The 2008 Images Festival Jury: Ariella J. BenDov (San Francisco), Dana Inkster (Lethbridge, Alberta), Werner Ruszicka (Duisberg, Germany)

 

Images Prize: Presented by the Images Festival and sponsored by NOW Magazine, this is our grand prize, awarded in recognition of the Best Canadian Media Artwork in the festival. The recipient receives a $500 cash prize.

WINNER: Daniel Barrow (Winnipeg) for "Everytime I See Your Picture I Cry"

 

National Film Board of Canada Award: This prize is awarded by the NFB to the Best Emerging Canadian Film or Video Maker in the festival. The winner receives $5,000 in services through the NFB Filmmaker Assistance Program.

WINNER: Christine Negus (London, Ontario)

 

Technicolor Cinematic Vision Award: A new award in 2008 presented by Technicolor, this award honors excellence and innovation in the visual realization of a work by a Canadian film or video artist. The recipient receives $2,500 of 35mm lab or post-production services in the Toronto office donated by Technicolor.

WINNER: Marianna Milhorat (Montréal)

 

Best International On Screen (film) Award: Presented by the Images Festival, this award honours the strongest new international film in the festival. The recipient receives a $250 cash prize.

WINNER: Redmond Entwistle (UK) for "Paterson-Lodz"

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jeanne Liotta (USA) for "Observando el Cielo"

 

Best International On Screen (video) Award: Presented by the Images Festival, this award honors the strongest new international video in the festival.

The recipient receives a $250 cash prize.

WINNER: Kamal Aljafari (Palestine/Germany) for "The Roof"

 

Best Off Screen Award: Presented by the Images Festival, this award honors the strongest new Canadian or international installation or new media work in the festival. The recipient receives a $250 cash prize.

WINNER: Isabelle Pauwels (Vancouver) for Triple Bill @ Blackwood Gallery

HONOURABLE MENTION: Nelson Henricks (Montréal) for "the Sirens" @ Gallery 44

 

Steam Whistle Homebrew Award: Presented by Steam Whistle Brewing, this award honours excellence and promise in a local artist. The recipient receives a $500 cash prize.

WINNER: Christina Battle

 

Overkill Award: This award was established by the Images Festival in 2000 to honour former Executive Director Deirdre Logue, (1996 through 1999 festivals) This award is presented annually to a film, video or installation artist whose work approaches extremes of incorrigibility through form and/or content and challenges our notions of edgy, experimental practice. Sponsored by an anonymous donor, the recipient receives a $300 cash prize.

WINNER: Greg Pope (Oslo/UK) for "Light Trap" (Live Images 1)

 

Marian McMahon Award: Presented by the Images Festival with support from Kodak Canada and sponsored by Images, this award is given to a woman filmmaker each year to honor strong work in autobiography, the complexity of "subject" and the spirit of Marian McMahon. The recipient is invited to attend the Independent Imaging filmmaking retreat, held every each June in Mount Forest, Ontario facilitated by Philip Hoffman.

WINNER: Jennifer Reeves (USA) for "Light Work Mood Disorder"

 

York University Award for Best Student Film: Presented by York University's Department of Film and Video, the recipient receives a $300 cash award generously donated by the Department of Film and Video, a Gulf Islands Film and Television School scholarship covering tuition for any one-week Media Intensive Program of their choice and $250 worth of Super-8 to video transfer services from Frame Discreet. The recipient is determined by audience vote.

WINNER: Josiah Aiken-Drake (USA, Hampshire College) for "Countdown"

 

Vtape Award for Best Student Video: This longstanding award is presented by Vtape, Toronto's video art distributor and includes a $300 cash prize generously donated by Vtape, and $250 worth of Super-8 to video transfer services from Frame Discreet. The recipient is determined by audience vote.

WINNER: Zak Tatham (OCAD) for "Drawn Close"

 

Ryerson University Award for Best Emerging Canadian Film/Videomaker from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA): A new award in 2008 sponsored by Ryerson University's G. Raymond Chang School for Continuing Education includes $500 toward a Continuing Education course in Film Studies at Toronto's Ryerson University.

