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Golden Dears, the Prize statuettes of Ecofilms,
were
awarded on Saturday 28 June
at the open air theater RODON
Feature
length films
1st Prize:
Encounters at the end of the world,
Werner Herzog, USA, Germany
2nd Prize:
A Promise to the Dead:
The exile journey of Ariel Dorfman,
Peter Raymont, Canada
Special mention:
The thirst of a stone sea,
Vladimir Perovic, Montenegro
We were three in this jury for the
medium length category, Matthias Bergman, Dimitris
Yatzouzakis and myself Sawsan Darwaza. We have
reached the following decision:
Special Mention for the film “Black
River” by Surendra Manan
from India.
Black River reveals how religious
energy can be transcended into action for saving the
natural recourses people live on.
Special Mention
for the film “Uncle Mitte” by Wijnand van Ginkel
from the Netherlands. A film that arrives to a
silent eloquence using the cinematographic tools to
capture moments of human life in the middle of the
wilderness without manipulating the scenery.
And now the Prizes:
The second Prize for this category
goes to “The Nuclear Come Back” from New Zealand,
directed by Justin Pemberton. The Nuclear Come Back
gives us a sharp and sober access to a complicated
and controversial issue.
It very clearly contrasts
-the
revival of the nuclear power plants that are sold to
us by the nuclear industry as a solution for the
climate change
-versus
the costs and dangers of this technology that will
last for 100.000 years.
The first price goes to “Paradise –
Three Journeys In This World” directed by Elina
Hirvonen from Finland.
“Three Journeys …”
we chose it as a first prize because
this film confronts us with the current problem of
illegal immigrants.
It orchestrates their pain, poverty,
and distress into the form of a cinematographic
poem.
1st Prize:
Paradise-Three journeys in this world,
Elina Hirvonen, Finland
2nd Prize:
The nuclear comeback,
Justin Pemberton, New Zealand]
Special mention:
Uncle Mitte,
Wijnand van Ginkel,
The Netherlands
Special Mention:
Black River,
Surendra Manan, India
Short length films
The short film length jury committee
consisting of Marianthi Irakleidou, Fereydoun Faryad
and Iannis Shizas, notes the impressive upgrade of
short film length films and the creative motivation
of the new generation of cinematographers. After a
long discussion we decided to award the following
films.
“Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha - From
subsistence ecology to the market” by Pankaj H.
Gupta, for the holistic approach of the traditional
agriculture problems
“Mbeumbeus”, by Simona Risi, for her
message about recycling in parallel with a report
about third world misery.
1st Prize:
Apna Aloo Bazaar Becha -
From substinence ecology to the market,
Pankaj H Gupta,
India
2nd Prize:
Mbeubeus,
Simona Risi,
Italy
Greek Film Center
Award for best greek film
1st Prize:
Cyclown Circus,
Dimitris Sfiris
1st Prize:
The ash
that remains,
Nikos Kavoukidis
Special mention:
The Cup,
Giannis Bougioukas
Special mention:
Love
lessons for revolutionary action,
Nikos Alevras
Audience awards
War /Dance,
Sean Fine & Andrea Nix, USA
Erato ,
Angelos Spartalis,
Greece
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