INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

GRIMSTAD SHORT FILM NOMINEE FOR THE BEST EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS 2010 awarded to Hanoi – Warsaw by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

Katarzyna Klimkiewicz (b. 1977) graduated from the Directing Department of the Polish National School of Film, Television and Theater in Lodz. Her documentary Wasserschlacht – The Great Border Battle, received the Berlin Today Award at the 2007 Berlinale. Her documentary works include Krystian Lupa’s Labyrinth (2003) and Nothing to Lose (2009).
About the film: ”Smuggled across borders, cheated by immoral intermediaries, trailed by the police, at the mercy of foreigners – such is the fate of illegal immigrants from Vietnam who try to settle in Poland. In the struggle for survival, even values like solidarity, friendship and love will not prevail.”

THE GOLDEN CHAIR for best international short film went to
A Little Snow Animal, (org. title Lumikko), director Miia Tervo.

Miia Tervo

 

The award of 4 000 Euros is given by FotoVideo and the Norwegian Short Film Festival

About the director:

Miia Tervo

(b. 1980) is currently a directing and documentary film student at the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH, School of Motion Picture, Television and Production Design.

 

About the film: A tribute to the old Finnish radio program Yölinja (1986 – 2002). The film reminds us that sometimes we need people to awaken and shake us up. Above all, to listen. This documentary is a fine example of a film that blurs the borders between fact and fiction. It is a visually beautiful compilation of live action, audio piece, animation and archive material.
Jury’s statement: ”Structured around the recordings of an anonymus caller at a night time radio show, and through a beautiful compliation of fiction, documentary and animation this film researches the fine line between self absorpton and collaps.”



Honorary mentions went to Tussilago by Jonas Odell (Sweden).

The international jury has been: Knut Åsdam (Norway), Mårten Nilsson (Sweden), Suvi West (Finland), Roland Nguyen (France), Kari Moen Kristiansen (Norway).

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