WINNER: Dylin North (OCAD) for "Memory Thief"

 

Images/Charles Street Video Residency Award: The Images Festival and Charles Street Video are pleased to offer a new residency in 2008-2009. Up to five Emerging and Established artists will be commissioned to create a new project. Artists were invited to submit a proposal for jury consideration in March 2008 to create a short work that will premiere at the 2009 Images Festival. Each artist receives a package valued at approximately $10,000* (emerging) or $18,000* (established), which includes high or standard definition video production and post-production services, an artist fee and a membership at Charles Street Video. The artists selected for this inaugural year-long residency will be announced at this year's Images Festival awards ceremony on Saturday April 12, 2008. *Estimated value at industry rental rates.

RESIDENTS: Guillermina Buzio, Lesley Loksi Chan, Penny McCann, Steev Morgan, Sarah Shamash

 

Tom Berner Award: This award, sponsored by LIFT, (The Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto) commemorates the late Tom Berner, who for many years supported and nurtured Canadian filmmakers. The award is presented annually to an individual who has provided extraordinary support to the cause of independent filmmaking in Toronto. In 2008 we present the Tom Berner Award to Sebastjan Henrickson.

 

"Sebastjan has supported independent filmmakers on an individual basis, but also through frequent and extensive collaboration with artist-run organizations such as LIFT, TAIS and numerous local festivals, as well as by processing work by student filmmakers at film schools across the country. His lab's flexibility, its willingness to undertake unusual processes, also increases the range of options available to artist-filmmakers. – Chris Gehman

Kim Cattrall will receive the NBC Universal Award of Distinction at the 29th edition of the Banff World Television Festival, which takes place at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Alberta, Canada, June 8 – 11, 2008.

 

The NBC Universal Award of Distinction acknowledges an individual's outstanding career in the broadcast industry. The award will be presented to Ms. Cattrall on Monday June 9th at the Banff World Television Awards. On Tuesday June 10th, Ms. Cattrall will sit down with Bill Carter of the New York Times to discuss her life and career.

 

Cattrall was a leading force in turning the ground-breaking HBO series Sex and the City into a global phenomenon. Portraying femme fatale Samantha, Cattrall won over the hearts of every woman, by playing it honest and impulsive, bringing out the inner vamp in us all. Cattrall has been highly praised by the critics and recognized with a Golden Globe and 2 Screen Actors Guild awards, plus 5 additional Golden Globe, 4 Emmy and 3 Screen Actors' Guild nominations. With the worldwide syndication of Sex and the City, her portrayal of Samantha is known around the globe.

 

Cattrall will be seen this summer in John Boorman's The Tiger's Tail with Brenden Gleeson for Sony Classics. Most recently Kim starred in "My Boy Jack," opposite Daniel Radcliffe and David Haig. The film, which aired in the U.K. on ITV, was highly praised by critics and will be airing in the U.S. on April 20th on PBS Masterpiece Theater. She is currently reprising her role as the infamous Samantha Jones, in "Sex and the City: The Movie," which will be released by New Line in May.

 

"It is with great pleasure that we bestow the NBC Universal Award of Distinction on Kim Cattrall," says Ron Suter, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Canada. "Having grown up in Vancouver and starred in many films and television programs that have originated in Canada, Kim's distinguished acting career is a prime example of what this award was meant to stand for."

 

“Ms. Cattrall has an incredibly prolific and successful career in both films and television,” says Jennifer Harkness, Executive Director, BANFF. “It’s a thrill to welcome her to this festival that celebrates the best in the industry.”

 

The Banff World Television Festival is a not-for-profit event produced by Achilles Media Ltd., an international events management company serving the television and digital media industries. Achilles Media Ltd. events include: History Makers: International Summit of History & Current Affairs Producers, nextMEDIA events, Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX) and NATPE Mobile++. For more information, visit www.achillesmedia.com. The Banff World Television Festival takes place June 8-11 amid the spectacular Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Alberta, Canada. To register, please visit www.banff2008.com

The Best applied animation: "Last Time in Clerkenwell"

Directed by: Alex Budovsky

 

The Best animation for adults: "Stuart"

Directed by: Zepe (Jose Pedro, Cavelheiro)

 

The Best experimental / abstract film: "Primitive Scene"

