49th International Thessaloniki Film Festival, November 14-23, 2008
49th INTERNATIONAL THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 14-23, 2008
AWARDS
The jury of the International Competition Section of the 49th Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:
- Michael Ondaatje, Writer (Canada), President
- Diablo Cody, Screenwriter (USA)
- Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Director (Turkey)
- Lita Stantic, Producer (Argentina)
- Émilie Dequenne, Actress (Belgium)
- David Robinson, Film critic (UK)
and
- Dionissis Savopoulos, Composer (Greece)
THE ΑWARDS
- Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander (37.000 euros)
AAN JA, (OVER THERE)
by
Abdolreza Kahani, Iran
- Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander (22.000)
PESCUIT SPORTIV, (HOOKED)
by
Adrian Sitaru, Romania / France
- Best Director Award
to
CELINA MURGA
for
Una Semana Solos (A Week Alone), Producers Juan Villegas, Inés Gamarci, Argentina
- Best Screenplay Award
to
MATTHEW NEWTON
for
Three Blind Mice, by Matthew Newton, Producer Ben Davis, Australia
- Best Actress Award ex aequo
to
IOANA FLORA AND MARIA DINULESCU
for
Pescuit Sportiv (Hooked), by Adrian Sitaru, Producers Adrian Sitaru, Marie-Pierre Macia, Juliette Lepoutre, Romania / France
- Best Actor Award ex aequo
to
SID LUCERO AND EMILIO GARCIA
for
SELDA (The Inmate), by Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna, Producer Josephine Saba, Philippines
- Artistic Achievement Award
to
SZABOLCS TOLNAI, for Fövenyóra (Hourglass), Producers György Durst, Miroslav Mogorovic, Szabolcs Tolnai, Hungary / Serbia / Montenegro
- Special Mention
to
DIASTÉME, for Le Bruit des Gens Autour (Sunny Spells), Producers Thomas Anargyros, Edouard de Vésinne, France
HUMAN VALUES AWARD (15.000 euros)
Τhe Hellenic Parliament TV Channel is bestowing the award to a film of the Independence Days ID-07 section, to the film:
- ΤΕΖΑ by Haile Gerima, Germany
WOMAN & EQUALITY AWARD (5.500 EUROS)
Offered by the General Secretariat for Gender Equality, a division of
the Hellenic Ministry of the Interior, Public Administration and
Decentralization
- SNIJEG /SNOW by Aida Begić, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran
EVERYDAY LIFE: TRANSCENDENCE OR RECONCILIATION AWARD (15.000 EUROS)
Offered by the Ministry for Macedonia - Thrace
- FIRAAQ by Nandita Das, India
"THE CINEMA AND THE CITY" AWARD (10.000 EUROS)
Offered by the Municipality of Thessaloniki
- OF TIME AND THE CITY by Terence Davies, Great Britain
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 49th International Thessaloniki Film Festival FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:
Guenther Jekubzik, President (Germany)
Margit Tonson (Estonia)
Olga Markova (Bulgaria)
Andrzej Bokuwiecki (Poland) and
Nikos Kourmoulis (Greece)
Bestows the FIPRESCI award for a film in the International Competition Section 2008 to
- VOY A EXPLOTAR (I'm Gonna Explode), by Gerardo Naranjo, Producers Pablo Cruz, Gerardo Naranjo, Hunter Gray, Alain de la Mata, Mexico
For a film in the Greek Films 2008 section to
- KALA KRYMMENA MYSTIKA - ATHANASSIA (Well Kept Secrets - Athanassia), by Panos Karkanevatos, Producer Panos Karkanevatos, Greece / Belgium / Netherlands / USA
FISCHER PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
(3.000 euros)
- LE BRUIT DES GENS AUTOUR/ SUNNY SPELLS by Diasteme, France
For a film in the Greek Films 2008 section
(3.000 euros)
- EXILE ISLAND by Εlias Yannakakis and Evi Karabatsou, Greece
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
(2.000 euros)
- TURNEJA / THE TOUR by Goran Marković, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia
For a film in the Greek Films DigitalWave section
(2.000 euros)
- THE SNOW-WHITE SYNDROME by Angelos Spartalis, Greece
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
The PEKK award for a Greek film in the Greek Films 2007section is given to
- THE NIGHT FERNANDO PESSOA MET CONSTANTINE CAVAFY by Stelios Charalambopoulos, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus
THE GREEK UNION OF FILM TELEVISION AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIANS (ETEKT) AWARD
The ETEKT award to a Greek film in the Greek Films 2007 section is given to
- WITHOUT του Alexander Avranas, Greece
CROSSROADS - Co-production Forum AWARD (16.000 EUROS)
The award offered by Nokia N series is bestowed ex aequo to the projects:
- AMERICA SQUARE, Writer / Director Yiannis Sakaridis, Producers Panos Papahadzis and Maria Tsigka, Greece
and
- FALSE WITNESS, Writer / Director Iglika Triffonova, Producer Rossitsa Valkanova, Bulgaria
BALKAN FUND - Script Development AWARDS (10.000 EUROS each)
4 AWARDS:
ZINCOGRAPH - Writer Vladislav Todorov, Director Javor Gardev, Producer Buriana Zakharieva, Bulgaria
NUMBER ZERO - Writer / Director Sirri Sureyya Onder, Producer Necati Akpinar, Turkey
WHITE THREAD, BLACK THREAD - Writer Natassa Segou, Director Christos Karakepelis, Producer Zoe Lisgara, Greece
SUBMISSION - Writer Zeynep Ozcan, Director Emre Yalgin, Producer Ayfer Tuncer, Turkey
