The Bratislava International Film Festival (also known as Bratislava IFF) is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Location | Bratislava, Slovakia |
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Established | 1999 |
Apart from the international competition programme, it also regularly features renowned authors' film retrospectives, a European film program, independent film programmes and various theme programmes.
Awards
editAwards are presented in the following categories:
- Grand Prix for best film in the international competition
- Best Director
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- FIPRESCI Award for best film, as determined by a jury of film critics
Award winners
editGrand Prix
edit2003 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – Bored in Brno (directed by Vladimír Morávek, Czech Republic)
- Best Director – Li Yang (Blind Shaft, China)
- Best Actress – Kateřina Holánová (Bored in Brno, Czech Republic)
- Best Actor – Maruf Pulodzoda (Angel on the Right, Tajikistan)
- FIPRESCI Award – The Island (directed by Constanza Quatriglio, Italy)
2004 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – Or (My Treasure) (directed by Keren Yedaya, Israel)
- Best Director – Atiq Rahimi (Earth and Ashes, Afghanistan)
- Best Actress – Lindsay Duncan and Paula Sage (AfterLife, United Kingdom)
- Best Actor – Pietro Sibille (Days of Santiago, Peru)
- FIPRESCI Award – Private Madness (directed by Joachim Lafosse, Belgium)
2005 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – The Cave of the Yellow Dog (directed by Byambasuren Davaa, Mongolia)
- Best Director – George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck., United States)
- Best Actress – Stephanie James (A Way of Life, United Kingdom)
- Best Actor – Pavel Liška (Something Like Happiness, Czech Republic)
- FIPRESCI Award – Everything Is Illuminated (directed by Liev Schreiber, United States)
2006 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – 4:30 (directed by Royston Tan, Singapore)
- Best Director – Amat Escalante (Blood, Mexico)
- Best Actress – Hermila Guedes (Suely in the Sky, Brazil)
- Best Actor – Antoni Pawlicki (Retrieval, Poland)
- FIPRESCI Award – Retrieval (directed by Slawomir Fabicki, Poland)
2007 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – Blind Mountain (directed by Li Yang, China)
- Best Director – Veiko Õunpuu (The Autumn Ball, Estonia)
- Best Actress – Julie Kolbeck (The Art of Crying, Denmark)
- Best Actor – Sam Riley (Control, United Kingdom)
- FIPRESCI Award – Tricks (directed by Andrzej Jakimowski, Poland)
2008 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – Mid–August Lunch (directed by Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy)
- Best Director – Amat Escalante (The Bastards, Mexico, France, United States)
- Best Actress – Nada Abou Farhat (Under the Bombs, Lebanon, France, United Kingdom, Belgium)
- Best Actor – Zsolt Anger (The Investigator, Hungary, Sweden, Ireland)
- FIPRESCI Award – Under the Bombs (directed by Philippe Aractingi, Lebanon, France, United Kingdom, Belgium)
2009 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – The Day God Walked Away (directed by Philippe Van Leeuw, Belgium, France)
- Best Director – Kamen Kalev (Eastern Plays, Bulgaria, Sweden)
- Best Actress – Ruth Nirere (The Day God Walked Away, France, Belgium)
- Best Actor – Christo Christov (Eastern Plays, Bulgaria, Sweden)– Ex-aequo / Post-mortem
- Best Actor – Harold Torres (Northless, Mexico, Spain)– Ex-aequo
- FIPRESCI Award – Northless (directed by Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico, Spain)
- Special mention – Northless (directed by Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico, Spain)
- Ecumenical Jury Award – Kamen Kalev (Eastern Plays, Bulgaria, Sweden)
- Ecumenical Jury Award special mention – Optical Illusions (directed by Cristian Jiménez, Chile, France)
- Student Jury Award – Whisper With the Wind (directed by Shahram Alidi, Iraq)
- Best Documentary Film – Petition (directed by Zhao Liang, France, China)
- Best Short Film – Rita (directed by Zhao Liang, Italy)
- Shorts Jury special mention – A Man Overboard (directed by Fabien Gorgeart, France)
- Shorts Jury special mention – Party (directed by Dalibor Matanić, Croatia)
- The IFF Bratislava Award for Artistic Excellence in World Cinematography – Juraj Herz (director)
2010 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – The Four Times (directed by Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy, Germany, Switzerland)
- Best Director
- Dragomir Sholev (Shelter, Bulgaria)
- Constantine Popescu (Portrait of the Fighter As A Young Man)
- Best Actress – Charlotte Gainsbourg (The Tree, France, Australia)
- Best Actor – Robert Naylor (10½, Canada)
2011 IFF Bratislava
edit- Grand Prix – Las Acacias (directed by Pablo Giorgelli, Argentina, Spain)
- Best Director – Vincent Garenq (Guilty, France)
- Best Actress – Iben Hjejle (Stockholm East, Sweden)
- Best Actor – Ivan Trojan (Visible World, Czech Republic)
References
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