Directed by: Daniel Faubert

 

The Best debut: "Beton"

Directed by: Ariel Belinco & Michael Faust

 

The Best film for children: "Insight"

Directed by: Salvador Simo Busom

 

The Best Georgian animation film: "A legend about wine"

Directed by: Vladimer (Lado) Sulakvelidze

 

Category - debut

 

For the harmony of music and image: "Illuminations"

Directed by: Itai Froumin

 

For the best humor in Animation: "Zoologic"

Directed by: Nicole Mitchell

 

For brilliant debut: "Fool girl"

Directed by: Zojya Kireeva

 

Category - animation for adults

 

For creating special environment: "Lullaby"

Directed by: Andrey Zolotukhin

Youth Jury Award to the Best Short Film:

"FGM" (Spain, 2008). Directed by Jon Garaño.

National and international competition: the winners!

 

International Competition

Neil Beloufa for "Kempinski," 2007, FR/ML, 15’

Neil Beloufa (Algerian/French, born in Paris in 1985) studied at Ecole des Beaux Arts and Arts Decoratifs in Paris. As an exchange student he studied at Cooper Union in New York and the California institute of Arts. Beloufa mainly works with video and sculpture.

 

The Jury:

An unusual and fresh documentary experiment. You have to see the film twice, to really get it. Beloufa made portraits of several Malinese people. He gave them these guidelines: Imagine how your future looks, but talk about it in the present tense. As soon as you know this you want to see the film again, to look for more details. Visions of the future, that to us are hopeful and spiritual. The futuristic feel of the film clashes with our western ideas about that part of the world. With some very simple elements Beloufa succeeds in building an effective scenography. The fluorescent light adds a futuristic feel to the filmed environment. The sounddesign is build on a simple element effectively: a humming noise strange to the context. Light and sound support a coherent scenario.

 

International Competition

Isabelle Tollenaere for "Stil Leven / Still Life," 2007, BE, 17’

Isabelle Tollenaere just graduated from the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussels.

 

The jury:

A film that starts with a dead cat being hoovered, an image that I wouldn’t have expected to see. The mise-en-scene is happy and colourful. But something about the image is unsettling. It seeks a balance between cute and morbid.

 

The Prizes:

 

The international competition: Avid - the new Media Composer

 

The national competition: Eye-Lite - light and camera rental, Noise Reduction - sound, set and studio

The 43rd Academia Film Olomouc - International Festival of Popular-scientific and Documentary Films that came to an end Sunday, Apr 20, screened a total of 109 films from nearly 50 countries and hosted more than 12,000visitors. In the following weeks, a selection of festival films will tour the region; festival highlights will also be presented in other Czech cities as well as in a number of European countries, e.g., Poland, France and Belgium.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

 

Jury: Brigitte Berg (Denmark), Peter Furtado (UK)

Irene Lichtscheidl (Austria), Paul Pissanos (Greece) and Robert A. Rosenstone (USA)

 

Award for Best International Popular-scientific Documentary Film

 

"In the Name of Roses"

Director: Thierry Berrod / France 2008 / 52 min.

With charm and humor Thierry Berrod sets off to gather excrements or roses as he calls them. The film offers a look into alchemists’ laboratories as well as much insight into the modern technologies involved in the processing of stools.

 

CZECH COMPETITION

 

Jury: Mgr. Pavel Černuška, Ph.D. (Czech Republic), Ing. Marcel Grün (Czech Republic), PhDr. Ivan Klimeš (Czech Republic), Tomáš Škrdlant (Czech Republic) and RNDr. Stanislav Vaněk (Czech Republic)

 

Award for Best Czech Popular-scientific Documentary Film

 

"Mr. Parkinson"

Director: Petr Jančárek / CZ 2007 / 26 min.

Coming to terms with a disease that turns one’s life upside down can be done with vast wisdom. A composer of classical music, whose movements have changed to something of a dance creation, wrote parodiable music that compliments the film. Brain surgery and its affects on family life projected on screen.

 

OTHER AWARDS

 

Lifetime Achievement Award in Popular-scientific Film: Nigel Marven

A biologist, filmmaker and a long-time BBC associate who has cooperated, among others, with Sir David Attenborough, a leading pioneer in promoting science on television. Today Marven is rightly considered among international celebrities in his field.

