FICTION COMPETITION

Prize for the Best Fiction Film
Land and Shade (La tierra y la sombra; dir. César Augusto Acevedo)

For a powerful but restrained rendering of an apparently simple story.

Prize for the Best Director
Ida Panahandeh for Nahid (dir. Ida Panahandeh)

For a very impressive depiction of a complicated family situation.

Prize for the Best Actress
Ex aequo Niki Karimi a Sahar Ahmadpour for Wednesday, May 9 (Chaharshanbeh, 19 Ordibehesht; dir. Vahid Jalilvand)

For two emotionally rich and completely authentic performances.

Prize for the Best Actor
Navid Mohammad Zadeh for Nahid (dir. Ida Panahandeh)

For a complex and completely believable portrait.

FIPRESCI Jury Award
Land and Shade (La tierra y la sombra; dir. César Augusto Acevedo)

A composed, considered and precise riff on family as the last victim of capitalism, a parasite that destroys the very resources it depends upon.

Student Jury Award
Wednesday, May 9 (Chaharshanbeh, 19 Ordibehesht; dir. Vahid Jalilvand)

The way it tells its stories and motivations of various characters dealing with personal issues in contemporary Iran reminds us that grand gestures and small efforts to understand others are the ones we should now strive for not only on a silver screen.

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Prize for the Best Documentary Film
A German Youth (Une Jeunesse Allemande; dir. Jean-Gabriel Périot)

For an exceptional research and a clear aesthetic vision that results in a manifestation of the rebellious spirit of art when confronted with politics.

Special Mention
Flotel Europa (dir. Vladimir Tomić)

For a resonant film that uses detailed childhood memories of friendship and love to express what it feels like to navigate one’s changing definition of home.

SHORTS COMPETITION

Prize for the Best Short Film
Washingtonia (dir. Konstantina Kotzamani)

For the many pleasures that it offers. It has a depth and ambiguity that allows multiple intrepretations and balances concerns of the heart and mind.

The commemorative tile on the Film Walk of Fame for 2015 was dedicated to acclaimed Slovak actor Emília Vášáryová for her lifelong contribution to Slovak cinema.

17th INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BRATISLAVA

November 12 – 17, 2015
Kino Lumière, Kino Mladosť, Kino Nostalgia, Gorila.sk Urban Space
Main Organisers: Partners Production, Ars Nova civic association
The Festival is held under the auspices of Marek Maďarič, Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic.
The Festival is held with the generous financial support of Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Bratislava regional self-government.
Main Partners: Slovenská elektrizačná prenosová sústava, Transpetrol

COME AND EXPERIENCE IT!