23rd Warsaw International Film Festival
Jun 26, 2008
12-21 October 2007
total audience number:
cinemas: Kinoteka (5 rooms), Luna (2 rooms), Palladium
The winner of the Audience Award was The Band's Visit directed by Eran Kolirin (Israel).
WINNERS OF THE 23rd WARSAW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
In the International Competition "New Films, New Directors", the Jury comprising Maria Popistasu (Romania), Janusz Kondratiuk (Poland), Lukasz Dziecioł (Poland), Alexei Popogrebski (Russia) and Pavle Vuckovic (Serbia) awarded the following prizes:
Grand Prix NESCAFÉ
Night Train / Ye che, dir. Yi Nan Diao (China / Hong Kong / France)
The Special Jury Award
Ex Drummer, dir. Koen Mortier (Belgium / The Netherlands / Italy / France)
The Best Script Award
The Art Of Crying / Kunsten at grade i kor, dir. Peter Schønau Fog (Denmark), script: Bo Hr. Hansen
In the Warsaw Competition, the Jury comprising Ema Konstantinova (Bulgaria), Anatoly Yerema (Ukraine) and Przemyslaw Nowakowski (Poland) awarded the following prizes:
Warsaw Award
The Band's Visit / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret, dir. Eran Kolirin (Israel / France)
The Special Jury Award
The Class / Klass, dir. Ilmar Raag (Estonia)
In the Free Spirit Competition, the Jury comprising Blanka Elekes-Szentagotai (Hungary), Francisco Perez Laguna (Argentina) and Jerzy Skolimowski, Jr. (Poland) awarded the prize to
Funuke Show Me Some Love, You Losers! / Funuke / Funukedomo, kanashimi no ai wo misero, dir. Daihachi Yoshida (Japan)
In the Documentary Competition, the Jury comprising Viktoria Belopolskaya (Russia), Andreas Horvath (Austria) and Artur Urbanski (Poland) awarded the prize for Best Documentary to Stone Time Touch, dir. Garine Torossian (Canada / Armenia)
FIPRESCI Award
The Jury comprising France Hatron, Marita Nyrhinen, Tonci Valentic granted the award to:
The Class/ Klass, dir. Ilmar Raag (Estonia)
The first ten films in the Audience Poll at the 23rd WIFF
1. The Band's Visit / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret, dir. Eran Kolirin (Israel) 4.77
2. Time To Die , dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska (Poland) 4.76
3. The Bubble / Ha-Buah, dir. Eytan Fox (Israel) 4.75
4. The Class / Klass, dir. Ilmar Raag (Estonia) 4.73
5. The Namesake, dir. Mira Nair (India / USA) 4.72
6. The Cats of Mirikitani, dir. Linda Hattendorf (USA) 4.71
7. Gucha - Distant Trumpet / Guca!, dir. Dusan Milic (Serbia/Bulgaria/Germany) 4.70
8. Gone With The Woman, dir. Petter Naess (Norway) 4.68
9. The Art Of Crying, dir. Peter Schønau Fog (Denmark) 4.67
10. Tricks, dir. Andrzej Jakimowski (Poland) 4.66
and Fugitive Pieces, dir. Jeremy Podeswa (Canada/Greece) 4.66
The 23rd Warsaw International Film Festival opened with Andrzej Jakimowski's Sztuczki / Tricks, an award-winner at the festival in Venice.
The film closing the 23rd WIFF was Korowod / Twists of Fate directed by Jerzy Stuhr.
Sixth German Panorama
The programme also included three films based on scripts written by children. They were made as part of the Moma Film Foundation's educational and filmmaking project "New Urban Legends". Audiences saw: "Zeboludy" (dir. Leszek Dobrucki), "Pragenia" (dir. Maciej Olbrycht) and "Pan Sowka i fryzjer z Targowka" (dir. Leszek Dobrucki, Marzena Poplawska, Joanna Pawluskiewicz)
FRINGE EVENTS:
FIPRESCI Warsaw Project – classes for film journalists.
ART OF EDITING - workshop organized by the Polish Association of Film Editors (PSM).
CentEast / Warsaw Screenings regional film market with 170 accredited professionals.
The following guests met with audiences during the festival:
Lenny Abrahamson, Ozan Açiktan, Lukas Akoskin, Renuka Balasooriya, Ali Taner Baltaci, Luise Berndt, Csaba Bollok, Florian Borchmeyer, Aleksandr Buravsky, Antoni P. Canet, Nae Caranfil, Stephan Carpiaux, Erik Clausen, Brian Devine, Yinan Diao, Daniel Espinosa, Trond Fausa Aurvaag, Aleksander Fehling, Donal Fernandes, Zuzana Fialova, Benedek Fliegauf, Aslan Galazov, Dariush Ghazbani, Muharrem Gulmez, Suzanne Hasz, Kim Hee-jung, Matthias Hentschler, Andreas Horvath, Vardan Hovhannisyan, Edie Ichioka, David Ichioka, Etgar Keret, Dorota Kędzierzawska, Volker Koepp, Eran Kolirin, Kadri Kousaar, Claudia Lehmann, Samuel Louwyck, Jiri Machacek, Lola Mayo, Nina Menkes, Dusan Milic, Monty Miranda, Andras Muhi, Naghi Nemati, Richard Nemec, Andrey Paounov, Patrik Pass, Adina Pintilie, Trent Plas, Fabian Poehlmann, Socheata Poeuv, Alexei Popogrebski, Wayne Price, Nicolas Prividera, Wenyan Qu, Ilmar Raag, Javier Rebollo, Arthur Reinhart, Ryszard Ronczewski, Marek Rozenbaum, Volker Schlöndorff, Peter Schonau Fog, Michael Schorr, Julia Simig, Pieter Jan Smit, Paweł Sobczyk, Jerzy Stuhr, Ognjen Svilicic, Nicolas Tacconi, Eddy Terstall, Robert Thalheim, Garine Torossian, Iglika Trifonova, Takushi Tsubokawa, James Tusty, David Ulloa, Rossitsa Valkanova, Michiel van Erp, Rene Van't Erve, Radka Vrankova, Katarzyna Wrzosek, Hitoshi Yazaki, Daihachi Yoshida, Masa Yoshikawa