 

Audience Award

 

"Mr. Parkinson"

Director: Petr Jančárek / CZ 2007 / 26 min.

Coming to terms with a disease that turns one’s life upside down can be done with vast wisdom. A composer of classical music, whose movements have changed to something of a dance creation, wrote parodiable music that compliments the film. Brain surgery and its affects on family life projected on screen.

 

Student Jury Award

 

Jury: Vojtěch Hanulík, Zuzka Jašková

Ester Kadlecová, Josef Kaštil, Dominika Linhartová, Rodion Procjuk, Jan Přeček and Tomáš Vynikal

 

"Peace with Seals"

Director: Miloslav Novák / CZ 2007 / 96 min.

Peace with Seals is an extraordinary viewing experience of peaceful coexistence between seal and man. A feature-length documentary film creation of unique picture poetry produced in the Czech Republic.

 

SPECIAL MENTION

 

Vesmír magazine Award for Best Czech Documentary Film in Natural Sciences

 

"Fish’n’Pills"

Director: Tereza Tara / CZ 2007 / 20 min.

“Females know little about the causes, signs and side effects of hormone pill intake. Males lose their sexuality.” The black and white film tells of environmental hormonal pollution.

 

Dějiny a současnost magazine Award for Best Czech Documentary Film in the Humanities and Social Sciences

 

"Forgotten Transports"

Director: Lukáš Přibyl / CZ 2007 / 86 min.

The Forgotten transports to Byelorussia project was gradually developed in the years of 2000 – 2006 and consists of testimonies of individuals that survived practically unknown concentration camps in Latvia, Byelorussia, Estonia and Eastern Poland.

 

History Today magazine Award for Best International Documentary Film in the Humanities

 

"Nanking"

Director: Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman / USA 2007 / 88 min.

The night before the Second World War broke out the Japanese military invaded Chinese territory and occupied the then capital city of Nanking, which subsequently set the stage for Japanese military barbarity and horror.

 

Award for Best Student Film - V. Ř. E. D.

JÁ (a music video for LAJKY)│Czech Republic, 2008

Director: Miloš Kameník

 

GUESTS

The 43rd Academia Olomouc - International Festival of Popular-scientific and Documentary Films welcomed the following guests: Josef Abrhám ml., Petr Baran, Václav Bělohradský, Luboš Bělka, Brigitte Berg, David Čeněk, Pavel Černuška, Jakub Červena, Jaroslav Flegr, Peter Furtado, Marcel Grün, Nikolaj Hrib, Vít Janeček, Pavel Jirásek, Ivan Klimeš, Natacha von Kopp, Jiřina Kosíková, Steve L. Lichtag, Irene Lichtsheidel, Petr Lokaj, Daniel Luther, Peter Lynch, Nigel Marven, František Mikeš, Miloslav Novák, Emil Paleček, Paul Pissanos, Lukáš Přibyl, Robert Rosenstone, Alice Růžičková, Martin Řezníček, Otakáro Maria Schmidt, Pavel Smetana, Jiří Straus, Jaroslav Šabata, Martin Škabraha, Tomáš Škrdlant, Pavel Štingl, Jiří Vácha, Stanislav Vaněk and others.

 

STUDIO

This section included a wide range of discussions, panels, lectures and film screenings. This year's main themes were: Year 1968: Global Revolt; Evolution, or a Miracle?; and Science Inside Out. Audiences had the opportunity to see several internationally renown documentary films, e.g. Project Grizzly, Cyberman, The Herd and A Whale of a Tale, by Canadian filmmaker Peter Lynch who attended the screenings.

 

The panel Evolution or a Miracle? brought together the supporters and opponents of the intelligent design theory vs. the evolution theory: philosopher Doc. Luboš Bělka, evolution biologist prof. Jaroslav Flegr, theologian and chemist Ing. František Mikeš, PhD., molecular biologist prof. Emil Paleček, and physiologist Prof. MUDr. Jiří Vácha, DrSc.

 

Prof. Robert A. Rosenstone from the California Institute of Technology gave a remarkable lecture supplemented with film clips that aimed to prove that the treatment of history in film can have a number of other aspects.

