55th TIFF: THE AWARDS
The International Jury of the 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival comprised of:
Gotz Spielmann, Director, Austria, Jury President
Rasha Salti, Festival Programmer, Lebanon-Canada
Miroljub Vuckovic, Head of International Relations FILM CENTER SERBIA, Serbia
Joanna Lapinska, Artistic Director ERA NEW HORIZONS Film Festival, Poland
Thanassis Karathanos, Producer, Germany-Greece
Bestows:
THE AWARDS
Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander Theo Angelopoulos
LA TIRISIA (PERPETUAL SADNESS)
By
JORGE PEREZ SOLANO, Producer Cesar Gutierrez Miranda, Screenwriter Jorge Perez Solano, Mexico, 2014
Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander
AT LI LAYLA (NEXT TO HER)
By
ASAF KORMAN, Producers Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg, Screenwriter Liron Ben Shlush, Israel, 2014
Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation - Bronze Alexander
UROK (THE LESSON)
By
KRISTINA GROZEVA, PETAR VALCHANOV, Producers Magdalena Ilieva, Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou, Screenwriter Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Bulgaria-Greece, 2014
Best Director Award
MYROSLAV SLABOSHPYTSKIY
For
PLEMYA (THE TRIBE), Producers Valentyn Vasyanovych, Iya Myslytska Screenwriter Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, Ukraine, 2014
Best Screenplay Award
KRISTINA GROZEVA, PETAR VALCHANOV
For
UROK (THE LESSON), Directors Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Producers Magdalena Ilieva, Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou, Bulgaria-Greece, 2014
Best Actress Award
BROOKE BLOOM
For
SHE’S LOST CONTROL, Director & Screenwriter Anja Marquardt, Producers Kiara C. Jones, Mollye Asher, Anja Marquardt, USA, 2014
Best Actor Award
SVERRIR GUDNASON
For
FLUGPARKEN (BLOWFLY PARK), Director & screenwriter Jens Ostberg, Producers Rebecka Lafrenz, Mimmi Spang, Sweden, 2014
Artistic Achievement Award
RISTTUULES (IN THE CROSSWIND)
By
MARTTI HELDE Producers Pille Runk, Piret Tibbo-Hudgins, Screenwriter Martti Helde Estonia, 2014
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 55th Thessaloniki International Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:
Jose Antonio Teodoro, Canada – Jury President
Muge Turan, Turkey
Ninos Feneck Mikelides, Greece
For a film in the International Competition to:
ICH SEH, ICH SEH (GOODNIGHT MOMMY)
By
VERONIKA FRANZ & SEVERIN FIALA, Producer Ulrich Seidl, Screenwriter Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala, Austria, 2014
For a film in the Greek Films 2014 section to:
NORVIYIA (NORWAY)
By
YIANNIS VESLEMES, Producers Yorgos Tsourgiannis, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Screenwriter Yiannis Veslemes, Greece, 2014
Special mention to:
POLK
By
NIKOS NIKOLOPOULOS, VLADIMIROS NIKOLOUZOS, Producers & Screenwriters Nikos Nikolopoulos, Vladimiros Nikolouzos, Greece, 2014
HUMAN VALUES AWARD
The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows its award to the film:
KLASS KORREKZII (CORRECTIONS CLASS)
By
IVAN I. TVERDOVSKY, Producers Natasha Mokritskaya, Uliana Savelieva, Mila Rozanova, Michael Kaczmarek, Markus Boehm Screenwriters Dmitry Lanchikhin, Ivan I. Tverdovsky, Russia-Germany, 2014
FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
KLASS KORREKZII (CORRECTIONS CLASS)
By
IVAN I. TVERDOVSKY, Producers Natasha Mokritskaya, Uliana Savelieva, Mila Rozanova, Michael Kaczmarek, Markus Boehm Screenwriters Dmitry Lanchikhin, Ivan I. Tverdovsky, Russia-Germany, 2014
For a film in the Greek Films section – MICHAEL CACOYANNIS AWARD
DARK ILLUSION
By
MANOS KARYSTINOS, Producer Maria Paschalidou (President of Thessaloniki European Youth Capital 2014), Screenwriter Anastasia Kozimba, Greece, 2014
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
TRI DRITARE DHE NJE VARJE (THREE WINDOWS AND A HANGING)
By
ISA QOSJA, Producer Shkumbin Istrefi, Mentor Shala, Screenwriter Zymber Kelmendi, UNMI Kosovo - Germany, 2013
For a film in the Open Horizons section
THE LITTLE DEATH
By
JOSH LAWSON, Producers Jamie Hilton, Matt Reeder, Michael Petroni, Screenwriter Josh Lawson, Australia, 2014
AGORA AWARDS
I. The jury of the 10th Crossroads Co-production Forum, consisted of Ewa Puszczynska, (producer, Opus Film, Poland), Elise Jalladeau, (producer/Audiovisual Attachee of the Embassy of France in Greece, France), Thania Dimitrakopoulou, (sales agent, Match Factory, Germany) grants the Two Thirty Five co-production award (full post production image and sound) to the project:
KIDS FROM THE EAST, Directed by: Aramisova, Produced by: Michal Kracmer, Cinedix, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic
The producer of the winning project will also be granted a free accreditation for the PRODUCERS NETWORK, Cannes Film Festival 2015 edition.
II. The jury also grants the French CNC (CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINEMA ET DE L’ IMAGE ANIMEE) Development award of 7.000 euro to the project:
TAILOR, Directed by: Sonia Liza Kenterman, Produced by: Fenia Cossovitsa, Greece
III. Annamaria Lodato grants the ARTE International Prize to the project of 6.000 euro to the project:
TRAMONTANE, Directed by: Vatche Boulghourjian, Produced by: Georges Schoucair, Abbout Productions, Lebanon
IV. SCRIPT 2 FILM WORKSHOPS of the Mediterranean Film Institute (MFI) awards a scholarship to the film project KIDS FROM THE EAST, Director: Aramisova, Producer: Michal Kracmer, Cinedix, Czech Republic/Slovak Republic
V. For the fourth year, the consulting company in audiovisual development Initiative Film represented by Isabelle Fauvel will offer its services to a Greek project. The selected project is:
ARK, Director: Aristotelis Marangos, Production: Vasilis Chrysanthopoulos, plays2place productions, Greece.
In addition she will offer one consultancy session to the Greek project: PACK OF SHEEP, Director: Dimitris Kanellopoulos, Production: Elina Psykou, Konstantina Stavrianou, Graal Films, Greece
VI. The AGORA WORKS IN PROGRESS jury consisted of Arnaud Gourmelen, (Festival Programmer – Directors’ Fortnight, France), Gabor Greiner, (Sales Agent – Films Boutique, Germany), Konstantina Vonorta, (Producer - Graal, Greece)
grants the GRAAL co-production award with in kind services in image post-production up to 70.000 euro to the film:
SUNTAN, Directed by Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Produced by Phaedra Vokali, Marni Films, Argyris Papadimitropoulos Greece
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
TO MIKRO PSARI (STRATOS)
By
YANNIS ECONOMIDES, Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Panos Papachatzis, Michael Weber, Yannis Economides Screenwriters Yannis Economides, Thanos Xiros, Vangelis Mourikis, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Haris Lagousis, Greece-Germany-Cyprus, 2014
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