE CHALLENGE OF ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTION

Directed by: Weijun Chen

Special Jury mention: “ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS”

Directed by: Eva Mulvad

Sterling Award Best Short: “LOT 63, GRAVE C”

Directed by: Sam Green

Honorable Mention: “I WANT TO BE A PILOT”

Directed by: Diego Quemada-Díez

Music Documentary Award: “NOMADAK TX”

Directed by: Raúl De la Fuente

The Cinematic Vision Feature Award: “KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON” Directed by: AJ Schnack

The Cinematic Vision Short Award: “MY EYES”

Directed by: Erlend Mo

The WITNESS Award: “THE DEVIL CAME ON HORSEBACK”

Directed By: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg

Witness Award Honorable Mention: “THE PRICE OF SUGAR”

Directed By: Bill Haney

SILVERDOCS/American Film Market Award: “BIG RIG”

Directed By: Doug Pray

Beyond Belief Award: “AUDIENCE OF ONE”

Directed By: Michael Jacobs

Feature Audience Award: “SOUVENIRS”

Directed By: Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat

Short Audience Award: “A SON’S SACRIFICE”

Directed By: Yoni Brook

ACE Grant winner: “THE CONCRETE JUNGLE”

Directed By: Rachel Buchanan and Don Bernier

Documentary Category

Jury's Grand Prix for Documentary:

"Circus School," Shanghai Media Group, China

Juries' Word:

This is a story about competition and struggle. Through the daily lives of those young acrobatic performers, we sense the subtle human experience, which reflects today’s frenetic pace.

Social Documentary Golden Award:

"9 Star Hotel," Eden Production, Israel

Juries' Word:

Filmed under extremely difficult condition, this story is about the mutual support of care amongst the migrant workers in Israel. Facing unknown futures of the country and themselves, the struggle goes on.

Social Documentary Silver Award:

"Paper Cannot Wrap up Embers," CDP/INA, France

Juries' Word:

An intimate portrait of the prostitution world in Cambodia. The film not only addresses the harsh living under the poverty, but also brings out the beauty of small hope.

History & Biography Documentary Golden Award:

"Goering-a Career," History Media GmbH, Germany

Juries' Word:

A powerful examination of an evil man at the center of history’s most evil regime. Objectively, superbly paced, revelatory and sobering.

History & Biography Documentary Silver Award:

"Jungle Rudy, the Chronicle of a Family," Submarine, Netherlands

Juries' Word:

This is a beautifully made film about the western attitude to “grown adult”. Jungle Rudy struggles to break free from his up bring.

Nature Documentary Golden Award:

"Jaglavak, Prince of Insects," ZED, France

Juries' Word:

This is a fable about human and nature, providing a new prospective of interpreting the relations between them. Through symbolic film language, the film expresses a sense of admiration, respect and fear towards nature.

Nature Documentary Silver Award:

"From Pole to Pole," BBC, UK

Juries' Word:

Under the sun, there are enormous rare spectacles. Through the director’s special viewpoint and advanced modern technology, the film brings us into a unique and wonderful natural world.

Asian Documentary Golden Award:

"Bridge Over the Wadi," Heymann Brothers Film, Israel

Juries' Word:

A fresh, insightful glimpse into a seemingly intractable situation. The agonizing dilemma of the adults in visited upon their children, whose honesty and generosity serves only to highlight the dilemma.

Asian Documentary Silver Award:

"Butterflies," Shanghai Media Group, China

Juries' Word:

A light and smileful approach of a very serious topic: the characters struggle to find a life for themselves amidst the social pressure to conform to society when moving from the country to the large cities.

TV Film Category

TV Film Golden Award:

"March of Millions," Team Worx Television & Film GmbH, Germany

Juries' Word:

Portrayed in a majestic sight, integrated with clear details and colorful characters, this film expresses a good will for kindness and a strong power of justice.

TV Film Silver Award:

"Giovanni Falcone the Judge," RAI, Italy

Juries' Word:

Adapted from a real story and directed in a unique perspective, this film vividly displays the role of a brave and considerate judge, who is unforgettable in the audience's minds.

Jury's Grand Prix for TV Film:

"After Thomas," Hartswood Films, UK

Juries' Word:

Though filmed with a low budget, the film shows great sympathy for the disabled and disadvantaged in the society. Through the excellent directing, plot-arranging and performance, it touches our heart with penetrating charm.

Best Director (TV Film):

Gianfranco Albano, ("The Moon's Child"), RAI, Italy

Juries' Word:

This film has powerfully balanced the usage of scenes, the arrangement of characters and the pace of narration, which contributes to make it more touching and encouraging.

Best Screenplay (TV Film):

Yan Fei, ("Toy Train"), CCTV Movie Channel, China

Juries' Word:

Set in the beautiful countyside, the screen writer successfully combines the characters with surrounding sceneries, which highlights the theme of this film.

Best Actor (TV Film):

Adrian Topol, ("Franz + Polina"), Ugra Film Company, Russia

Juries' Word:

The character of the hero in this film presents the director’s brand new viewpoint towards wars. In the film, Adrian orderly plays his role in a refined way.

Best Actress (TV Film):

Vanessa Redgrave ("The Shellseekers"), Tele-Munchen, Germany

Juries' Word:

A dying lady reminisces about her past life, where she reflects on her children, her life, her sufferings and happiness. Vanessa Redgrave successfully plays her role in the film, which is well paced and deeply sobering.

TV Series Category

Jury's Award for TV Series:

"Living," Beijing Horizon Culture Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

Based on the novel To Live, this series deeply penetrate the spirit of the original novel. It brings lasting sense of moving to the audience and reflects the toughness of life by way of humor.

Best Director (TV Series):

Yan Po ("New Age of Marriage"), China Tiger Movie & TV Factory Co., Ltd and China Television Media, Ltd., China

Juries' Word:

As the director's first production, Yan Po brings us a touching story about the marriage between the people from the countryside and the city, in which all the characters are vivid and their life is poetic.

Best Screenplay (TV Series):

Mai Jia & Yang Jian ("Plot Against"), Beijing Oriental Alliance Film and TV Culture Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

Escaped from conventional narration, the structures and plots in this TV series are well measured and arranged, in which the fates of legendary people are laid freely and unrestrainedly.

Best Actor (TV Series):

Sun Honglei ("Remarriage of a Police Woman"), Nanjin Zijin Mount Audio-Visual Industry Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

Via his extraordinary performance and charm, Sun Honglei superbly plays the role of a unique and vivid man in daily life both externally and internally.

Best Actress (TV Series):

Rene Liu ("New Age of Marriage"), China Tiger Movie & TV Factory Co., Ltd and China Television Media, Ltd., China

Juries' Word:

Although it is difficult for a Taiwan actress to express the marriage life of a Beijing girl, Rene Liu successfully plays the role of Du Xiaoxi and presents her personalities and emotions vividly and smoothly.

