Awards

Awards 2009

The Festival Jury awarded the following prizes:

First Prize for Best Feature-length Documentary (over 30')

     Body of War

     Phil Donahue & Ellen Spiro (USA)

First Prize for Best Short Documentary (less than 30')

     Something like my eyes (Mine)

     Hoοshang Mirzaee (Iran)

Second Prize for Best Feature-length Documentary (over 30')

     Letter to Lou

     Luc Boland (Belgium)

Second Prize for Best Short Documentary (less than 30')

     Mon petit frère de la lune

     Frédéric Philibert (France)

Prize for originality and innovative direction

     Blind Loves

     Juraj Lehotsky (Slovakia)

First Special Jury Prize

     Antoine

     Laura Bari (Canada)

Second Special Jury Prize

  shared to:

     Walking on Lines

     Ioanna Mirka (Greece)

  and

     Strand

     Leendert Pot & Anja Hiddinga (The Netherlands)

All prizes carry a cash award of €7,000 which is shared equally to producer and director.

Moreover, the Festival Jury credited with a Special Merit the film:

     DV8: The Cost of Living

     Lloyd Newson (UK)