48th INTERNATIONAL THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 16-25, 2007
The jury of the International Competition Section of the 48th Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:
Jiri Menzel, Director (CzechRepublic), President
Lucrecia Martel, Director (Argentina)
Yasmin Ahmad, Director / Producer / Actress (Malaysia)
Michael Fitzgerald, Producer (USA)
Nae Caranfil, Director (Romania)
Fred Roos, Producer (USA)
and Olga Brumas, Poet / Professor (Greece)
THE ΑWARDS
Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander (37.000 euros)
HONGSE KANBAIYIN, (THE RED AWN) by Shangjun Cai, Producer Li Xudong, China
Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander (22.000)
PVC-1 by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Producers Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Jason Hall, Colombia / Greece / USA
Best Director Award
to VEIKO OUNPUU for Sugisball (Autumn Ball), Estonia
Best Screenplay Award
to THANOS ANASTOPOULOS, VASSILIS RAISSIS for Diorthosi (Correction), by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece
Best Actress Award
to ANNA LALASIDOU for Elli Makra - 42277 Wuppertal, by Athanasios Karanikolas, Germany
Best Actor Award
to ALBERTO SORNOZA for PVC-1, by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia / Greece / USA
Artistic Achievement Award
to JONAS CUARON, for Ano Una (The Year of The Nail), Mexico
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 48th International Thessaloniki Film Festival FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:
Alin Tasciyan, President (Turkey)
Pablo Utin (Israel)
Shahla Nahid (France)
Raghavendra Mirle (India)
Dimitris Babas (Greece)
Bestows the FIPRESCI award for a film in the International Competition Section 2007 to
PVC-1 by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia / Greece / USA
For a film in the Greek Films 2007 section to
I EPISTROFI (THE HOMECOMING) by Vassilis Douvlis, Greece
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
SZTUCZKI (Tricks) by Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland
FISCHER PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section (3.000 euros)
PVC-1 by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia / Greece / USA
For a film in the Greek Films 2007 section (3.000 euros)
EL GRECO by Iannis Smaragdis, Greece
For a film in the Balkan Survey section (2.000 euros)
BEYNELMILEL (THE INTERNATIONAL) by Sirri Sureyya Onder and Muharrem Gulmez, Turkey
For a film in the Greek Films DigitalWave section (2.000 euros)
YAGONAN: THE DARK DAYS OF DOOM by Yagos Raftopoulos, Greece
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
EL GRECO by Iannis Smaragdis
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
The PEKK award for a Greek film in the Greek Films 2007section is given to
METAMORFOSI (METAMORPHOSIS), by Costas Sfikas, Greece
EVERYDAY LIFE: TRANSCENDENCE OR RECONCILIATION AWARD (15.000 EUROS)
Offered by the Ministry for Macedonia – Thrace
ELLI MAKRA - 42277 WUPPERTAL, by Athanasios Karanikolas, 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
BUDA AZ SHARM FORU RIKHT (BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME), by Hana Makhmalbaf, Iran / France
CROSSROADS - Co-production Forum AWARD (10.000 EUROS)
Offered by Nokia N series
THE POLICEMAN by Navad Lapid, Israel - Producers Edgar Tenembaum, Geraldine Michelot
BALKAN FUND - Script Development AWARDS (10.000 EUROS each) AND SPECIAL MENTIONS
2 SPECIAL MENTIONS:
METASTASES -Director: Branko Schmidt -Producer: Stanislav Babic, Croatia
SOME OTHER STORIES- Writers/ Directors: Ana Maria Rossi / Ines Tanovic /Maria Dzizeva / Hanna Slak / Ivona Juka - Producer: Nenad Dukoc, Serbia / Montenegro
4 AWARDS:
RIO - Writers: Nicolas Panoutsopoulos & Argyris Germanidis - Director/Producer: Nicolas Panoutsopoulos, Greece
THE POOR LITTLE THINGS - Writer: Onder Cakar - Director: Ayhan Hacifazlioglu - Producer: Sevil Demirci Cakar, Turkey
FIRST OF ALL, FELICIA - Writers/Directors: Melissa De Raaf & Razvan Radulescu -Producer: Ada Solomon, Romania