Animation Category

Foreign Animation Golden Award:

"The Danish Poet," MIKROFILM, Norway

Juries' Word:

This film tells a warm, romantic and poetic Northern European love story through the use of a very pure and elegant animation technique.

Foreign Animation Silver Award:

"Emilia-Romagna Discovering the Civilization of Ideas," Nouvelle, Italy

Juries' Word:

A clear combination of imagination and amazing artistic execution. The film exhibits to us a wide range of fantastic cultures and historical inspirations.

Animation Golden Award (China):

"Shaolin Wuzang," Shanghai Fantasia Animation Co., Ltd., China

Juries' Word:

An animated film that showcases high-quality animation and cultural characteristics. The film also reflects the unique creativity and strong animation ability of the film makers.

Animation Silver Award (China):

"The Dais," Shanghai Video Production Co., Ltd, China

Juries' Word:

This show is simple and yet trendy and funny. It is very refreshing to see a show with all these qualities.

Best Animation Creation (China):

"Happy Host," CCTV, China

Juries' Word:

A seamless marriage of Chinese crosstalk and animation. The film creates a unique visual experience and explores new techniques of animation that is very charming.

Best Animation Character (China):

"Saving Mother," Shanghai Animation Film Studio, China

Juries' Word:

Chen Xiang, a very well-known animated character, is still remembered by a lot of people after his first appearance twenty years ago. This proves that he is a good design and also becomes a very special character through animation.

Directed by: Spike Lee

International Jury awarded three Special Jury Prizes:

“You Are My Destiny"

Produced By: Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation

Broadcaster: MBC

Production Countries: South Korea

“37 Uses For Dead Sheep”

Produced By: Tigerlily Films

Broadcaster: Doc Channel

Production Countries: UK

“Hercules Ventures Into the World”

Produced By: TVP SA - Channel 2

Broadcaster: TVP2

Production Countries: Poland

Category: Animation Programs

In partnership with FatKat

“The Wrong Trainers”

Produced By: BBC, UK

Category: Arts Documentaries

In partnership with The Banff Centre

“Knowledge is the Beginning”

Produced By: EuroArts Music International in association with ZDF, Germany

Category: Children's Programs

In partnership with Shaw Rocket Fund

“Jackanory: The Magician of Samarkand”

Produced By: BBC in association with BBC Worldwide, UK

Category: Comedy

In partnership with Just for Laughs

“The Vicar of Dibley: The Handsome Stranger”

Produced By: Tiger Aspect Productions, UK

Category: Continuing Series

In partnership with the Independent Production Fund

“Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: Pilot”

Produced By: Shoe Money Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, USA

Category: Family & Youth Programs

In partnership in Astral Media

“Heartlines: The Good Provider”

Produced By: Curious Pictures, South Africa

Category: Feature Length Documentaries

In partnership with Deluxe Toronto Ltd.

“Welcome Europa”

Produced By: Son et Lumière in association with ARTE France, France

Category: History & Biography Programs

In partnership with Rogers Communications Inc.

“Battle of Chernobyl”

Produced By: Discovery Networks International in association with France 3 and Play Film, USA

Category: Information & Current Affair Programs

In partnership with Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co.

“die story: It's time ... to die in Huntsville”

Produced By: Convoi-Film for Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany

Category: Interactive Program Enhancement

In partnership with Yahoo! Canada

“Fallen Alternate Reality Game”

Produced By: ABC Family in association with Xenophile Media and Double Twenty Productions, USA

Category: Internet Only Production Program

In partnership with Xerox Canada Ltd.

“Darfur is Dying”

Produced By: mtvU in association with interFUEL, LLC, USA

Category: Mobile Program Enhancement

In partnership with ContentRevolution

“Shorts in Motion: The Art of Seduction”

Produced By: marblemedia/The National Film Board of Canada in association with Bravo!FACT, Canada

Category: Lifestyle Programs

In partnership with Shure Incorporated

“Gourmet's Diary of a Foodie: China”Produced By: WGBH Educational Foundation in association with Discovery International, Gourmet Magazine, USA

Category: Made for TV Movies

In partnership with Shaftesbury Films

“Death of a President”

Produced By: Borough Films for Channel 4, UK

Category: Mini-Series

In partnership with SAIT Polytechnic

“See No Evil: The Moors Murders”

Produced By: ITV Productions, UK

Category: Performance Programs

In partnership with Citytv and CHUM Television

“False Waltz”

Produced By: Orkater in association with Avro TV for NPB (Netherland Public Broadcasting), The Netherlands

Category: Popular Science & Natural History Programs

In partnership with Barna-Alper Productions Inc.

“Animals in the Womb”

Produced By: Pioneer Productions, the Incubator and Fox Television Studios for Channel 4 in association with National Geographic

Category: Reality Format Programs

In partnership with Sony of Canada Ltd.

“The Prison Choir”

Produced By: TVE in association with 3Koma, Spain

Category: Social & Political Documentaries

In partnership with National Film Board of Canada

“When The Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts”

Produced By: HBO Documentary Films in association with 40 Acres & A Mule, USA

Category: Telenovela & Drama Serial Programs

In partnership with Searchlight – Partners in Executive Search

“Eastenders”

Produced By: BBC Drama Productions, UK

20-22 February 2008

Esplanade Hotel

Fremantle, Western Australia

For information log on to www.aidc.com.au from August 2007.

Keynotes & Awards Ceremony were free to the general public with a Gala that followed the Awards Ceremony.

Keynote: Conservation in Asia, Update on the ground breaking Pamir Workshops

Dr. George Schaller, Vice President of Science and Exploration for the Wildlife Conservation Society, received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 30th Anniversary IWFF. Dr. Schaller also gave a Special Address during the 30th IWFF.

As Vice-President of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Science and Exploration Program, Dr. George Schaller has spent most of his life in the field. Born in 1933, Dr. Schaller attended universities in Alaska and Wisconsin, earning his doctorate at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Schaller has spent most of the past 50 years in the wilds of Asia, Africa, and South America, studying and helping to protect animals as diverse as the mountain gorilla, the giant panda, the tiger, the lion, and the wild sheep and goats of the Himalayas.

George Schaller's studies have also been the basis for his numerous scientific and popular writings and he is the winner of several awards, including the National Book award. Among Dr. Schaller’s notable books --- The Serengeti Lion, Stones of Silence, The Year of the Gorilla, and The Last Panda.

For the past decade, Dr. Schaller has studied wildlife primarily in Mongolia, Laos, and the Tibetan Plateau of China. Two of his most recent books are Tibet's Hidden Wilderness and Wildlife of the Tibetan Steppe. His numerous national and international awards for conservation include the International Cosmos Prize (Japan) and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (USA). Presently, Dr. Schaller is working primarily in Iran and Tajikistan.

Also featuring Vanessa Berlowitz, Producer, BBC’s Planet Earth with clips of some never before seen footage.

