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The Golden Alexander Award Winner at 52nd TIFF

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52nd TIFF: The Awards (11/13/2011)

52nd THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL November 4 -13, 2011

 

The International Jury of the 52nd Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:

Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator - Department of Film and Media, Museum of Modern Art NY, USA, Jury President Sitora Alieva, Program Director - Kinotavr Film Festival, Russia Frederic Boyer, Director - Les Arcs European Film Festival, France Constantine Giannaris, Film director, Greece Hisami Kuroiwa, Film producer, USA

Bestows:

THE AWARDS

Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander (20.000 euro)

PORTRET V SUMER KAKH (TWILIGHT PORTRAIT) By ANGELINA NIKONOVA, Producers Leonid Ogaryov, Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Screenwriters Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Russia, 2011

Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander (10.000 euro)

OSMDESAT DOPISU (EIGHTY LETTERS) By VACLAV KADRNKA, Producer Vaclav Kadrnka, Screenwriters Jiri Soukup, Vaclav Kadrnka, Czech Republic, 2011

 

Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation - Bronze Alexander (5.000 euro) PORFIRIO By ALEJANDRO LANDES, Producers Fransisco Aljure, Alejandro Landes, Screenwriter Alejandro Landes, Colombia/Spain/Uruguay/Argentina/France, 2011

Best Director Award MARK JACKSON For WITHOUT, Producers Mark Jackson, Jessica Dimmock, Michael Requa, Jaime Keeling, Screenwriter Mark Jackson, USA, 2011

Best Screenplay Award

JOHN MCILDUFF For BEHOLD THE LAMB, Director John McIlduff, Producer Kevin Jackson, UK, 2011

Best Actress Award STEFANIA GOULIOTI For J.A.C.E., Director Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Producers Menelaos Karamaghiolis and Fenia Kossovitsa, Screenwriter Menelaos Karamaghiolis in collaboration with Nicolas Panoutsopoulos, Greece/Portugal/Turkey/FYROM/The Netherlands, 2011

Best Actor Award

WOTAN WILKE MOEHRING For DER BRAND (THE FIRE), Director Brigitte Maria Bertele, Producer Hartwig König, Screenwriter Johanna Stuttman, Germany, 2011

Artistic Achievement Award

RONIT ELKABETZ, MICHAEL MOSHONOV, YOAV ROTMAN For MABUL (THE FLOOD)

The Best Artistic Achievement Award goes to the cast of the Israeli drama, Mabul, which, in the intensity, passion and the unity of its ensemble performance, distinguishes the original narrative and makes the film real, relevant and deeply moving

By GUY NATTIV, Producers Chilik Michaeli, Ina Fichman, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Screenwriters Noa Berman-Herzberg, Guy Nattiv, Israel/Canada/Germany/France, 2010

FIPRESCI AWARDS

The 52nd International Thessaloniki Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:

Tereza Brdeckova, Czech Republic, Jury President Fritz De Jong, Netherlands Julia Khomiakova, Russia Fatih Ozguven, Turkey Nestoras Poulakos, Greece

Bestows the FIPRESCI awards:

For a film in the International Competition Section 2011 to

OSMDESAT DOPISU (EIGHTY LETTERS) By VACLAV KADRNKA, Producer Vaclav Kadrnka, Screenwriters Jiri Soukup, Vaclav Kadrnka, Czech Republic, 2011

For a film in the Greek Films 2011 section to

I POLI TON PEDION (THE CITY OF CHILDREN) By YORGOS GIKAPEPPAS, Producer and Screenwriter Yorgos Gikapeppas, Greece, 2011

 

HUMAN VALUES AWARD (7.500 euro)

The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows the award to a film of the Open Horizons section,

ROMEO ONZE By IVAN GRBOVIC, Producer Paul Barbeau, Screenwriter Ivan Grbovic, Sara Mishara, Canada, 2011

FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS

 

For a film in the International Competition section (3.000 euro) MABUL (THE FLOOD) By GUY NATTIV, Producers Chilik Michaeli, Ina Fichman, Avraham Pirchi, Tami Leon, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Screenwriters Noa Berman-Herzberg, Guy Nattiv, Israel/Canada/Germany/France, 2010

For a film in the Greek Films section (3.000 euro)

SUPER DEMETRIOS By GEORGIOS PAPAIOANNOU, Producer Georgios Papaioannou, Screenplay Alexandros Stogiannis, Georgios Papaioannou, Spyridon Papanaoum, Dimitrios Papavassiliou, Haralambos Papapostolou, Argiris Puggouras, Greece, 2011

For a film in the Balkan Survey section (3.000 euro) NEPRIJATELJ (THE ENEMY) By DEJAN ZECEVIC, Producer Nikolina Vucetic Zecevic, Screenwriters Djordje Milosavljevic, Serbia/Bosnia & Herzegovina/Croatia/Hungary, 2011

For a film in the Open Horizons section (3.000 euro) TYRANNOSAUR By PADDY CONSIDINE, Producer Diarmid Scrimshaw, Screenwriter Paddy Considine, UK, 2011

 

THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD

For a film in the International Competition section

PORTRET V SUMER KAKH (TWILIGHT PORTRAIT) By ANGELINA NIKONOVA, Producers Leonid Ogaryov, Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Screenwriters Angelina Nikonova and Olga Dykhovichnaya, Russia, 2011 For a film in the Greek Films section

I POLI TON PEDION (THE CITY OF CHILDREN) By YORGOS GIKAPEPPAS, Producer and Screenwriter Yorgos Gikapeppas, Greece, 2011

 

 

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