MEDIAWAVE'2009 Award Ceremony was held in the former synagogue, now University Concert Hall in the evening 2 May. The Grand Prix of MEDIAWAVE'2009 International Film and Music Festival went to Boris Mitic's Goodbye, How Are You? Veit Helmer received the Prize for the Best Feature Film for Absurdistan.

MEDIAWAVE'2009 AWARD LIST

Animation, Documentary and Experimental Film Jury:

Phil Mulloy - animation film director (UK)

Andrei Paunov - documentary film director (BUL)

Péter Mészáros - film director (HUN)

Short Fiction and Feature Film Jury:

Alan Heim - editor (USA)

Júlia Nyakó - actress (HUN)

Vivi Dragan Vasile - cinematographer (ROM)

Hungarian Student Jury:

Kati Bessenyei, Nóra Kinga Forgács, Dorottya Kis

HUNGARIAN STUDENT JURY AWARD  

Christophe van Rompaey (Belgium): Aanrijding in Moscou / Moscow, Belgium 102 min.

SPECIAL MENTION OF THE HUNGARIAN STUDENT JURY  

Alla KOVGAN & David HINTON (USA, United Kingdom, Mozambique): Nora 35 min.

The KPMG Responsible Society Award  

Best Documentary Film offered by the KPMG Hungaria Ltd.

Alina RUDNITSKAYA (Russia): Kak stat stervoi / Bitch Academy 29 min.

PRIZE FOR THE BEST ACTRESS  

For Barbara SARAFIAN: Moscow, Belgium (dir.: Christophe van Rompaey)

Christophe van Rompaey (Belgium): Aanrijding in Moscou / Moscow, Belgium 102 min.

PRIZE FOR THE BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER  

offered by KODAK Hungary
For Máté HERBAI: The investigator (dir.: Attila GIGOR)

GIGOR Attila (Hungary): A nyomozó / The investigator 107 min

PRIZE FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR  

offered by the City of Győr

GIGOR Attila (Hungary): A nyomozó / The investigator 107 min

PRIZE FOR THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM  

Jelena GIRLIN & Mari-Liis BASSOVSKAJA (Estonia): Kleit / The Dress 10 min.

PRIZE FOR THE BEST ANIMATION  

offered by the Experimental Film Curatory of the Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary

Michaela COPIKOVA (Slovakia): O ponozkach a laske / About Socks and Love 7 min.

PRIZE FOR THE BEST SHORT FICTION FILM  

offered by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture

Denis VILLENEUVE (Canada): Next Floor 12 min.

PRIZE FOR THE BEST FEATURE FILM  

offered by the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture

Veit HELMER (Germany, Azerbaijan): Absurdistan 87 min.

MEDIAWAVE GRAND PRIZE  

offered by by the Hungarian Motion Picture Foundation

Boris MITIC (Serbia): Do vidjenja, kako ste? / Goodbye, How Are You? 60 min.

More information:

http://www.mediawave.hu/