Directed By: Jeff Turner

Mountain Culture Award: “Nine Winters Old”

Directed By: Bill Heath

Festival Director’s Pick: “Loop”

Directed By: Sjur Paulsen

Best Action Film: “Roam”

Directed By: The Collective

Best Climbing Film: “First Ascent”

Directed By: Peter Mortimer

Best Adventure Film: “Coast to Coast”

Directed By: Olivier Aubert

Spirit and Advocacy Award: “Our Life, Our Land”

Directed By: Beth & George Gage

Man and Nature Award: “Conflict Tiger”

Directed By: Sasha Snow

Spirit of Place Award: “Light at the Edge of the World: The Science of the Mind”

Cash Awards:

Manfrotto® Environmental Award: “Building the Future — Energy”

Directed By: Nicolas Brown

Finlandia® Natural Purity Award

Honoring the Best Film on River and Water Conservation:

“Exploring the Mother of Waters: Source to Sea on Mekong”

Directed By: Brian Eustis

The Charlie Fowler Climbing Film Award: “E11”

Directed By: Paul Diffley

Must-See Films:

Category: Indomitable Spirit:

“Row Hard No Excuses”

Directed By: Luke Wolbach

“Granny D Goes to Washington”

Directed By: Alidra Solday

“Crawl Walk Run”

Directed By: Tom Eldridge

“Conviction”

Directed By: Brenda Truelson Fox

Category: Wake-Up Call:

“Sharkwater”

Directed By: Rob Stewart

“Everything’s Cool”

Directed By: Daniel Gold, Judith Helfand, Chris Pilaro & Adam Wolfsohn

“A Crude Awakening”

Directed By: Basil Gelpke & Ray McCormack

Special Jury Award:

“God Grew Tired of Us”

Directed By: Christopher Quinn

& “Aerialist”

Directed By: Brad Lynch

Kidz Kino Awards:

Most Entertaining Nature Film:

“Ride of the Mergansers”

Directed By: Steve Furman

Best Animated Film:

“Badgered”

Directed By: Sharon Colman

Best Photography in a Nature Film:

“Safari”

Directed By: Catherine Chalmers

Kids choice award:

“Rita”

Directed By: Alison Blehert-Koehn

Student Rendezvous Program Award: “Hard As Nails”

Directed By: David Holbrooke

People’s Choice Award: “Our Life, Our Land”

Directed By: Beth & George Gage

(Tied for second were “Running Down the Man” and “Loop”)

Awards Artist

The award artist for Mountainfilm 2007 is Richard Arnold. He has created bas-releif in bronze of the Eiger summit with two climbers on top adapted from a photograph by festival gallery artist Thomas Ulrich. Richard lives in Telluride and is a climber, ski instructor, flyfisherman and sculptor. His work can be viewed at www.arnoldtelluridestudio.com

The Charlie Fowler Climbing Film Award

Based on an idea by Charlie’s sister Ginny and her husband Maurie, Mountainfilm in Telluride is honored to announce the establishment of an annual Charlie Fowler Climbing Film Award. The cash award of $1,000 will be initiated at the 2007 Festival and will be announced by Charlie’s sister at the Closing Picnic & Awards Ceremony at Telluride Town Park on May 28, 2007. The goal is to make the award self-sustaining for as long as Mountainfilm projectors roll, supported wholly through accrued donations. The film selected to receive the award would express a love for documenting remote exploration and climbing, exhibit an adventurous flair for filmmaking, and would include but not be limited to either first ascent attempts or a strong cultural thread throughout the piece. The hope is that the award will afford the winning filmmaker the opportunity to continue making climbing films, a cinematic genre that Charlie was very much a part of, either as the main talent or simply as part of the crew.

The Golden Sheaf Award of Excellence winner was “Mississippi Cold Case” which also took home Golden Sheafs for Documentary Social/Political, Director – Nonfiction, Editing – Nonfiction and Research. The film was directed and produced by David Ridgen.

Another big winner was “Screening”, which won Golden Sheafs for Drama, Director – Fiction, Editing – Fiction, Overall Sound – Fiction, Photography - Fiction, and Performance Female (Martha Burns). “Screening was produced by Philip Svoboda and Anthony Green and Directed by Anthony Green.”

The Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival is the longest running film festival in North America. In the 60 years of its existence the festival has developed a tradition of recognizing excellent films and providing great professional development and learning opportunities. The Festival recognizes outstanding Canadian short films and rewards the very best with the annual Golden Sheaf Awards. Visit www.yorktonshortfilm.org for more information.

Directed by: Zam Salim

DOXA Spotlight on BC Award: “The Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies”

Directed by: Jeff & Sue Turner

DOXA Student Film Award: “Os Três de Portugal”

Directed by: Jordan Paterson

The National Film Board COLIN LOW Award: “No More Hiroshima, No More Nagasaki”

Directed by: Yuki Nakamura

BBC, Discovery Channel & Open University Co-production

Executive Producer: Sacha Baveystock

Producer: Jeremy Bristow

Best Narration: “Africa’s Outsiders”

Aquavision TV Productions & Off the Fence

for Animal Planet & Discovery HD

Executive Producers: Peter Lamberti & Ellen Windemuth

Best Use of Music: “The Meadow”

NDR Naturfilm

Director: Jan Haft

Best Educational Value: “Crude”

Australian Broadcasting Company

Executive Producer: Sonya Pemberton

Producer: Richard Smith

Best Scientific Content: “Climate Chaos Season”

BBC, Discovery Channel & Open University Co-production

Executive Producer: Sacha Baveystock

Producer: Jeremy Bristow

Best Animal Behavior: “Bonobo- Missing in Action”

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producer: Steve Greenwood

Best Cinematography: (Tie Between)

“Pole to Pole” and “Caves”

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Alastair Fothergill

Producer: Mark Linfield, Pole to Pole

Producer: Huw Cordey, Caves

Best Sound Design: “Born of Fire”

BBC Natural History Unit & National Geographic

Executive Producer: Mike Gunton

Producer: Patrick Morris

Best Editing: “Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History”

NATURE & Argo Films

National Geographic International & Granada International Co-Production

Producer: Allison Argo

Best Script: “Crude”

Australian Broadcasting Company

Executive Producer: Sonya Pemberton

Producer: Richard Smith

Best Conservation Message: “Climate Chaos Season”

BBC, Discovery Channel & Open University Co-production

Executive Producer: Sacha Baveystock

Producer: Jeremy Bristow

“Battle to Save the Tiger”

Mike Birkhead Associates

Producer: Mike Birkhead

Bets Use of Graphics or Animation: “Secrets of the Deep”

Discovery Channel & BBC Worldwide

Producer: Kera Rennert

Best Use of Natural Sound: “Christmas in Yellowstone

NATURE

Executive Producer: Fred Kaufman

Producers: Janet Hess & Shane Moore

Best Underwater Cinematography: “Cuttlefish- The Brainy Bunch”

Kaufmann Productions

Producer: Gisela Kaufmann

Best of Category Awards

Best Amateur: “Grey Seals: Life on the Edge”

Producer: Jacquie Cozens

Best Animation: “Secrets of the Deep”

Discovery Channel & BBC Worldwide

Producer: Kera Rennert

Best Children’s Program: “Water U Thinking”

Discovery Kids Channel & Mike Young Productions LLC

Producer: Jeff Gordon

“Saving a Species: The Great Penguin Rescue”

Discovery Kids Channel & Spectrum Productions Inc.

