GRAND PRIZE
KELIN (The Daughter-in-Law) (Kazakhstan)
Director: Ermek Tursunov – Screenplay: ET & Aktan Arym Kubat – Producer: Gulnara Abikeyeva

AWARD FOR BEST ENTERTAINING FILM
For the Director & Producer Alejandro Gonzales Padilla & the Cast of
REGRESA (Love Therapy) (Mexico)

SPECIAL JURY GRAND PRIZE
JOHN RABE (Germany, China & France)
Director/Screenplay: Florian Gallenberger – Produced by Nicolas Traube and Hoffman & Vosges

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
HONEY, I’M IN LOVE (LE GRAND DEPART) (Canada)
Written & Directed by Claude Meunier – Produced by Denise Robert & Daniel Louis

BEST DIRECTOR
ALEKSANDER BURAVSKY for
LENINGRAD (Russia)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST
FAWZEYA’S SECRET RECIPE (Khaltet Fawzeya) (Egypt)
Directed by Magdy Ahmed Aly

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
TANER BIRSEL in
THE SHADOWLESS (Turkey)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
MARIA CLARA SPINELLI in
PAULISTA (Brazil)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Martin Friedmann-Petrásek (autobiography) & Jan Novák for BROKEN PROMISE (Slovakia)

AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
BATHORY (Czech Republic)
Written & Directed by Juraj Jakubisko – Produced by Deana Jakubiskova

AWARD OF MERIT FOR AWARENESS
For the Producer Dr. Sanjay Patole & Dr. Ajay Rane for
RIWAYAT (Tradition) (India)
Directed by Vijay Patkar

DIPLOMA OR MERIT
Outstanding Performance Achievement a Special Mention to the Children:
Andrew Kintu as Abu & Mieke Lawino as Ama in
The Silent Army (Netherlands)

BEST FIRST FEATURE – FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Director Sanjay Srinivas for
GOD LIVES IN THE HIMALAYAS (India)

JURY AWARD for First Time Director
To Dan Finkel for
EVERYTHING WILL HAPPEN BEFORE YOU DIE (USA)

GRAND PRIZE
RESTORATION (South Korea)
Written & Directed by Kim Jong-chul – Produced by Lee Im-ju & Kim Sung-kwun

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
NESHOBA, THE PRICE OF FREEDOM (USA)
Directed & Producedby Micki Dickoff & Tony Pagano – Screenplay: Micki Dickoff

SPECIAL MENTION for their Inspiration & Strong Message
To Director Brigitte Uttar Kornetzki for GOD NO SAY SO (Sierra Leone/Switzerland)

To Director NC Heikin for KIMJONGILIA (USA/France/South Korea)

To Director Michealene Cristini Risley for TAPESTRIES OF HOPE (USA)

To Director Dmitry Trakovsky for MEETING ANDREI TARKOVSKY (USA)

NDU (Notre Dame University, Lebanon) GRAND PRIZE
KIDS WITH CAMERAS (USA)
Directed & Produced by Alex Rotaru

GRAND PRIZE
TURNING JAPANESE (USA)
Written & Directed by Paul Bickel

SPECIAL GRAND JURY AWARD
DEAD CAT BOUNCE (USA)
Directed by Daric Gates

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
DEFECT (Australia)
Written & Directed by Zdenka Simandlova

GRAND PRIZE
IT WOULD BE SPLENDID, YET… (Lithuania)
Written & Directed by Lina Lužytė

SPECIAL JURY AWARD
LYES (Elias) (Lebanon)
Written & Directed by Jessica Younes

NDU (Notre Dame University,Lebanon) GRAND PRIZE
I GO (South Korea)
Written, Produced & Directed by Miss Lee Eun-jin

SPECIAL MENTION
To Director MICHAEL RYAN LAWRENCE for his original approach to the subject on JACK IN THE BOX (USA)

Award for Attendance Loyalty to Journalist
Lois Bolton (Monaco)