 

Prof. PhDr. Jiří Straus, DrSc. and Ing. Nikolaj Hrib delivered a successful lecture comparing the current practice of criminal investigation with the methods promoted by popular television shows, such as CSI Miami and others.

 

Alice Růžičková, Vice Dean at FAMU, dedicated her lecture to Czech popular-scientific film in the 1950s.

 

RETROSPECTIVE

At this year's festival, audiences had a chance to find out more about French filmmaker Jean Painlevé, a pioneer in ocean filmmaking. The screenings were introduced by Painlevé's former associate Brigitte Berg and film historian David Čeněk. Jean Painlevé made nearly 200 films, the AFO selection included e.g., The Sea Horse, The Vampire,

Notre planète la Terre, Hyas et stenorinques, Comment naissent les méduses, etc.

 

DOC.Port

A comprehensive video library that serves as an representative international market of popular-scientific films that offers a meeting point for producers, buyers, distributors and journalists. Each visitor with the AFO accreditation can visit the Doc.port and watch a broad selection of films. Apart from the competition films Doc.port contains also films that were not selected for the main competition. This year the DOC.Port database included 582 films from 50 countries. Hundreds of visitors watched films on DOC.Port during the festival; after the end of AFO, these films will still be available at the university library.

Winners of the International Documentary Challenge, a timed filmmaking competition co-presented by Hot Docs, were announced on Saturday, April 26, at a special screening premiering the entries.

 

The winners of this year's Challenge are:

 

Best Film of the 2008 International Documentary Challege ($1,000 cash award) CLICK WHOOSH

Team: Reel Grrrls

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

Genre: Historical

Team Leader: Reid Kuennen

 

American Documentary | P.O.V. Short Film Award ($1,000 Cash Award & featured on POV Website)

ARS MAGNA

Team: Juicebox

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

Genre: Biography/Character Study

Team Leader: Sean Roach

 

Doc Challenge Original Vision Award BEHOLDER

Team: Boss and Coder 34

City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA

Genre: First Person

Team Leader: Eric Daniel Metzgar

 

Best Directing

STICK AND POUND

Team: It Donned On Me

City/Country: Foster City, CA, USA

Genre: Art

Directed by: www.ItDonnedOnMe.com

 

Best Editing

I=ME2

Team: Year of the Rooster

City/Country: Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

Genre: Experimental

Edited by: Kevin Thomas

 

Best Cinematography

STICK AND POUND

Team: It Donned On Me

City/Country: Foster City, CA, USA

Genre: Art

Cinematography by: www.ItDonnedOnMe.com

 

Best Writing

BEHOLDER

Team: Boss and Coder 34

City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA

Genre: First Person

Written by: Eric Daniel Metzgar

 

Best Soundtrack

THE MIXTRESS

Team: Wideshot Studios

City/Country: Portland, OR, USA

Genre: Biography/Character Study

Arranged by: The Mixtress: Jules Bennett

 

Best Original Score

JETTY

Team: Fly On The Wall

City/Country: Portland, OR, USA

Genre: Social Issue/Political

Original Score by Bell Plaines & Arlen Kallunki

 

Best Use of "Change" Theme

PENNYWISE: THE CHANGING FACE OF CHANGE

Team: Lucky Shot

City/Country: Silver Spring, MD, USA

Genre: Social Issue/Political

 

Best Use of Date Stamp

RED LIGHT BLUES

Team: Abrahami-Netz Productions

City/Country: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Genre: Social Issue/Political

 

BEST USE OF GENRE AWARDS

 

Best Use of Art Genre

GHOST BIKE

Team: Go!