Best Conservation & Environmental: “Climate Chaos Season”

BBC, Discovery Channel & Open University Co-production

Executive Producer: Sacha Baveystock

Producer: Jeremy Bristow

“Bonobo- Missing in Action”

BBC Natural History Unit

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producer: Steve Greenwood

“Best Ecosystem”

The Meadow

NDR Naturfilm

Director: Jan Haft

Best Government Agency: “Irani Wildlife”

Iranian TV Channel 1

Producer: Mani Mirsadeghi

Best Human-Wildlife Interactions: “Borneo’s Pygmy Elephants”

A Michael Patrick Wong / Off the Fence Co-Production

In Association with

France 3, NDR Naturfilm/

Studio Hamburg

Documentaries, ORF, Animal Planet & Discovery HD

Producer: Michael Patrick Wong

Best Independent: “The Curse of Copper”

True Nature Films

Producer: Jenny Sharman

Red Velvet: “Compass Films”

Producers: Klaus Reisinger & Frederique Lengaigne

Best Music Video: “Ocean Nights”

Foto Dive Studios

Executive Producer: Mieke Vulsteke

Producer: Oliver Kirsch

Best Newcomer: “Woolly Jumpers: Made in Peru”

Discovery Networks International

Executive Producer: Mark Wild

Producer: Adrian Cale

Best News: “Chasing the Bowhead”

Canadian Broadcasting Company

Producer: Bob Hilscher

Best Non-Broadcast: “On Thin Ice”

The Humane Society of the United States

Producers: Kathy Milani & Frank Loftus

Best Point of View: “The Great Indian Tiger Crisis”

Mirror Films Private Limited

Producer: Arindam Mitra

Best Presenter/Host: “Vampire Fish”

Icon Films

Executive Producer: Harry Marshall & Laura Marshall

Producer: Andie Clare

Best TV Program Under $250,000 Budget: “Oldies but Goldies”

NDR Naturfilm

Producer: Jan Haft

Best Television Program $250,000 - $500,000 Budget: “Chimpanzees: an Unnatural History”

NATURE & Argo Films

National Geographic International & Granada International Co-Produciton

Producer: Allison Argo

“Crude”

Australian Broadcasting Company

Executive Producer: Sonya Pemberton

Producer: Richard Smith

Best Television Program Over $500,000 Budget: “Buddha, Bees and the Giant Hornet Queen”

BBC Natural History Unit & Animal Planet

Executive Producer: Tim Martin

Producer: James Honeyborne

Best Television Series Under $250,000 Budget: “Wild Chronicles

National Geographic Television”

Executive Producers: Mark Bauman & Martha Conboy

Best Television Series Over $500,000 Budget: “Climate Chaos Season”

BBC, Discovery Channel & Open University Co-production

Executive Producer: Sacha Baveystock

Producer: Jeremy Bristow

Youth Group – Under Age 13: “Yoki’s Family”

Filmmaker: Jennifer Bell

“Exploring the Everglades”

Filmmaker: Ryan Wham

Youth Group – Over Age 13: “Whale Sharks of Holbox”

Filmmaker: Michael Wham

MERIT AWARDS

Amateur: “O Que Pasa? What’s Going On Here?”

Merit for Presentation of Information

“Snowies”

Merit for Storytelling

“EL”

Merit for Creative Artistry

Animation

“Perfect Shark”

Merit for Educational Value

“Secrets of the Deep”

Merit for Use of Music

Conservation and Environmental

“The Curse of Copper”

Merit for Music

Merit for Portrayal of Conservation Initiative

“Ape Smuggling- The Cairo Connection”

Merit for Investigative Reporting

“Bonobo- Missing in Action”

Merit for Animal Behavior

“Lonesome George”

Merit for Portrayal of Human/Environmental Impact

Ecosystem

“The Meadow”

Merit for Sound Design

Merit for Music

“Born of Fire”

Merit for Cinematography

Merit for Music

Merit for Editing

“Mara- Africa’s River of Destiny”

Merit for Education Value

“Caves”

Merit for Cinematography

Merit for Narration

Merit for Music

Merit for Field Production

Government Agency

“Everyone for Conservation”

Merit for Encouragement of Local Filmmakers

Human-Wildlife Interaction:

“Florida’s Wild Side”

Merit for Cinematography

Independent:

“Ape Smuggling- The Cairo Connection”

Merit for Conservation Message

“Budapest Wild”

Merit for Creative Approach

“Budapest Wild”

Merit for Cinematography

“The Cathedral Forest”

Merit for Conservation Message

“Red Velvet”

Merit for Observational Documentary

Music Video

“Bad to the Bone”

Merit for Innovation

“Ocean Nights”

Merit for Underwater Cinematography

Newcomer

“Longfin”

Merit for Creative Approach

“Wolverines- Hyenas of the North”

Merit for Cinematography

News

“Outdoor Outlaws”

Merit for Coverage of a Local Issue

Non-Broadcast Program

“American Prairie Reserve”

Merit for Outreach

“Everyone for Conservation”

Merit for Conservation Initiative

Presenter/Host

“Climate Chaos Season”

BBC/ Discovery Channel/ Open University Co-production

Merit for Education Value

“Perfect Shark”

Merit for Scientific Information

“Perfect Shark”

Merit for Animation

Television Program Under $250,000 Budget

“Shiretoko Peninsula: Winter of Plenty”

Merit for Educational Value

“Irani Wildlife”

Merit for Creative Approach

“T.Rex: New Science, New Beasts”

Merit for Animation

Merit for Scientific Content

“The Battle to Save the Tiger”

Merit for Conservation Advocacy

Merit for Music

“Wolverines- Hyenas of the North”

Merit for Animal Behavior

“Oldies but Goldies”

Merit for Cinematography

Merit for Music

Television Program $250,000 - $500,000 Budget

“Africa’s Outsiders”

Merit for Script

“Africa’s Outsiders”

Merit for Narration

Merit for Innovative Storytelling

“The Meadow”

Merit for Cinematic Techniques

“Wild Mongolia”

Merit for Human/Wildlife Interactions

“Wild Mongolia”

Merit for Cinematography

“Cuttlefish- The Brainy Bunch”

Merit for Animal Behavior

“Rat Genius”

Merit for Educational Value

“Hyena Queen”

Merit for Animal Behavior

“Chimpanzees: An Unnatural History”

Merit for Powerful Storytelling

Merit for Advocacy

“Christmas in Yellowstone”

Merit for Cinematography

Merit for Music

Merit for Use of Natural Sound

“Crude”

Merit for Editing

Television Program Over $500,000 Budget

“John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature”

