The 48th Thessaloniki International Film Festival Awards
The jury of the International Competition Section of the 48th Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:
Jirí 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 Sügisball (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 Año Uña (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
State Cinema Awards 2007
Feature Films
First Prize for fiction film is awarded to the film: EL GRECO
Production: Eleni Smaragdi, Alexandros Film, Greek Film Center, Le Spot, Multichoice Hellas - Nova, Graal Digital, Max Productions, ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., Raimon Masllorens, Denes Szekeres, La Productora SL, Tivoli Film Productions
Direction: Iannis Smaragdis
Second Prize for fiction film is awarded to the film: URANYA
Production: Cinegram, ERT SA Hellenic Broadcasting Corp., Greek Film Center, Nova, Odeon, Kapa Films, Finos Films, CL Productions, Dionysis Samiotis
Direction: Costas Kapakas
Third Prize for fiction film is awarded to the film: DIORTHOSI (CORRECTION)
Production: Thanos Anastopoulos
Direction: Thanos Anastopoulos
First Prize for documentary or animated picture film is awarded to the documentary:
MYSTIKA KAI PSEMATA (SECRETS AND LIES)
Production: ΕΚΚ, ERT SA, CINEGRAMΑΕ, J. SUGHAND, ARGONAFTES SA, Stavros Stagos
Direction: Stavros Stagos
Second Prize for documentary or animated picture film is awarded to the documentary:
Production: POLY MILAS…POLY KLES (THE MORE YOU SPEAK…THE MORE YOU CRY)
Direction: Dimitris Kitsikoudis
Short Films
First Prize for fiction, documentary or animated picture film
Is awarded to the fiction film: KALI CHRONIA, MAMA! (HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAMMA!)
Production: Greek Film Center, ERT SA, N-Orasis, Irina Boiko
Direction: Irina Boiko
Second Prize for fiction, documentary or animated picture film
Is awarded to the fiction film: TO PERASMA (THE PASSAGE)
Production: Vlassis Stathoulias, ERT SA
Direction: Yannis Katsaboulas
Third Prize for fiction, documentary or animated picture film
Is awarded to the fiction film: I EKTASI POU ANALOGI (DISCUSSING SPACE)
Production: ERT SA, Blonde
Direction: Panagiotis Christopoulos
10 (TEN) equal Special Prizes for fiction, documentary or animated picture film and 2.348 Euros are awarded to the films:
1. Gina Dostoyevsky, dir. V. Zouganeli
2. What is This?, dir. K. Pilaviou
3. Transit, dir. Y. Gaitanidis
4.Sunny Day, dir. A. Daoundaki
5.Can Anybody Hear Me?, dir. T. Gerakinis
6. Rose for A Day, dir. V. Kazis, E. Triantafyllidis
7. Shoulder for Hire, dir. D. Emmanouilidis
8. Invasion, dir. M. Vellou
9. Spinalonga, dir. C. Athoussakis
10. Interior, Night, dir. A. Kyriakidis
and 4.402,50 Euros
and 6.603,75 Euros
and 8.805 Euros
Other feature film awards
Best Director award and 29.350 Euros is awarded to IANNIS SMARAGDIS for the film EL GRECO.
Best Debut-Film Director award and 14.675 Euros is awarded to CONSTANTINA VOULGARI for the film VALSE SENTIMENTALE.
Best Screenplay award and 14.675 Euros is awarded ex aequo to THANOS ANASTOPOULOS and VASSILIS RAISSIS for the film DIORTHOSI (CORRECTION) and to COSTAS KAPAKAS for the film URANYA.
Best Leading Actor award and 11.740 Euros is awarded to YORGOS SYMEONIDIS for the film DIORTHOSI (CORRECTION).
Best Leading Actress award and 11.740 Euros is awarded to LOUKIA MICHALOPOULOU for the film VALSE SENTIMENTALE.
Best Supporting Actor award and 5.870 Euros is awarded to MANOLIS MAVROMATAKIS for the film URANYA.
Best Supporting Actress award and 5.870 Euros is awarded to MENI CONSTANDINIDOU for the film STRAIGHT STORY.
Best Cinematography award and 8.805 Euros is awarded to ARIS STAVROU and NIKOS SMARAGDIS for the film EL GRECO.
Best Set Design award and 5.870 Euros is awarded to DAMIANOS ZAFIRIS for the film EL GRECO.
Best Music award and 5.870 Euros is awarded ex aequo to PANAYOTIS KALATZOPOULOS for the film URANYA and to VANGELIS PAPATHANASSIOU for the film EL GRECO.
Best Sound award and 5.870 Euros is awarded to MARINOS ATHANASSOPOULOS for the film EL GRECO.
Best Editing award and 5.870 Euros is awarded to YANNIS TSITSOPOULOS for the film EL GRECO.
Best Costumes award and 5.870 Euros is awarded to EVA NATHENA for the film URANYA.
Best Makeup award and 2.935 Euros is awarded to ARGIRO KOUROUPOU for the film EL GRECO.
and 11.740 Euros
and 17.610 Euros and 29.350 Euros
and 44.025 Euros and 58.700 Euros |