The Thessaloniki International Film Festival Awards

The 9th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival –
Images of the 21st Century (March 16-25, 2007)


The ERT3 Audience Award for a film over 45’ in the International Selection, accompanied by Euros 3,000, goes to:
“A SONG FOR ARGYRIS” by Stefan Haupt, USA, 2005

The ERT3 Audience Award for a film under 45’ in the International Selection, accompanied by Euros 2,000, goes to:
“THE BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT” by Ruby Yang, China/
USA, 2006

The ERT3 Audience Award for a Greek film over 45’, accompanied by Euros 3,000 goes to:
“PLAY IT AGAIN, CHRISTOS” by Stavros Kaplanidis, Greece, 2006

The ERT3 Audience Award for a Greek film under 45’, accompanied by Euros 2,000 goes to:
“SCHOOLWAVE” by Pavlos Tsiandos, Greece, 2007

FIPRESCI AWARDS

The Jury consisting of:

Thomas Rothschild - Germany (President)
Lars Movin – Denmark
Paulo Portugal – Portugal
Sasa Radojevic – Serbia
and
Dimosthenis Xifilinos - Greece


FIPRESCI award for a film in the Greek selection to:
“SECRETS & LIES”, by Stavros Stangos (Greece), 2006


FIPRESCI award for a film in the international selection to:
“SOUVENIRS” by Shahar Cohen & Halil Efrat (Israel), 2006

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL JURY

The Jury consisting of:

Stelios Kouloglou – Greece (journalist)
Pavlos Nerantzis – Greece (journalist)
Grigoris Paschalidis – Greece (Professor of Mass Media and Communications at Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University)
Irene Tsolaki – Greece (Vice – chairman, Greek Section of Amnesty International)
Katerina Kalogera – Greece (Board Member, greek Section of Amnesty International)
and
Gerassimos Kouvaras – Greece (Director, Greek Section of Amnesty International)


Amnesty International awards the best film in the Human Rights section to:

“THE TRIALS OF DARRYL HUNT” by Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern, USA, 2006

WWF Jury

The Jury consisting of:

Dimitris Karavellas – Greece (General Director, WWF Greece)
Yorgos Vellidis – Greece (Head of Communications, WWF Greece)
and
Yuri Averoff - Greece (documentary filmmaker)

The WWF awards the best film in the Habitat section to:

“LOOP ” by Sjur Paulsen, Norway, 2005