MOTHER - Writer/Director: Juraj Lerotic - Producer: Dana Budisavljevic, Croatia
Jiri Menzel, Director (CzechRepublic), President
Lucrecia Martel, Director (Argentina)
Yasmin Ahmad, Director / Producer / Actress (Malaysia)
Michael Fitzgerald, Producer (USA)
Nae Caranfil, Director (Romania)
Fred Roos, Producer (USA)
and Olga Brumas, Poet / Professor (Greece)
THE ΑWARDS
Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander (37.000 euros)
HONGSE KANBAIYIN, (THE RED AWN) by Shangjun Cai, Producer Li Xudong, China
Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander (22.000)
PVC-1 by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Producers Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Jason Hall, Colombia / Greece / USA
Best Director Award
to VEIKO OUNPUU for Sugisball (Autumn Ball), Estonia
Best Screenplay Award
to THANOS ANASTOPOULOS, VASSILIS RAISSIS for Diorthosi (Correction), by Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece
Best Actress Award
to ANNA LALASIDOU for Elli Makra - 42277 Wuppertal, by Athanasios Karanikolas, Germany
Best Actor Award
to ALBERTO SORNOZA for PVC-1, by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia / Greece / USA
Artistic Achievement Award
to JONAS CUARON, for Ano Una (The Year of The Nail), Mexico
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 48th International Thessaloniki Film Festival FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:
Alin Tasciyan, President (Turkey)
Pablo Utin (Israel)
Shahla Nahid (France)
Raghavendra Mirle (India)
Dimitris Babas (Greece)
Bestows the FIPRESCI award for a film in the International Competition Section 2007 to
PVC-1 by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia / Greece / USA
For a film in the Greek Films 2007 section to
I EPISTROFI (THE HOMECOMING) by Vassilis Douvlis, Greece
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
SZTUCZKI (Tricks) by Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland
FISCHER PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section (3.000 euros)
PVC-1 by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia / Greece / USA
For a film in the Greek Films 2007 section (3.000 euros)
EL GRECO by Iannis Smaragdis, Greece
For a film in the Balkan Survey section (2.000 euros)
BEYNELMILEL (THE INTERNATIONAL) by Sirri Sureyya Onder and Muharrem Gulmez, Turkey
For a film in the Greek Films DigitalWave section (2.000 euros)
YAGONAN: THE DARK DAYS OF DOOM by Yagos Raftopoulos, Greece
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
EL GRECO by Iannis Smaragdis
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
The PEKK award for a Greek film in the Greek Films 2007section is given to
METAMORFOSI (METAMORPHOSIS), by Costas Sfikas, Greece
EVERYDAY LIFE: TRANSCENDENCE OR RECONCILIATION AWARD (15.000 EUROS)
Offered by the Ministry for Macedonia – Thrace
ELLI MAKRA - 42277 WUPPERTAL, by Athanasios Karanikolas, 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
BUDA AZ SHARM FORU RIKHT (BUDDHA COLLAPSED OUT OF SHAME), by Hana Makhmalbaf, Iran / France
CROSSROADS - Co-production Forum AWARD (10.000 EUROS)
Offered by Nokia N series
THE POLICEMAN by Navad Lapid, Israel - Producers Edgar Tenembaum, Geraldine Michelot
BALKAN FUND - Script Development AWARDS (10.000 EUROS each) AND SPECIAL MENTIONS
2 SPECIAL MENTIONS:
METASTASES -Director: Branko Schmidt -Producer: Stanislav Babic, Croatia
SOME OTHER STORIES- Writers/ Directors: Ana Maria Rossi / Ines Tanovic /Maria Dzizeva / Hanna Slak / Ivona Juka - Producer: Nenad Dukoc, Serbia / Montenegro
4 AWARDS:
RIO - Writers: Nicolas Panoutsopoulos & Argyris Germanidis - Director/Producer: Nicolas Panoutsopoulos, Greece
THE POOR LITTLE THINGS - Writer: Onder Cakar - Director: Ayhan Hacifazlioglu - Producer: Sevil Demirci Cakar, Turkey
FIRST OF ALL, FELICIA - Writers/Directors: Melissa De Raaf & Razvan Radulescu -Producer: Ada Solomon, Romania
MOTHER - Writer/Director: Juraj Lerotic - Producer: Dana Budisavljevic, Croatia
