54th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 1 - 10, 2013
The International Jury of the 54th Thessaloniki International Film Festival comprised of:
Alexander Payne, Director, USA, Jury President
Scott Foundas, Film critic, USA
Ada Solomon, Producer, Romania
K.Bhta, Musician-composer, Greece
Edouard Waintrop, Artistic Director Quinzaine des realisateurs Cannes IFF, France
Bestows:
THE AWARDS
Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander Theo Angelopoulos
LA JAULA DE ORO (THE GOLDEN CAGE)
By
DIEGO QUEMADA–DIEZ, Producers Inna Payan, Luis Salinas & Edher Campos, Screenwriters Diego Quemada–Diez, Lucia Carreras & Gibran Portela, Mexico/Spain, 2013
Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander
SUZANNE
By
KATELL QUILLEVERE, Producer Bruno Levy, Screenwriters Katell Quillevere & Mariette Desert, France, 2013
Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation - Bronze Alexander
PELO MALO (BAD HAIR)
By
MARIANA RONDON, Producer Marite Ugas, Screenwriter Mariana Rondon, Venezuela, 2013
Best Director Award
DIEGO QUEMADA–DIEZ
For
LA JAULA DE ORO (THE GOLDEN CAGE), Producers Inna Payan, Luis Salinas & Edher Campos, Screenwriters Diego Quemada–Diez, Lucia Carreras & Gibran Portela, Mexico/Spain, 2013
Best Screenplay Award
TAE-GON KIM
For
1999, MYEON-HUE (SUNSHINE BOYS), Director Tae-gon Kim, Producer Jeon Go-Woon, South Korea, 2012
Best Actress Award
SARA FORESTIER
For
SUZANNE, Director Katell Quillevere, Producer Bruno Levy, Screenwriters Katell Quillevere & Mariette Desert, France, 2013
Best Actor Award
Ex aequo to
CHRISTOS STERGIOGLOU
For
I AIONIA EPISTROFI TOU ANTONI PARASKEVA (THE ETERNAL RETURN OF ANTONIS PARASKEVAS), Director & screenwriter Elina Psykou, Producers Yorgos Karnavas & Elina Psykou, Greece/Czech Republic, 2013
JAIME VADELL
For
LA CHUPILCA DEL DIABLO (THE DEVIL’S LIQUOR), Director Ignacio Rodriguez, Screenwriters Ignacio Rodriguez, Matias Jeffs & Constanza Zeballos, Producers Tomas Arriagada & Costanza Cabrera, Chile, 2012
Artistic Achievement Award
For Outstanding Achievement as a Supporting Actor
FRANCOIS DAMIENS
For
SUZANNE, Director Katell Quillevere, Producer Bruno Levy, France, 2013
Special Mention
For Cinematography
MAHMOUD LOTFY
For
AL-KHOROUG LEL-NAHAR (COMING FORTH BY DAY), Director, screenwriter & producer Hala Lotfy, Egypt/UAE, 2012
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 54th Thessaloniki International Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:
Magda Mihailescu, Romania, Jury President
Dubravka Lakic, Serbia
Bojidar Manov, Bulgaria
Boyd Van Hoeij, Luxembourg and
Dennis West, USA
For a film in the International Competition to
PELO MALO (BAD HAIR)
By
MARIANA RONDON, Producer Marite Ugas, Screenwriter Mariana Rondon, Venezuela, 2013
For a film in the Greek Films 2013 section to
I AIONIA EPISTROFI TOU ANTONI PARASKEVA (THE ETERNAL RETURN OF ANTONIS PARASKEVAS)
By
ELINA PSYKOU, Producers Yorgos Karnavas & Elina Psykou, Screenwriter Elina Psykou, Greece/Czech Republic, 2013
HUMAN VALUES AWARD
The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows its award to the film:
LA JAULA DE ORO (THE GOLDEN CAGE)
By
DIEGO QUEMADA–DIEZ, Producers Inna Payan, Luis Salinas & Edher Campos, Screenwriters Diego Quemada–Diez, Lucia Carreras & Gibran Portela, Mexico/Spain, 2013
FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
LA JAULA DE ORO (THE GOLDEN CAGE)
By
DIEGO QUEMADA–DIEZ, Producers Inna Payan, Luis Salinas & Edher Campos, Screenwriters Diego Quemada–Diez, Lucia Carreras & Gibran Portela, Mexico/Spain, 2013
For a film in the Greek Films section – MICHAEL CACOYANNIS AWARD
I TELEFTEA FARSA (ONE LAST JOKE)
By
VASSILIS RAISIS, Producer Vassilis Raisis, Screenwriter Gavriil Efstathiou, Greece, 2013
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
SVECENIKOVA DJECA (THE PRIEST'S CHILDREN)
By
VINKO BRESAN, Producer Ivan Maloca, Screenwriter Mate Matisic & Vinko Bresan, Croatia, 2013
For a film in the Open Horizons section
PAPUSZA
By
JOANNA KOS-KRAUZE & KRZYSZTOF KRAUZE, Producer Lambros Ziotas, Screenwriters Joanna Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof Krauze, Poland, 2013
AGORA AWARDS
I. The jury of the 9th Crossroads Co-production Forum, consisting of Alesia Weston, (former Sundance Film Institute executive), Peter Carlton, (Warp Films, producer, UK) and Amanda Livanou (Beben Films, Greece) grants the Two Thirty Five co-production award (full post-production image and sound) to the project:
THE SEA AND ITS WAVES, Directed by: Liana Kassir & Renaud Pachot, Produced by: Mathieu Mullier, Kafard Films, co-producer: Abla Khouri, Ginger Beirut Productions, Lebanon/France
The producer of the winning project will also be granted a free accreditation for the PRODUCER’S NETWORK, Cannes Film Festival 2014 session.
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:
A HISTORY OF WOMEN, Directed by: Ulku Oktay, Produced by: Onur Unlu, Sebnem Vitrinel, Eflatun Film, Turkey
III. The jury also awards a Special Mention to the project THE VETERAN, Directed by: Zacharias Mavroeidis, Produced by: Phaedra Vokali, Marni Films, Greece
IV. SCRIPT 2 FILM WORKSHOPS of the Mediterranean Film Institute (MFI) awards a scholarship to the film project THE SATELLITES, Director: Nenad Mikalacki, Producer: Pascaline Saillant, 25 Films, France/Serbia
V. The AGORA WORKS IN PROGRESS jury consisting of Olivier Heitz (International Acquisitions - MK2, France), Matthieu Darras, (Festival Programmer - San Sebastian IFF, Spain) and Konstantina Vonorta (producer - Graal, Greece) grants the GRAAL post-production award with in kind services in image post-production up to 70.000 euro to the film:
NEXT TO HER, Directed by Asaf Korman, Produced by Haim Mecklberg & Estee Yacov - Mecklberg, 2-TEAM Production, Israel
