Troia Film Festival Announces Its Awards

Sunday, June 11....At a gala Awards Ceremony at the Forum Luisa Todi last night, the 22nd edition of the Troia International Film Festival came to a conclusion with the announcement of Fetival Awards in a number of competitiom categproes.

An analysis of the films and the awards will follow, but here is the list of award winners.

FESTROIA – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

SPECIAL AWARDS



AUDIENCE AWARD To the film THE WEDDING PARTY, by Dominique Deruddere (Belgium/Germany)

PRIZE MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT To the film THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG, by Byambasuren Davaa (Mngolia/Germany)

PRIZE CITY HALL OF SETÚBAL – AMERICAN INDEPENDENTS Best Film for THINGS THAT HANG FROM TREES, by Ido Mizrahy (USA)

FIRST WORKS AWARD To the film MAN PUSH CART, by Ramin Bahrani (Iraq/USA)

SPECIAL MENTION To the film AHLAAM, by Mohamed Al-Daradji (Iraq/England/Holland)

FIPRESCI PRIZE To the film IN BED, by Matias Bize (Chile)

SIGNIS PRIZE To the film WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE, by Eyal Halfon (Israel)

SPECIAL MENTION To the film THE CHILDREN OF LENINGRADSKY, by Hanna Polak and Andrzej Celinski (Poland)

CICAE PRIZE To the film GRAVEHOPPING, by Jan Cvitkovic (Slovenia)

FESTROIA – FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA

FESTROIA DOLPHIN AWARDS

BEST FILM - GOLD DOLPHIN WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE, by Eyal Halfon, Israel

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – SILVER DOLPHIN GRAVEHOPPING, by Jan Cvitkovic, Slovenia.

BEST DIRECTOR – SILVER DOLPHIN To Eyal Halfon, for WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE

BEST ACTRESS – SILVER DOLPHIN To MARIA LUNDQVIST, for MOTHER OF MINE

BEST ACTOR – SILVER DOLPHIN To TOPI MAJANIEMI, for MOTHER OF MINE.

BEST SCRIPT – SILVER DOLPHIN To DAGUR K