Sunday, November 28, 2010

21st Stockholm International Film Festival Award Winners


A few hours ago the fest announced the winners and here they are.

Best Film: Winter’s Bone, Debra Granik, USA
By unanimous decision, the jury surrendered to a world so fully described by the director and a protagonist's dilemma in a community seldom represented in America. Through her heroine, the director paints an original portrait of a matriarchy who, by turns, warns, punishes, and ultimately offers an unlikely deliverance. The story and performances worked together to realize an uncompromised vision.

Honorable Mention: Neds, Peter Mullan, UK, France and Italy

Best First Feature: Bi, dung so! (Bi, Don’t Be Afraid), Phan Dang Di, Vietnam, France and Germany

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone, Debra Granik, USA
Best Actor: George Pistereanu in Eu cand vreau sa fluier, fluier (If I Want to Whistle I Whistle), Florin Serban, Romania and Sweden

Best Screenplay: David Michôd for Animal Kingdom, David Michôd, Australia
Best Cinematography: Pham Quang Minh for Bi, dung so! (Bi, Don’t Be Afraid), Phan Dang Di, Vietnam, France and Germany
Jameson Film Music Award: Magnus Börjesson and Fred Avril for Sound of Noise, Olas Simonsson and Johannes Stjärne Nilsson, Sweden and France

Telia Film Award: Monga, Doze Niu, Taiwan
FIPRESCI Prize: Winter’s Bone, Debra Granik, USA

Audience Award
This is England '86, Shane Meadows, UK (TV series)
Waste Land, Lucy Walker, UK and Brazil (Documentary)

To check winners in other categories as well as read jury statements go here.

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