Merit for Historical Legacy

Television Series Over $500,000 Budget

“Born of Fire”

Merit for Cinematography

Merit for Music

Merit for Script

Merit for Editing

“Sharks at Risk/Gray Whale Obstacle Course”

Merit for Marine Science

“Ice Worlds/Pole to Pole”

Merit for Graphics

Merit for Music

Merit for Cinematography

Merit for Sound Design

Theatrically Released

“Ocean Voyagers”

Merit for Underwater Cinematography

“Living with Wolves and Dogs”

Merit for Investigative Reporting

Directed by: Volker Koepp

Prix SRG SSR: “Scenes De Chasse Au Sanglier”

Directed by: Claudio Pazienza

Prix du public de la Ville de Nyon: “Heimatklänge”

Directed by: Stefan Schwietert

Prix du jury interreligieux: “Welcome Europa”

Directed by: Bruno Ulmer

Prix de l´Etat de Vaud: “Akhmeteli 4”

Directed by: Artchil Khetagouri

Prix Suissimage/Société suisse des auteurs SSA: “Retour A Goree”

Directed by: Pierre-Yves Borgeaud

Prix «Regards sur le crime»: “Le Cote Obscur De La Dame Blanche”

Directed by: Patricio Henriquez

Prix spécial Templeton de la Fondation John Templeton: “State Legislature”

Directed by: Frederick Wiseman

Directed by: by Ido Haar, Israel

Prize: worth 10.000 EUR

The Special Documentary Award: “The Bittner Case”

Directed by: Caterina Woj (Germany)

Prize: 2.500 EUR, sponsored by BLM, the Bavarian Authority for Private Broadcasting

The Horizons Prize of the 22nd International Documentary Film Festival Munich 2007: “Pïrinop, My First Contact” (Pïrinop, meu primeiro contato)

Directed by: Mari Corrêa and Karané Ikpeng (Brazil)

FFF-Documentary Talent Awards

As part of the International Documentary Film Festival Munich 2007 the Bavarian film and television fund, FFF Bayern, awards its FFF-Documentary Talent Award:

“Dear Mum, I hardly knew you…” (Liebe Mama, ich kannte dich kaum)

Directed by: Alice Agneskirchner (3,000 Euro)

and “Der rote Teppich”

Directed by Andrea and Eric Asch (2,000 Euro)

A jury of filmmakers, industry professionals and journalists decided the following awards for films in official competition:

Best Canadian Feature Documentary: “The Bodybuilder And I”

D: Bryan Friedman

P: Julia Rosenberg, Anita Lee

Generously sponsored by the Documentary Channel and DOC. Awarded by the Documentary Channel: $5000.

Special Jury Prize Canadian Feature Documentary: “Driven By Dreams”

D: Serge Giguere

P: Nicole Hubert, Colette Loumede

Generously sponsored by the NFB. Awarded by the NFB: $5000 FAP prize.

Best International Feature Documentary: “Losers And Winners”

D: Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken

P: Filmproduktion Loekenfranke

Generously sponsored by CBC International Sales. Awarded by Hot Docs: $5000.

Special Jury Prize International Feature Documentary: “Without The King”

D: Michael Skolnik

P: Paola Mendoza, Michael Skolnik

Generously sponsored by A&E Television and OMDC.

Best Mid-Length Documentary: “Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time”

D: Johanna Lunn

P: Johanna Lunn, Kent Martin

Generously sponsored by Playback and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Best Short Documentary: “Man Up”

D/P: Arturo Cabanas

The Don Haig Award

Recipient: Hubert Davis

Awarded by the Don Haig Committtee: $10,000

The Lindalee Tracey Award

Recipient: Trevor Anderson

Awarded by the Lindalee Tracey Award organizers: $5000

Hot Docs Outstanding Achievement Award

Recipient: Heddy Honigmann

The Audience Award, determined by audience ballot, was awarded to Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine's “War/Dance”

Directed by: Pernille Rose Grønkjær

Prize: Alpha Cine Labs, Seattle l $20,000 in lab services for a tape to film transfer for the winning film or lab services to be used in a two year period from Alpha Cine Labs, Seattle.

Full Frame Jury Award For Best Short: “Cross Your Eyes Keep Them Wide”

Directed by: Ben Wu

Prize: $10,000 in film stock. Provided by Kodak.

Honorable Mention: “Zo is dat” (The Way It Is)

Directed by: Elizabeth Salgado

Full Frame Audience Award: “War/Dance”

Directed by: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine

Prize: $3,000 cash award

Center For Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award: “The Ants”

Directed by: Kaoru Ikeya.

Prize: $7,500. Provided by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award: “The Monastery”

Directed by: Pernille Rose Grønkjær

Prize: $2,000. Provided by the Charles E. Guggenheim Family.

Seeds Of War: “Uganda Rising”

Directed by: Jesse James Miller, Pete McCormack

and “The Devil Came on Horseback”

Directed by: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern

Prize: $5,000. Sponsored by Walter Mosley.

Full Frame Spectrum Award: “Banished”

Directed by: Marco Williams

Prize: $10,000. Sponsored by the Fledgling Fund.

Honorable Mention: “Leila Khaled, Hijacker”

Directed by: Lina Makboul

Full Frame Inspiration Award: “Forever”

Directed by: Heddy Honigmann.

Prize: $5,000. Sponsored by the Hartley Foundation.

Honorable Mention: “Lake of Fire”

Directed by: Tony Kaye

Full Frame President’s Award: “Lumo”

Directed by: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Nelson Walker III

Prize: $5,000. Sponsored by Duke University.

Full Frame Women In Leadership Award: “Shame”

Directed by: Mohammed Naqvi

Prize: $5,000. Sponsored by the White House Project.

Full Frame/Working Films Award: “The Devil Came on Horseback”

Directed by: Annie Sundberg, Ricki Stern

Prize: $5,000 cash and $5,000 in-kind for the development of the film’s outreach plan. Sponsored by the Ettinger Foundation and Chicken & Egg Pictures.

The Kathleen Bryan Edwards Award For Human Rights: “For the Bible Tells Me So”

Directed by: Daniel Karslake

Prize: $5,000. Sponsored by Julian Price Family Foundation.

Full Frame/Emerging Pictures Audience Award: “Angels in the Dust”

Directed by: Louise Hogarth

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.

Directed By: Pernille Rose Gronkjaer, (Denmark)

Prize: $ 25,000.00 in unrestricted cash and sculpture

Chicago Doc Grand Prix Jury Special Prize: “Souvenirs”

Directed By: Shahar Cohen & Halil Efrat, (Israel)

Honorable Mention: “Losers And Winners”

Directed By: Ulrike Franke & Michael Loeken, (Germany)

Chicago Doc Short Film Grand Prix: “On A Tightrope”

Directed By: Petr Lom, (Norway/Canada)

Prize: $ 5.000.00 in unrestricted cash and sculpture

Arie & Bozena Zweig Innovation Award: “Blockade”

Directed By: Sergei Loznica, (Russia)

And “Even If She Had Been A Criminal...”