City/Country: Toronto, ON, Canada

 

Best Use of Character Study Genre

ARS MAGNA

Team Juicebox

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

 

Best Use of Experimental Genre

I=ME2

Team: Year of the Rooster

City/Country: Sherman Oaks, CA, USA

 

Best Use of First Person Genre

BEHOLDER

Team: Boss and Coder 34

City/Country: Brooklyn, NY, USA

 

Best Use of Historical Genre

CLICK WHOOSH

Team: Reel Grrrls

City/Country: Seattle, WA, USA

 

Best Use of Music Genre

OLD SOUL

Team: Reel Hard Workin Dogs

City/Country: Washington, DC, USA

 

Best Use of Nature Genre

FARM TO TABLE

Team: Smoke In Mirror Productions

City/Country: Rutland, VT, USA

 

Best Use of Social Issue/Political Genre

MEET THE FREEGANS

Team: Shields Films

City/Country: Portland, OR, USA

 

Best Use of Sports Genre

THE ART OF BALANCE

Team: Surge Media

City/Country: New York, NY, USA

 

SPECIAL JUDGES AWARDS

 

Best Use of Archival Footage

PENNYWISE: THE CHANGING FACE OF CHANGE

Team: Lucky Shot

City/Country: Silver Spring, MD, USA

Genre: Social Issue/Political

 

Best Social Commentary

FIERCELY INDEPENDENT

Team: Higher Rock & Downward Spiral Productions

City/Country: Moab, UT, USA

In addition to the awards announced at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation on Friday, April 25, the Hot Docs Audience Award and the CIDA Award were named at the close of the Festival.

 

TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI (Director: Lisa Merton, Alan Dater; USA), the inspiring story of the Nobel laureate whose simple act of planting trees inspired Kenya’s environmental movement, protected the human rights of its people and defended the nation’s democracy, won the Hot Docs Audience Award. Sponsored by History Television, the award is decided by audience ballot.

 

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Prize for best Canadian documentary on international development was awarded to SHOCK WAVES (Director: Pierre Mignault, Hélène Magny) for its courageous portrayal of a country and its people. The documentary shows the powerful impact that community-based radio has in affecting significant change throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The CIDA Jury commended the filmmakers for sharing the risks taken by the Radio Okapi journalists on the ground and for bringing a fresh perspective to this under-reported story. The CIDA Award comes with a $5000 cash prize.

 

The 2008 Hot Docs top 10, as determined by audience ballot, are:

 

1. TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI (Director: Lisa Merton, Alan Dater; USA)

2. PLANET B-BOY (Director: Benson Lee; USA)

3. DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER (Director: Kurt Kuenne; USA)

4. THE ENGLISH SURGEON (Director: Geoffrey Smith; UK)

5. TRIAGE: DR. JAMES ORBINSKI’S HUMANITARIAN DILEMMA (Director: Patrick Reed; Canada)

6. ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (Director: Sacha Gervasi; USA)

7. THE BEETLE (Director: Yishai Orian; Israel)

8. DADDY TRAN: A LIFE IN 3-D (Director: Siu Ta; Canada)

9. STRANDED, I’VE COME FROM A PLANE THAT CRASHED IN THE MOUNTAINS (Director: Gonzalo Arijon; France)

10. ALL TOGETHER NOW (Director: Adrian Wills; Canada)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

 

THE INTERNATIONAL JURY:

Claire Aguilar (producer ITVS, USA), Séverine Barde (cinematographer, Switzerland), Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich (producer, Netherlands), Andreas Horvath

(director, photogapher), awards the following prizes:

 

Grand Prix La Poste Suisse – Visions du Réel, CHF 20'000.- to:

THE LIE OF THE LAND

Directed by: Molly Dineen, UK

 

Prix SRG SSR idée suisse, CHF 10'000.- to:

NUIT DE CHINE

Directed by: Ju An-Qi, France/Italia/China

 

LE JURY DU PUBLIC:

Claude Bernhard, Camelia Cioara, Vincent Milliard, Vreni Müller-Hemmi, awarded:

 

Prix du public de la Ville de Nyon, CHF 10'000.- awarded by the Municipalité de Nyon to:

ENTRE OURS ET LOUP (24H DANS LA VILLE DE N.)

Directed by: Denis Sneguirev, France/Russia

 

LE JURY INTERRELIGIEUX:

Viviane Borderie (France), Gisela Blau (Switzerland), Elâ Gurmen (Turkey), Serge Mulla (Switzerland), decided

 

Prix du interreligious jury of CHF 5'000.- awarded by the Eglise catholique suisse and by the Conférence des Eglises protestantes de Romandie (CER)

THE EXISTENCE

Directed by: Marcin Koszalka, Poland

 

and a Special Mention to

ENTRE OURS ET LOUP (24H DANS LA VILLE DE N.)

