Jury
President : JIRI MENZEL, director (Czech Republic)
CAROLINE DHAVERNAS, actress (Canada)
MICHAEL KUTZA, festival director (USA)
PEDRO OLEA, director, scriptwriter, producer (Spain)
DAI SIJIE, director and writer (China - France)
All winners are interviewed and will be posted on this site.
FEATURE FILMS
Grand prix des Americas:
LIFE FEELS GOOD (CHCE SIEZ ZYC) by Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland)
Special Grand Prix of the jury:
A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT by Erik Poppe (Norway)
Best Director:
HET VONNIS (THE VERDICT) by Jan Verheyen (Belgium)
Best Actress :
JÖRDIS TRIEBEL for the film WESTEN (WEST) by Christian Schwochow (Germany)
Best Actors :
MARCEL SABOURIN for the film ANOTHER HOUSE by Mathieu Roy (Canada)
PETER PLAUGBORG for the film THE MIRACLE (MIRAKLET) by Simon Staho (Danemark)
Best Screenplay:
IVAN SON OF AMIR by Maksim Panfilov, screeplay by Maksim Panfilov & Andrei Osipov (Russie)
Best Artistic Contribution :
ASK THIS OF RIKYU by Mitsutoshi Tanaka (Japan)
LANDES by François-Xavier Vives (France)
Innovation Award:
FEED ME by Yazhou Yang & Bo Yang (China)
SHORT FILMS :
1st prize:
HELP! by Jean Marboeuf (France)
Jury Award:
WOLSMELK (WOLF’S MILK) by Hans Vercauter (Belgique)
ZENITHS FOR THE BEST FIRST FICTION FEATURE FILMS 2012
Members of the jury of the First Fiction Films:
Pierre-Henri Deleau (France)
Wieland Speck (Germany)
Raymond Zhou (China)
Golden Zenith for the Best First Fiction Feature film:
THE LONG WAY HOME (EVE DÖNÜS SARKAMIS 1915) by Alphan Eseli (Turkey)
Silver Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
PUERTO PADRE by Gustavo Fallas (Costa Rica / Mexico)
Bronze Zenith for the First Fiction Feature Film :
FINSTERWORLD by Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)
PUBLIC AWARDS
The public was invited to vote for the most popular films in different categories:
Public Awards for the most popular film of the Festival:
LIFE FEELS GOOD (CHCE SIEZ ZYC) by Maciej Pieprzyca (Poland)
Public Award for the most popular Canadian Feature Film:
L’AUTRE MAISON (ANOTHER HOUSE) by Mathieu Roy (Canada)
Glauber Rocha Award for the Best Latin American Film:
LA DISTANCIA MAS LARGA (THE LONGEST DISTANCE) by Claudia Pinto Emperador (Venezuela / Spain)
Award for Best documentary:
WAGNERWAHN (THE WAGNER FILES) by Ralf Pleger (Germany)
Award for Best Canadian Short Film:
30-LOVE de Richard Stark (Canada)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the World Competition):
WESTEN (WEST) by Christian Schwochow (Germany)
FIPRESCI PRIZE (FIPRESCI Prize for a film in the First Films Competition):
THE LONG WAY HOME (EVE DÖNÜS SARKAMIS 1915) by Alphan Eseli (Turkey)
ECUMENICAL PRIZES
LIFE FEELS GOOD (CHCE SIEZ ZYC) by Maciej Pieprzyca (Pologne)
Special mention of the Ecumenical jury:
A THOUSAND TIMES GOODNIGHT by Erik Poppe (Norway)
THE FERRY by Shi Wei (China)