51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 3-12, 2010
THE AWARDS
The International Jury of the 51st Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:
Michel Demopoulos, Jury President, Film critic (Greece)
Mohamed Al-Daradji, Director (Iraq)
Scandar Copti, Director (Palestine)
Behrooz Hashemian, Producer (Iran/USA) and
Martin Schweighofer, Managing Director of the Austrian Film Commission (Austria)
Bestows:
THE AWARDS
Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander
(20.000 euros)
PERIFERIC (OUTBOUND)
By
BOGDAN GEORGE APETRI, Producer Alexandru Teodorescu, Screenwriters Tudor Voican, Bogdan George Apetri – based on an idea by Ioana Uricaru & Cristian Mungiu, Romania/Austria, 2010
Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander
(10.000 euros)
ATTENBERG
By
ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, Producers Angelos Venetis, Iraklis Mavroidis, Yorgos Lanthimos, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Maria Hatzakou, Screenwriter Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 2010
Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation - Bronze Alexander
(5.000 euros)
JEAN GENTIL
By
LAURA AMELIA GUZMAN & ISRAEL CARDENAS, Producers Pablo Cruz, Barbel Mauch, Israel Cardenas, Laura Amelia Guzman, Screenwriters Israel Cardenas, Laura Amelia Guzman, Mexico/Dominican Republic/Germany, 2010
Best Director Award
to
MARIAN CRISAN
for
MORGEN, Producer Anca Puiu, Screenwriter Marian Crisan, Romania/France/Hungary, 2010
Best Screenplay Award
to
MAREK LECHKI
for ERRATUM by Marek Lechki, Producer Marek Lechki, Poland, 2010
Best Actress Award
to
ANA ULARU
in
PERIFERIC (Outbound), by Bogdan George Apetri, Producer Alexandru Teodorescu, Screenwriters Tudor Voican, Bogdan George Apetri – based on an idea by Ioana Uricaru & Cristian Mungiu, Romania/Austria, 2010
Best Actor Award ex aequo
to
ANDRAS HATHAZI and YILMAZ YALCIN
in MORGEN by Marian Crisan, Producer Anca Puiu, Screenwriter Marian Crisan, Romania/France/Hungary, 2010
Artistic Achievement Award
ZEFIR (ZEPHYR)
By
BELMA BAS, Producers Seyhan Kaya, Birol Akbaba, Screenwriter Belma Bas, Turkey, 2010
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 51st International Thessaloniki Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:
Annika Gustafsson, President (Sweden)
Dubravka Lakic (Serbia)
Minou Moshiri (Iran)
Chris Patmore (UK) and
Tasos Retzios (Greece)
Bestows the FIPRESCI awards:
For a film in the International Competition Section 2010 to
MORGEN
By
MARIAN CRISAN, Producer Anca Puiu, Screenwriter Marian Crisan, Romania/France/Hungary, 2010
For a film in the Greek Films 2010 section to
APNIA (APNEA)
By
ARI BAFALOUKA, Producers Ari Bafalouka, Elisavet Tsouhtidi, Screenwriter Yiannis Tsiros, Greece, 2010
HUMAN VALUES AWARD
(7.500 euros)
The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows the award to a film of the Independence Days ID-10 section,
LOS LABIOS (THE LIPS)
by
IVAN FUND & SANTIAGO LOZA, Producers Ivan Eibuszyc, Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza, Screenwriters Ivan Fund & Santiago Loza, Argentina, 2010
FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
(3.000 euros)
APNIA (APNEA)
By
ARI BAFALOUKA, Producers Ari Bafalouka, Elisavet Tsouhtidi, Screenwriter Yiannis Tsiros, Greece, 2010
For a film in the Greek Films section
(3.000 euros)
KANENAS (NOBODY)
By
CHRISTOS NIKOLERIS, Producer Yiannis Exintaris, Screenwriter Panayiotis Iosifelis, Greece, 2010
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
(2.000 euros)
CIRKUS COLUMBIA
By
DANIS TANOVIC, Producers Cedomir Kolar, Amra Baksic Camo, Marc Bachet, Mirsad Purivatra, Screenwriters Danis Tanovic, Ivica Dikic – based on the novel Cirkus Colombia by Ivica Dikic, Bosnia&Herzegovina/France/UK/Germany/Slovenia/Belgium, 2010
For a film in the Open Horizons section
(2.000 euros)
EN GANSKE SNILL MAN (A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN)
By
HANS PETTER MOLAND, Producers Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae, Screenwriter Kim Fupz Aakeson, Norway, 2010
CINEMA AND THE CITY AWARD
(10.000 euros)
The Municipality of Thessaloniki bestows the award to a film of the International Competition section,
JO POUR JONATHAN (JO FOR JONATHAN)
By
MAXIME GIROUX, Producer Paul Barbeau, Screenwriters Alexandre Laferriere, Maxime Giroux, Canada, 2010
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
The PEKK award for is given to
PERIFERIC (OUTBOUND)
By
BOGDAN GEORGE APETRI, Producer Alexandru Teodorescu, Screenwriters Tudor Voican, Bogdan George Apetri – based on an idea by Ioana Uricaru & Cristian Mungiu, Romania/Austria, 2010