17-10-2010

FESTIVALS: Eye over Prague, Incendies win Warsaw Fest

By FNE Staff

    Czech director Olga Špátová won the Best Documentary award for Eye over Prague, and the French-Canadian film Incendies won the Best Film prize at the 26th Warsaw Film Festival's closing ceremony on 16 October 2010. Poland's Marek Lechki shared the Competition 1-2 prize for his film Erratum with the US film The Imperialists are still Alive by Zeina Durra.

    A complete list of winners follows:

    Warsaw Grand Prix

    INCENDIES

    (Canada / France), dir. Denis Villeneuve;

    Best Director

    ILLEGAL / ILLEGAL

    (Belgium / Luxembourg / France), dir. Olivier Masset-Depasse;

    Special Jury Award

    for the script of PERIFERIC / OUTBOUND (Romania / Austria) written by Bogdan George Apetri and Tudor Voican (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

    Special mentions

    LUBNA AZABAL in INCENDIES

    ANNE COESENS in ILLEGAL

    ANA ULARU in PERIFERIC

    LA VIDA UTIL directed by Federico Veiroj

    COMPETITION 1-2

    Winners of Competition 1-2, ex equo:

    ERRATUM

    (Poland), dir. Marek Lechki (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

    IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE

    (USA), dir. Zeina Durra

    FREE SPIRIT COMPETITION

    Free Spirit Award

    SOUND OF NOISE

    (Sweden), dir. Ola Simonsson, Johannes Stjarne Nilsson;

    Special mention

    MISSING MAN

    (Russia), dir. Anna Fenchenko

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

    Best Documentary Feature

    OKO NAD PRAHOU / EYE OVER PRAGUE

    (Czech Republic), dir. Olga Špátová (www.simplycinema.cz)

    Special mention

    KICK IN IRAN

    (Germany), dir. Fatima Geza Abdollahyan

    SHORT FILMS COMPETITION

    Best Short Film

    THE CAGE / COLIVIA

    (Romania / Netherlands), dir. Adrian Sitaru

    Special mentions

    THE ORDER OF THINGS (Spain),

    dir. César Esteban Alenda, José Esteban Alenda

    AUTUMN MAN

    (Finland), dir. Jonas Selberg Augustsén

    FIPRESCI AWARD

    PERIFERIC / OUTBOUND

    (Romania / Austria), dir. Bogdan George Apetri

    ECUMENICAL JURY AWARD - SIGNIS PRIZE

    DE LA INFANCIA / CHILDHOOD

    (Mexico), dir. Carlos Carrera

    Special mention

    PERIFERIC / OUTBOUND

    (Romania / Austria), dir. Bogdan George Apetri