Directed By: Jean Gabriel Periot, (France)

Prize: $ 2,500.00 in unrestricted cash and plaque

Natasha Isaacs Cinematography Award: “War/Dance”

Sean Fine, Cinematographer, (USA)

Prize: $ 2,500.00 in unrestricted cash and plaque

Chicago Doc Audience Award: “Mystic Ball”

Directed By: Greg Hamilton, USA/Canada

Prize: $ 1,000.00 in unrestricted cash and plaque

Chicago Doc Humanitarian Award: “The Blood Of Yingzhou District”

Directed By: Ruby Yang, China/USA

And “Shame”

Directed By: Mohammed Ali Naqvi, USA/Pakistan

Prize: $ 1,000.00 in unrestricted cash for the film of special human values

Chicago Doc President's Award: “Orange Revolution”

Directed By: Steven York, USA

And “in memoriam alexander litvinenko”

Directed By: Jos De Putter & Masha Novikova, The Netherlands

Chicago Doc Sky Is The Limit Production Award: “The Stone Silence”

Directed By: Krzysztof Kopczynski, Poland

Prize: $20.000.00 in unrestricted cash

Justyna & Thomas Roszak Our Kids Of The World Award

“Angel's Fire”

“Bread”

“Lima’s Streets”

“Welcome To Poptun”

All Directed by: Marcelo Bukin

Prize: $500.00 in unrestricted cash

Chicago Doc Classic Award: “The Murder Of Fred Hampton”

Directed By: Mike Gray, USA

Film Critics' Award: “Losers And Winners”

Directed By: Ulrike Franke & Michael Loeken, Germany

International Press & Programmers Award: “Ghosts Of Cite Soleil”

Directed By: Asger Leth, Denmark

Discovering Eye Award For The Most Promising Young Filmmaker:

Jason Kohn, Director of Manda Bala (Send A Bullet)

Directed by: Jakob Gottschau (Denmark)

Prize of The International Jury: “Die Kinder Von Tschernobyl” (The Children Of Chernobyl)

Directed by: Eberhard Büssem (Germany)

Prize for Best Popular-Science Programme: “When The Bamboo Flowers”

Directed by: Asoka Raina (India)

Prize for Best Educational Programme: “The Stomach – The Elaborate Mechanism Of Digestion”

Directed by: Jun Tamai, Tomoko Kawamura (Japan)

Prize for Best Commercial Programme: “Plastika Srdec_Ní Chlopne_ (Z Cyklu Diagnóza)” (Heart Valve Plastic Surgery (From Diagnosis Series) and “Srdec_Ní Resynchronizac_Ní Le_C_Ba (Z Cyklu Diagnóza)” (Heart Resynchronizing Cure (From Diagnosis Series)

Directed by: Vladimír Kunz (Czech Republic)

Prize for Best Work Of Art: “Putování Stary_Mi Cestami” (The Pilgrimage Along Ancient Roads)

Directed by: Ljuba Václavová (Czech Republic)

Further the International Jury recommended to award:

Prize Presented By The Rector Of Czech Technical University In Prague For A Foreign Film Presenting New Technologies: “Tsunami – La Replique (Cycle Matiere Grise)” (Tsunami – A Replica (From Grey Matter Series)

Directed by: Benjamin Luypaert (Belgium)

Prize of The Mayor Of The Metropolitan District Of Prague 6 For A Film With Regional Topics: “Ve Sve_Tle Humanity” (In The Light Of Humanity)

Directed by: Josef Císar_ovsky_ (Czech Republic)

Prize of The Czech Television For The Best Foreign TV Programme: “Les Inondation, Les Sorciers Prennent L _Eau (Cycle C _Est Pas Sorcier)” (The Flood (From No Sorcery Series)

Directed by: Christophe Renon (France)

Audience Prize: “Kluge Vögel – Die Werkzeugmacher” (Intelligent Birds – The Toolmakers)

Directed by: Volker Arzt, Heinz von Matthey (Germany)

Prize of Mif Sciences: “Grey Matter Series”

Directed by: Benjamin Luypaert (Belgium)

Special Mention of Mif Sciences: “Aedes Aegypti – O Mundo Macro E Micro Do Mosquito” (Aedes Aegypti – The Macro And Micro World Of Mosquito)

Directed by: Genilton José Vieira (Brazil)

The GRAND AWARD of the State of Geneva: “Jesus Camp”

Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady (USA)

“This shock film highlights an acute, interesting problem currently invisible to the eyes of the world. By showing how Christian warriors are made, it helps distinguish between fundamentalism and religious identity and assesses the danger of intertwining political and religious matters.”

The Special Prize Of The Jury: “Itchkeri Kenti “

Directed by Florent Marcie

“An outstanding documentary film telling the precious history of the Chechnian people, a history threatened to be wiped out. This is an important trace! The young film director devoted 11 years of his life to it and through daily footage thrusts us in the cruel reality of war with surprising yet necessary long sequences.”

The Special Mention Of The Jury: “La Malediction De Naître Fille”

Directed by Manon Loizeau

“The reality of our world is that half of humanity – women – is violently oppressed in certain countries. In a sensitive, controlled and powerful way, this film tells out what is usually left unspoken: that women are forced to kill their girl children by merciless traditions and with the complicity of cynical governments.”

An Extra Mention: “Total Denial”

Directed by Milena Kaneva

“In the poorest countries, multinational corporations make profits and tend to disregard the unbearable living conditions of local populations who are displaced and often enslaved. They see their environment being destroyed and with it their livelihood. Thus they become the accomplices of authoritarian and corrupted governments. This film is an alert!”

The OMCT Award: “Swiss Sans Papiers”

Directed by Andreas Hoessli

“In the face of the unprecedented retrenchment caused last 24 September by the Swiss people who adopted one of Europe’s most restrictive laws on aliens, we strongly believe that this film will help counter xenophobic slogans, unfounded fears, rejection and ignorance of other people which all sustained the securitarian drift that won over our country.”

The Junior Jury Award: “Delta, Oil’s Dirty Business”

Directed by Yorgos Avgeropoulos

“For its aesthetics and its clarity in dealing with topical issues that touch and implicitly affect us. The film director

managed to share his global view of governments just as compromised as multinational corporations.”

The Special Mention Of The Junior Jury: “Jesus Camp”

Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

Director: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (USA)

Best Cultural/Human Interest: “Beyond The Call”

Director: Adrian Belic (USA)

Best Adventure/Sport: “Asiemut”

Directors/Producers: Olivier Higgins and Mélanie Carrier (Canada)

Best Short: “Boodog: How To Roast A Mongolian Marmot”

Director: Deborah Schildt

Best Student Short: “Conversing With Aotearoa/New Zealand”

Director/Producer: Corrie Francis (New Zealand/USA)

Best Young Filmmakers: “We Are FJA”

Director: Rebecca Hays (USA)

People's Choice Award: “War-Dance”

Director: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine (USA)

The Cinéma du Réel Grand Prize: “Santiago”

Directed By: João Moreira Salles (Brazil)

Prize: 8,000 Euros offered by Procirep

SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimedia) International Prize: “Maxi Xuexiao” (L’Ecole de Cirque)

Directed By: Guo Jing and Ke Dingding (China)

“And Thereafter II”

Directed By: Hosup Lee (South Korea)

Prize: 4,600 Euros, offered by SCAM with its mission to support the audiovisual and multimedia projects.

