Critics' Prizes at the Festivals of Sofia, Mar del Plata, Thessaloniki, Fribourg

Sofia (Bulgaria, March 9-19, 2006).
Prize: Lady Zee (Lady Z.) by Georgi Djulgerov (Bulgaria, 2005). Jury: Martin Blaney, Germany, Andres Laasik, Estonia, Maja Dimitrova, Bulgaria. Print source: Borough Film, 3A Margash, BG-1504 Sofia, T +359 (2) 943 58 80, F +359 (2) 943 47 87, info@boroughfilm.com (contact Vladimir Andreev).

Festival: www.sofiaiff.com

Mar del Plata (Argentina, March 9-19, 2006).
Prize: Alice by Marco Martins (Portugal 2005). Jury: Rui Pedro Tendinha, Portugal, Wolfgang Hamdorf, Germany, Diego Brodersen, Argentina. Print source: Gemini Films, María Gabriela Pérez, Paris, T +33 (1) 4454 1717, F +33 (1) 4454 1725, mariagabrielap@gemini-films.com

Festival: www.mardelplatafilmfest.com


Thessaloniki (Documentary Film Festival, Greece, March 10-19, 2006).
Prize, international competition: Iraq in Fragments by James Longley (USA, 2006). - Prize, Greek Panorama: Yannis Moralis, Painter by Stelios Haralambopoulos (Greece, 2005). - Jury: Adina Emilia Bradeanu, Romania, president, Nils Vermund Gjerstad, Norway, Kirsten Liese, Germany, Thodoris Giahoustidis, Greece. - Print sources. "Iraq in Fragments": Daylight Factory, USA (James Longley), cell +1 (206) 661 5053, F + 1 (212) 898 0472, james_longley@yahoo.com, www.dailightfactory.com. - "Yannis Moralis, Painter": Periplus, T + 30 (210) 8670 478, F +30 (210) 8677 828, periplus@internet.gr

Festival: www.filmfestival.gr

Fribourg (Switzerland, March 12-19, 2006).
Prize: Gradually... (Be Ahestegi...) by Maziar Miri (Iran, 2006). - Jury: Borislav Andjelic, Serbia-Montenegro, president, Janine Euvrard, France/Canada, Alberto Ramos Ruiz, Cuba, Maria Teresa Oleksiewicz, Poland, Walter Vian, Switzerland. Print source: Sheherazad Media International (SMI), 2, 3rd Sarvestan, Pasadaran St, Shariati Ave, Tehran 16619, Iran, T +98 (21) 286 3260/61, F +98 (21) 285 8962, katysha@dpimail.net, www.smediaint.com

Festival: www.fiff.ch