48th International Thessaloniki Film Festival Award Winners

The festival was held from November 16 to 25th in Athens, Greece and here are the winners.

Golden Alexander for Best Feature Film: Hongse Kanbaiyin (The Red Awn), Shangjun Cai, China
Silver Alexander Special Jury Award: PVC-1, Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia, Greece and USA
Best Director: Veiko Ounpuu for Sügisball (Autumn Ball), Estonia
Best Screeplay: Thanos Anastopoulos and Vassilis Raissis for Diorhosi (Correction), Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece
Best Actress: Anna Lalasidou for Elli Makra-42277 Wuppertal, Athanasios Karanikolas, Germany
Best Actor: Alberto Sornoza for PVC-1, Spiros Strathoulopoulos, Colombia, Greece and USA
Artistic Achievement Award: Jonas Cuaron for Año Uña (The Year of the Nail), Mexico

FRIPRESCI Awards
International Competition: PVC-1, Spiros Stathoulopoulos, Colombia, Greece and USA
Greek Films: I Epistrofi (The Homecoming), Vassilis Douvlis, Greece

Human Value Award: Sztuczki (Tricks), Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland

Fisher Public Choice Awards
International Competition: PVC-1, Spiros Stahoulopoulos, Colombia, Greece and USA
Greek Films: El Greco, Iannis Smaragdis, Greece
Balkan Survey Section: Beynelmilel (The International), Sirri Sureyya Onder and Muharrem Gulmez, Turkey
Greek Films DigitalWave Section: Yagonan: The Dark Days of Doom, Yagos Raftopoulos, Greece

ETEKT Award: El Greco, Iannis Smaragdis, Greece
Greek Film Critics Association – PEKK Award: Metamorfosi (Metamorphosis), Costas Sfikas, Greece
Everyday Life: Transcendence or Reconciliation Award: Elli Makra-43277 Wuppertal, Athanasios Karanikolas, Germany
Woman & Equality Award: Buda Az Sharm Foru Rikht (Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame), Hana Makhmalbaf, Iran and France
Crossroads Award: The Policeman, Navad Lapid, Israel

State Cinema Awards
First Prize for fiction film: El Greco, Iannis Smaragdis
Second Prize for fiction film: Uranya, Costas Kapakas
Third Prize for fiction film: Diorthosi (Correction), Thanos Anastopoulos

I really like Greek cinema, but it is so hard to find the good movies; I’m sure that here there are many that will be delightful to see. I'm very curious about PVC-1 since it was screened at the 2007 Cannes Directors' Fortnight, this is the one with the one continuous take...

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