Short Film Prize: “Le Bruit du Canon”

Directed By: Marie Voignier (France)

Prize: 2,500 Euros

The Joris Ivens Prize for a Young Filmmaker: “En Lo Escondido” (Ceux qui attendent dans l’obscurité)

Directed By: Nicolas Rincón Gille (Belgium)

Prize: 2,500 Euros

The Youth Jury Prize: “Aus Der Zeit” (Hors du temps) “

Directed By: Harald Friedl (Autstria)

Prize: 2,500 Euros given by the Centre Pompidou and the Mairie de Paris.

The Patrimoine Prize: “Stella”

Directed By: Vanina Vignal (France)

Prize: 2,500 Euros given by the Mission Ethnologie

Special Mentions: “Malaak Et Le Vaste Monde"

Directed By: Ahlem Aussant-Leroy (France)

“Alguna Tristeza” (Une certaine tristesse)

Directed By: Juan Alejandro Ramírez (Peru/USA)

The Bibliothèques Prize: “En Lo Escondido” (Ceux qui Attendent Dans L’obscurité)

Directed By: Nicolas Rincón Gille (Belgium)

Prize: 6,000 Euros

Special Mention: “Kurz Davor Ist Es Passiert” (Peu Avant),

Directed By: Anja Salomonowitz (Austria)

The Louis Marcorelles Prize: “El Telon De Azucar “ (Le Rideau De Sucre), Camila Guzmán Urzúa

Prize: purchase of rights, English and French subtitling, DVD, promotion and distribution support valuing 15000 Euros)

Special Mention: “Nisida, Grandir En Prison”

Directed By: Lara Rastelli (France)

The Pierre et Yolande Perrault Scholarship for a Young Filmmaker: “Für Den Ernstfall (En Cas D’urgence)”

Directed By: Knut Karger (Germany)

“Giac Mo La Cong Nhan” (Rêves d’Ouvrières)

Directed By: Phuong Thao Tran (Vietnam).

Prize: 2,500 Euros

Directed by: Nadav Noah (Israel, 2006)

Best International Film Award: "Voyage in G Major"

Directed by: Georgi Lazarevski (France, 2006)

Best Israeli Film Award: "Three Times Divorced"

Directed by: Ibtisam Mara'ana (Israel 2007)

“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)

Best Documentary: “Morning at the Sea”

Directed by: Inês Thomsen (Germany/Spain)

Honorable Mention: “The Monastery”

Directed by: Pernille Rose Gronkjaer (Denmark)

Honorable Mention: “Losers and Winners”

Directed by: Michael Loeken and Ulrike Franke (Germany)

Short Film-International Competition:

Best Documentary: “My Eyes”

Directed by: Erlend E.Mo (Denmark)

Honorable Mention: “Wanting”

Directed by: Claudia Varejão (Portugal)

Feature Film- Brazilian Competition

Best Documentary CPFL-Energia/It’s All True Award "Window

To The Contemporaneous:" “3.5 Overpass”

Directed by: João Sodré, Maíra Buhler and Paulo Pastorelo

Honorable Mention: “In the Lands of Bem-Virá”

Directed by: Alexandre Rampazzo

Honorable Mention: “The Long Dawn – The Film Biography of Celso Furtado”

Directed by: José Mariani

Short Film -Brazilian Competition:

Best Documentary: "Capistrano by the Kilo"

Directed by: Firmino Holanda

Canal Brasil Award: “The Man on the Tree”

Directed by: Paula Mercedes

ABD-SP and Megacolor Award Hibakusha: “Atomic Inheritors in Brazil”

Directed by: Mauricio Kinoshita

French Embassy Award: “3.5 Overpass”

Directed by: João Sodré, Maíra Buhler and Paulo Pastorelo

Directed By: Heddy Honigmann (Holland, 2006)

Prize For The Best Short Film: “Even If She Had Been A Criminal…”

Directed By: Jean-Gabriel Périot (France, 2006)

Special Mention: “Our America”

Directed By: Kristina Konrad (Switzerland, 2005)

Jean Vigo Prize For The Best Director: “The Clinic”

Directed By: Tomasz Wolski (Poland, 2006)

Special Mention: “Orange Winter”

Directed By: Andrei Zagdansky (USA/Ukraine, 2006)

Produced By: Restoration Films (Ireland)

Spirit Of The Festival Award: “Fear Na Noileán” (Man Of The Islands)

Produced By: Lugh Films (Ireland)

Jury Award Winner: “Le Pain Dur” (Hard Bread)

Produced By: VO Productions (France)

Animation: “Map Yr Underground” (Map Of The Underground)

Produced By: Griffilms Ltd (Wales)

Interactive: “Tanni Yn Ymladd Tan” (Tanni Fights Fire)

Produced By: Griffilms Ltd (Wales)

Presenter Personality: Mary Ann Kennedy

Produced By: Watercolour Music (Scotland)

Radio Documentary: “Wales' Last Brigader”

Produced By: BBC Radio Wales (Wales)

Short Drama: “The Unusual Inventions Of Henry Cavendish”

Produced By: Restoration Films (Ireland)

Sport Profile: “Haston - A Life In The Mountains”

Produced By: Pelicula (Scotland)

Arts Documentary: “Máirtín Ó Cadhain: Rí An Fhocail”

(Mairtín Ó Cadhain: King Of Words)

Produced By: Sónta Macdara Ó Curraidhín For Rté (Ireland )

Station Of The Year: Radio Nan Gaidheal

Produced By: BBC (Scotland)

Website: Tribe Website

Produced By: Bbc Cymru Wales (Wales)

Young People: “Púca Agus Péist / Cailleach” (Celtic Monsters / Witches)

Produced By: Midas Productions / Cwmni Da (Ireland)

Current Affairs: “Prime Time Investigates: Sex Traffic”

Produced By: RTE Television (Ireland)

Documentary Feature: “Downhill Racer”

Produced By: MACTV (Scotland)

Drama Series: “Cowbois Ac Injans - Pennod 4” (Cowboys And Engines - Episode 4)

Produced By: Teledu Opus (Wales)

Entertainment: “Y Piannydd Llyr Williams” (Llyr Williams - The Pianist)

Produced By: Opus TF (Wales)

Factual Documentary: “An American In Aberfan”

Produced By: BBC Wales (Wales)

Feature Length Drama: “True North”

Produced By: Makar Productions Ltd (Scotland)

Composition Du Jury: Pierrette Ominetti (Arte), Yves Jeanneau (Sunny Side Of The Docs), Hubert Saupert (Le Cauchemard De Darwin), Jean-Patrick Lebel (Périphéries).

