45th INTERNATIONAL THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 19-28, 2004
The jury for the International Competition of the 45th Thessaloniki Film Festival was comprised of,
Miklos Jancso, Film Director (Hungary), President
Arsinée Khanjian, Actress (Canada)
Alexander Payne, Film Director, (USA)
Kent Jones, Film Critic (USA)
Valerio Adami, Painter, (Italy)
Donald Ramvaud, Producer (UK/Italy) and
Yannis Bakoyannopoulos, Film Critic, (Greece)
THE ΑWARDS:
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SECTION
Best Full Length Film Award - Golden Alexander (37.000 euros)
KHAB E TALKH (Bitter Dream) by Mohsen Amiryousefi, Iran.
Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander (22.000 euros) ex aequo to,
VREMIA ZHATVY (The Harvest Time) by Marina Razbezhkina, Russia and UNA DE DOS (One or the Other) by Alejo Taube, Argentina
Best Director Award To
FERNANDO EIMBCKE for, Temporada de Patos (Duck Season), Mexico.
Best Screenplay Award to
GONZALO DELGADO GALIANA, JUAN PABLO REBELLA and PABLO STOLL for, Whisky, Uruguay.
Best Actress Award to
MIRELLA PASCUAL in, Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo Stoll , Uruguay
Best Actor Award to
SIMON ABKARIAN in, Ve Lakachta Lecha Isha (To Take a Wife) by Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz, Israel/France.
Artistic Achievement Award To
VREMYA ZHATVY (The Harvest Time) by Marina Razbezhkina, Russia
Special Mention to
KARPUZ KABUGUNDAN GEMILER YAPMAK (Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds) by Ahmet Ulucay, Turkey.
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The FIPRESCI (Federation of International Film Association) jury, comprised of, Dan Fainaru (Israel), President Terje Eidsvaag (Norway) Umberto Rossi (Italy) Alexander Yanakiev (Bulgaria) Stratos Kersanidis (Greece) at the 45th International Thessaloniki Film Festival decided to give the FIPRESCI award for a film of the International Competition to
LU MAO TZE (The Green Hat) by Liu Fendou, China
and for a film of the Greek Films 2004 section to,
DELIVERY by Nikos Panayotopoulos, Greece
PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS JAMESON
The Public Choice Awards, backed by Jameson, for a film of the International Competition section to,
KHAB E TALKH (Bitter Dream) by Mohsen Amiryousefi, Iran.
for a film of the Greek Films 2004 section to
MI FEVYIS (Don't Go) by Alexandros Pandazoudis The award is accompanied by a prize of 3.000 euros.
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
The PEKK award to a Greek film in the Greek Films 2004 section is attributed ex aequo to
CC TV by Vasilis Katsikis and to
ALITHINI ZOI (Real Life) by Panos Koutras.
THE GREEK UNION OF FILM TELEVISION AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIANS (ETEKT) AWARD
The ETEKT award to a Greek film in the Greek Films 2004 section is attributed to
NYFES (Brides) by Pantelis Voulgaris.
