THE
45th FESTIVAL AWARDS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARDS
The jury for the International Competition of the 45th Thessaloniki Film
Festival
was comprised of,
Miklos Jancso, Film Director (Hungary), President
ArsinŽe Khanjian, Actress (Canada)
Alexander Payne, Film Director, (USA)
Kent Jones, Film Critic (USA)
Valerio Adami, Painter, (Italy)
Donald Ramvaud, Producer (UK/Italy)
and
Yannis Bakoyannopoulos, Film Critic, (Greece)
THE AWARDS
 Best
Full Length Film Award - Golden Alexander (37.000 euros)
KHAB E TALKH (Bitter Dream)
by Mohsen Amiryousefi, Iraní
Special
Jury Award - Silver Alexander (22.000 euros)
ex aequo to
VREMIA ZHATVY (The Harvest Time) by Marina Razbezhkina, Russia
AND
UNA DE DOS (One or the Other) by Alejo Taube, Argentina
Best
Director Award
To FERNANDO EIMBCKE for, Temporada de
Patos (Duck Season),
Mexico
Best
Screenplay Award to
GONZALO DELGADO GALIANA, JUAN PABLO REBELLA and PABLO
STOLL for, Whisky, Uruguay
Best
Actress Award to
MIRELLA PASCUAL in, Whisky by Juan Pablo Rebella and Pablo
Stoll , Uruguay
Best
Actor Award to
SIMON ABKARIAN in, Ve Lakachta Lecha Isha
(To Take a Wife) by Ronit & Shlomi Elkabetz, Israel/France
Artistic
Achievement Award
To: VREMYA ZHATVY (The Harvest Time) by Marina Razbezhkina,
Russia
Special
Mention to
KARPUZ KABUGUNDAN GEMILER YAPMAK (Boats Out of
Watermelon Rinds) by Ahmet Ulucay, Turkey.
PARALLEL AWARDS
FIPRSECI
AWARD
The FIPRESCI (Federation of International Film Association) jury, comprised
of,
Dan Fainaru (Israel), President
Terje Eidsvaag (Norway)
Umberto Rossi (Italy)
Alexander Yanakiev (Bulgaria)
Stratos Kersanidis (Greece)
at the 45th International Thessaloniki Film Festival
decided to give the FIPRESCI award for a film of the International Competition
to
LU MAO TZE (The Green Hat) by Liu Fendou, China
and
for a film of the Greek Films 2004 section to,
DELIVERY by Nikos Panayotopoulos, Greece
JAMESON
PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS
The Public Choice Awards, backed by Jameson,
for a film of the International Competition section to,
KHAB E TALKH (Bitter Dream) by Mohsen Amiryousefi, Iran.
for a film of the Greek Films 2004 section to
MI FEVYIS (Don't Go) by Alexandros Pandazoudis
The award is accompanied by a prize of 3.000 euros.
THE
GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
The PEKK award to a Greek film in the Greek Films 2004 section is attributed
ex aequo to CC TV by Vasilis Katsikis and to Alithini
Zoi (Real Life) by Panos Koutras.
THE
GREEK UNION OF FILM TELEVISION AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIANS (ETEKT) AWARD
The ETEKT award to a Greek film in the Greek Films 2004 section is attributed
to NYFES (Brides) by Pantelis Voulgaris.
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