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INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
The International Competition Jury of the 40th Tessaloniki Film festival was composed by:

Tonino Guerra, Screenwriter, (Italy), President
Vibeke Windelov, Producer, (Denmark),
Srdjan Karanovic, Director, (Yugoslavia),
Elaine Cassidy, Actress, (Ireland),
Janos Szasz, Director, (Hungary),
Michel Ciment, Film Critic, (France),
Christodoulos Halaris, Music Composer, (Greece)


INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SECTION

  • Best Film Award - Golden Alexander
    (12,5 million drachmas award)
    to the film
    XIZHAO (SHOWER)
    by Zhang Yang (China)

  • Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander
    (7,5 million drachmas award)
    to the film
    GARAJE OLIMPO (OLIMPO GARAGE)
    by Marco Bechis (Italy - France - Argentina)

  • Best Direction Award
    to JUSTIN KERRIGAN for Human Traffic (UK)

  • Best Screenplay Award
    Ex aequo to
    ATEF HETATA for Al abwab al moghlaka (The Closed Doors), (Egypt)
    And
    LAURENT CANTET and GILLES MARCHAND for Ressources Humaines (Human Resources), (France)

  • Best Leading Actress Award
    to SAWSAN BADR
    for her role in the film Al abwab al moghlaka (The Closed Doors)
    by Atef Hetata, (Egypt)

  • Best Leading Actor Award
    to JEAN - PIERRE DARROUSSIN
    for his role in the film Qui Plume la Lune? (Who Plucked The Feathers Off The Moon?) by Christine Carriere, (France)

  • Artistic Achievement Award
    to the film Navrat Idiota (Return of the Idiot) by Sasa Gedeon, (Czech Republic)

  • Special Mention of the Jury
    to the actor Paddy Connor and
    to the cinematographer Terry Stacey
    for the film The Dream Catcher by Ed Radtke (USA)




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