Directed by: Denis Sneguirev, France/Russia

 

LE JURY DU JEUNE PUBLIC:

Aline Fuchs, Ibrahim Obeida, Bastien Métraux, Lia Rossion, Emilie Walbaum, decided that

 

Prix de la DDC of CHF 5'000.- to

D’UN MUR L’AUTRE – DE BERLIN A CEUTA

Directed by: Patric Jean, Belgium/France

 

THe Ypung Jury Prize of the Société des Hôteliers de la Côte of CHF 2'500.- to

THE EXISTENCE

Directed by: Marcin Koszalka, Poland

 

REGARDS NEUFS:

 

LE JURY REGARDS NEUFS:

Ernesto Baca (director, Argentina), Jan Peters (director, Germany), Thomas Thümena (producer Hugofilm, Switzerland), Wang Pai-Zhang (director Taiwan), decided both:

 

Prix de l'Etat de Vaud de CHF 2 X 5’000.- each to

LES HOMMES DE LA FORET 21

Directed by: Julien Samani, France

NO LONDON TODAY de Delphine Deloget, France

 

and a Special Mention to

SOLLBRUCHSTELLE

Directed by: Eva Stotz, Allemagne

 

SWISS CINEMA:

 

THE JURY SWISS CINEMA:

Roger de Diesbach (journalist, Switzerland, Ulle Schröder (Arte Strasbourg, France), Bruno Ulmer (director, France), decided that

 

Prix George Foundation for the Best Newcomer in Film CHF 10'000.- to

LA MERE

Directed by: Antoine Cattin and Pavel Kostomarov, Switzerland/France/Russia

 

Prix Suissimage/Société suisse des auteurs SSA – film suisse le plus novateur, CHF 10'000.- to

TEMOIN INDESIRABLE

Directed by: Juan Lozano, Switzerland

 

The Swiss jury awarded a Special Mention to

THE BEAST WITHIN

Directed by: Yves Scagliola, Switzerland

 

ALL SECTIONS:

 

LE JURY FOR CRIME CINEMA:

Thomas Krompecher (professor), Anne Reiser (lawyer), Stéphane Blok (musician and writer), awarded the

 

Prix «Regards sur le crime» of CHF 5’000.- decided by a group of lawyers for Geneva to

LA PETITE BOITEUSE de Robin Harsch, Switzerland

 

and a Special Mention to the film

ARTICLE 43

Directed by: Denise Gilliand, Switzerland

Winners of the "best of category" torcs

 

Animation: "Holi Hana - Dawnsio Bale"

Directed by: Tom Edgar

Calon / S4C

 

Current Affairs: "Tales from the Edge: The Children who Disappear"

Directed by: Lindsay Hill

BBC Scotland

 

Documentary Feature: "Padraic O Conaire - An Fear"

Directed by: Johnny White

Seanchas Productions / TG4 / BCI

 

Factual Documentary: "O’r Galon – Martin Thomas"

Directed by: Dylan Richards

Fflic TV / S4C

 

Arts Documentary: "R.S Thomas: The Man Who Went Into the West"

Directed by: Catrin Mair Thomas

BBC Wales / Fulmar

 

Short Drama: "River Child"

Directed by: Damian Wood

Storymix Ltd / Screen Academy Scotland

 

Drama Series: "Prosperity - Episode 1"

Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson

Element Films

 

Feature Length Drama: "The Last King of Scotland"

Directed by: Kevin MacDonald

Cowboy Films

 

Education: "Rygbi 100% - Series 2"

Directed by: Guto Williams

Cwmni Da / S4C

 

Entertainment: "Tom and the Giant"

Directed by: Will Coleman

Brave Tales Ltd

 

Sport Profile: "Wynebau Newydd - Merch y Gadair Ddur"

Directed by: Sian Pari Huws

Ffilmiau’r Nant / S4C

 

Childrens: "Aifric - Prog 4 Gafa Le Mata"

Directed by: Paul Mercier

Telegael / TG4

 

Young People: "On the Block"

Directed by: Katie Lincoln / Children

Macalla Teo