Official Competition EurAsia Jury Awards
GRAND PRIX FOR BEST EURASIAN FILM (scholarship of 10.000 euros)
A SIMPLE LIFE / TAO JIE (Director Ann Hui, China / Hong Kong)
„Beautiful and moving human drama“.
JURY PRIZE FOR THE BEST DIRECTOR
LYNNE RAMSAY (We Need To Talk About Kevin, United Kingdom)
„Strong metaphoric vision“.
JURY PRIZE FOR THE BEST ACTOR
SVEN NORDIN (Sons of Norway / Sønner av Norge, Norway)
„Range of emotions from vulnerability to high comedy“.
JURY PRIZE FOR THE BEST ACTRESS
DEANIE IP (A Simple Life / Taojie, China, Hong Kong)
„For the restrained, sensitive and nuanced portrayal of the human spirit“.
JURY PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE AND CINEMATIC LANGUAGE
COCCO & SHINYA TSUKAMOTO (Kotoko, Japan)
„For the direct capturing of emotion in a unique and physical way“.
SPECIAL MENTION FOR FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
ADALBERT'S DREAM / VISUL LUI ADALBERT (Director Gabriel Achim, Romania)
SPECIAL MENTION
ROSE / RÓZA (Director Wojciech Smarzowski, Poland)
„For the deep and sensitive exhibition of the very tragic period in the history of the Eastern Europe“.
Tridens Baltic Feature Film Competition Jury Awards
BEST FILM (scholarship of 5000 euros)
BARZAKH (Director Mantas Kvedaravicius, Finland / Lithuania)
„For its important and complicated subject and thorough research told with visual certainty“.
33 ANIMALS OF SANTA CLAUS / 33 ZVERI ZIEMASSVETKU VECITIM (Director Laila Pakalnina, Latvia)
„For its perfect construction of the stylistic and technical elements that emotionally capture the audience“.
HEAVE(i)N ESTONIAN FILM AWARD (scholarship of 3 200 euros)
GRAVEYARD KEEPER'S DAUGHTER / SURNUAIAVAHI TÜTAR (Director Katrin Laur, Estonia)
„For good story telling and performances and the director's respect for the character's struggles in life“.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
MART TANIEL (The Idiot / Idioot, Estonia)
„For their clear visual style that is an integral part to all the creative forces that contributed to the director's interpretation of the idiot“.
FIPRESCI Award for Best Baltic Film
BARZAKH (Director Mantas Kvedaravicius, Finland / Lithuania)
„BARZAKH is clearly a film about a political issue but conveyed through a strong and personal visual language which avoids sentimentalism and respectfully participates in the process of registering a human tragedy“.
North American Independent Film Competition Programme Jury Award:
BEST FILM
STARBUCK (Director Ken Scott, Canada)
FICC Jury Award
A SIMPLE LIFE / TAO JIE (Director Ann Hui, China / Hong Kong)
„Underneath the simplicity lies a profound and universal story about love and relations told with great warmth and easiness“.
NETPAC Jury Award
MOURNING (Director Morteza Farshbaf, Iran)
„MOURNING uses innovation through cinematography, casting and sign language to tell a simple story of human relations in a delicate way.“
Audience Award
SUPERCLÁSICO (Director Ole Christian Madsen, Denmark)
Lifetime Achievement Award
REIN RAAMAT (Estonia)
REIN MARAN (Estonia)
FRIDRIK THOR FRIDRIKSSON (Iceland)
ALEKSANDR SOKUROV (Russia)