"Suffering and Smiling" de l'Américain Dan Ollman (The Yes Men) remporte le Grand Prix. Le film inédit trace les portraits croisés de Fela Et Femi Kuti, dont les chansons n'ont cessé de dénoncer la situation politique de leur pays, le Nigéria.

"Can Mr Smith Still Go To Washington?" De Frank Popper (USA, 2006) Obtient Le Prix Spécial Du Jury.

2004, Primaires pour l'investiture démocrate Aux élections du Congrès, Mr. Smith, un jeune homme de 29 ans sans soutien politique, ni soutien des media se présente contre l'élu en place. Grâce à sa force de conviction, son charisme, son travail et sa sincérité, la campagne de Mr. Smith commence à inquiéter ses adversaires...

2. Catégorie Dossiers Et Grands Reportages.

Composition Du Jury: Jean-Christophe Klotz (Kigali, Des Images Contre Un Massacre), Manon Loizeau (Capa, Prix Albert Londres 2006), Noël Mamère (Député, Documentariste), Bernard De La Villardière (M6).

Le Grand Prix revient au Film « State Of Israel Vs Tal Fahima » du jeune Israélien Tal Hakim. Ce film présenté en avant-première en France, est le portrait d'une jeune Israélienne qui a défrayé la chronique judiciaire l'année dernière en Israël. Son crime: rencontrer l'un des chefs de la Brigade Des Martyrs d'El Aksa. Le film retrace son procès pour trahison. L'histoire d'une jeune femme Courageuse dont le principal crime est d'avoir rompu un tabou: vouloir donner un visage à l'ennemi.

"Une Histoire Exemplaire Pour Un Film Non Conformiste Qui Nous Fait Pénétrer Au Coeur De La Société Israélienne. Un Film D'espoir." Ont Déclaré Les Membres Du Jury.

La Prix Spécial du jury est décerné à "Ouganda: La Relève ? " de Jesse James Miller et Pete McCormack. Ce film revient sur la guerre civile qui a ravagé l'Ouganda depuis 20 ans. Les premières victimes de ce conflit ont été les enfants enrolés comme soldats dans les armées des deux camps. Ce film se conclue sur la soif inextinguible de vivre de ces enfants qui ont décidé de se battre pour leur avenir.

3. Prix Des Programmes Courts

C'est Le Film Français "Trouble Peine" conçu et réalisé par Sophie-Charlotte Gauthier avec un groupe de détenus lors d'un atelier d'initiation à l'audiovisuel qui remporte Le Grand Prix de cette catégorie. Il met en scène la parole de personnes incarcérées pour de longues peines.

4. Prix Du Jury Étudiants

Le Jury Étudiants A Attribué Son Prix Ex-Aequo À « 9 Star Hotel » de Ido Haar (2006,Israël) Et « Leçon de Biélorusse » de Miroslaw Dembienski (2006, Pologne).

Le Synopsis Complet Des Films Est Disponible Sur Www.Festival-Droitsdelhomme.Org

Vincent Mercier, Directeur du Festival s'ennorgeuillit du choix des membres des jurys qui récompense des films courageux, présentés en avant-première française lors du festival.

Ont pris la parole pendant cette cérémonie: Vincent Mercier, Directeur du Festival; Daniel Verger, Directeur de l'action Internationale du Secours Catholique-Caritas France; Les Membres des Jurys.

Jury Members: Pierrette Ominetti (Arte), Yves Jeanneau (Sunny Side Of The Docs), Hubert Saupert (Le Cauchemard De Darwin), Jean-Patrick Lebel (Périphéries).

"Suffering And Smiling" By Dan Ollman (USA, 2007) Won The Grand Prize. This New Film By The Director Of “The Yes Men” Follows The Lives De Fela Et Femi Kuti Whose Music Continues To Denounce The Political Situation Of Their Homeland, Nigeria.

"Can Mr Smith Still Go To Washington?" By Frank Popper (USA, 2006) Won The Special Jury Prize.

2004, Primaries For The Democratic Nomination To Congress, Mr. Smith, A Young Man Of 29 Without Political Or Media Support, Stands Up Against The Elected Incumbents. With His Force Of Conviction, Charisma, Hard Work And Sincerity, Mr. Smith’s Campaign Begins To Worry His Adversaries.

Category: Reports:

Jury Members Include: Jean-Christophe Klotz (Kigali, Des Images Contre Un Massacre), Manon Loizeau (Capa, Prix Albert Londres 2006), Noël Mamère (Député, Documentariste), Bernard De La Villardière (M6).

Young Israeli Tal Hakim Was Given The Grand Prize For “State Of Israel Vs Tal Fahima.” Premiering In France At [A]Lliance Cine International Human Rights Film Festival, This Film Documents Tal Hakim, A Young Israeli Women Whose Political Cause Provoked A Media Uproar And Became The Most Fascinating Trials In The History Of The State Of Israel. Her Crime: She Met With One Of The Leaders Of The El Aksa Martyrs Brigade And Top Of The Israeli Army's Most Wanted List. Their Conversation Inspires A Change In How She Sees The Enemy And The Film Follows Her Campaign, Which Ultimately Lead Her To Imprisonment On Charges Of Treason. It Is A Story Of A Young Courageous Woman Whose Only Crime Was To Break A Taboo: Give A Face To The Enemy.

"An Exemplary Story For A Non-Conformist Film That Makes Us Penetrate The Hear Of Israeli Society. It’s A Film Of Hope,” Declared The Jury Members.

The Special Jury Prize Went To "Uganda Rising" By Canadian Filmmakers Jesse James Miller And Pete Mccormack. This Film Returns On The Civil War That Ravaged Uganda 20 Years Ago. The First Victims Of The Conflict Were The Children Enlisted As Soldiers In The Armies Of Both Sides. This Film Captures Their Inexhaustible Thirst To Live And Have Decided To Fight For Their Future.

Short Film Prize:

French Film "Trouble Peine" (“Confused Penalty”) Created And Directed By Sophie-Charlotte Gauthier Won The Short Film Grand Prize. This Film Gives A Voice To Long-Term Prisoners While Documenting Those That Took Part In An Introductory Workshop Held At The Ensisheinm Detention Centre In Alsace. They Describe Their Daily Lives And Evolution During Confinement And Reveal How They Attempt To Adjust To The “Inside” While Trying To Retain A Bond With The Outside.

Students Jury Prize:

The Students Jury Honored Two Films Ex-Aequo: “9 Star Hotel” By Ido Haar (2006, Israel) And “Lesson Of Belarusian” By Miroslaw Dembienski (2006, Polond).

Complete Film Synopses Are Available At www.Festival-Droitsdelhomme.Org

SELECTED FOR FESPACO 2007