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Palm Springs (USA, January 3-14, 2008)
From almost all the national submissions to the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film, a jury of FIPRESCI elected its first special award of the year: the Best Foreign Language Film of 2007. Details 
Dhaka (Bangladesh, January 10-18, 2008).
Prize: Sankara by Prasanna Jayakody (Sri Lanka, 2006).
Jury: Barbara Lorey, France ("Junge Welt", "epd Film", "Tip Magazine"), Salome Kikaleishvili, Georgia ("Cinema", "Tsxeli Shokoladi"), Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Bangladesh ("The Daily Miadhu", Maldives; "Celluloid", Bangladesh).
Print source: Soma Dissanayake, rupareka@slt.lk (Prasanna Jayakody).
Festival: www.dhakafilmfest.org
Tromso (Norway, January 15-20, 2008).
Prize: The Secret of the Grain (La graine et le mulet) by Abdellatif Kechiche (France, 2007).
Jury: Katharina Dockhorn, Germany ("Filmecho/Filmwoche", "Welt", "Blickpunkt Film"), Eero Tammi, Finland ("Filmihullu", "Film-o-holic.com"), Øyvor Dalan Vik, Norway ("Dagens Noeringsliv").
Print source: Pathé International, 10, rue Lincoln, F 75008 Paris, France, T +33 (1) 40 76 91 00, F +33 (1) 45 63 58 60, www.patheinternational.fr
Festival: www.tiff.no
Rotterdam (The Netherlands, January 23 — February 3, 2008).
Prize: The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia) by José Luis Torres Leiva (Chile, 2008).
Jury: Thomas Rothschild, Germany, president ("Freitag", "Frankfurter Rundschau"), Alberto Ramos Ruiz, Cuba ("Cine Cubano", "SIGNIS MEDIAs"), Télesphore MBA BIZO, Cameroon ("Terroir", "Academia Africana", "Cameroon Radio TV", "Africine"), Haery Kim, Korea (guest member)("Cine 21"), André Waardenburg, The Netherlands ("Skrien").
Print source: Jirafa Films, Pérez Rosales 787, Oficina A, Valdivia, Región de los Ríos, T=F (063) 213 556, sur@jirafa.cl
Festival: www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
Göteborg (Sweden, January 25 — February 4, 2008).
Prize: Go With Peace, Jamil (Ma salama, Jamil) by Omar Shargawi (Denmark, 2008).
Jury: Neil Young, UK ("Tribune", "Neil Young's Film Lounge", "Jigsaw Lounge"), Henrik Uth Jensen, Denmark ("Kristeligt Dagblad", "Mifune"), Bregtje Schudel, The Netherlands ("Vrij Nederland", "NL20", "Amsterdam Weekly", "Televizier").
Print source: Trust Film Sales, Filmbyen 12, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark, T +45 36 86 87 88, F +45 36 77 44 48, post@trust-film.dk, www.trust-film.dk
Festival: www.goteborg.filmfestival.org
Mumbai (Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films, India, February 3-9, 2008).
Prize: Salad House (Salata baladi / Salade maison) by Nadia Kamel (Egypt, Switzerland, France, 2007).
Jury: Koen Van Daele, Slovenia ("Ekran"), Aijaz Gul, Pakistan ("The News", "Cinemaya", "Weekly Screen”), A. Kutbudin, India ("Deshabhimani Daily", "Thejas Daily", "Chithrabhoomi Weekly").
Print source: Snooze Productions, Nadia Kamel, 25, Chahine Street, 12311 Cairo, Egypt, T +20 (10) 10 19 774, mouftari@hotmail.com
Festival: www.miffindia.in
Berlin (Berlinale, Germany, February 7-17, 2008).
Prize, International Competition: Lake Tahoe by Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico, 2008).
Prize, Panorama: Mermaid (Rusalka) by Anna Melikyan (Russia, 2007).
Prize, International Forum of New Cinema: Shahida — Brides of Allah (Shahida) by Natalie Assouline (Israel, 2008).
Jury: Per Haddal, Norway, president ("Aftenposten"), Jurica Pavicic, Croatia ("Jutarnji list"), Barbara Hollender, Poland ("Rzeczpospolita"), Göran Bjelkendal, Sweden ("Göteborgs-Posten", "Filmrutan"), Hassouna Mansouri, Tunisia ("Septième Art", www.africine.org, "Le Renouveau", "Libération"), Thomas Abeltshauser, Germany ("Berliner Morgenpost", "Die Welt", "Ray, Blond, Neon, Vanity Fair”), Pablo Utin, Israel ("Globes", "Cinematheque Film Magazine"), Gulnara Abikeyeva, Kazakhstan ("Nachnem s Ponedeknika"), Elfriede Schmitt, Germany ("Funkkorrespondenz", "Black Box", "Kölner Stadt Anzeiger"). Jury secretary: Angelika Kettelhack, Germany.
Print sources. Lake Tahoe: Production: Cinepantera, Aguascalientes # 180 int.6, Col. Hipodromo, 01600 Mexico City D.F., Mexico, T +52 (55) 55 74 38 16, F +52 (55) 55 74 52 31, christianvaldelievre@mac.com. / Mermaid: Production and Sales: Central Partnership, Prechistenskaya nab., 13, bld. 1, RUS-119034 Moskva, Russia, T+7 (495) 98 182 14, F +7 (495) 98 006 24, main@centpart.ru, asya@centpart.ru / Shahida — Brides of Allah: First Hand Films, Esther van Messel, Fritz-Heeb-Weg 5, CH 8050 Zurich, Switzerland, T +41 (44) 312 2060, F +41 (44) 312 2080, esther.van.messel@firsthandfilms.com
Festival: www.berlinale.de, www.fdk-berlin.de
Mexico City (Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival, February 19 — March 2, 2008).
Best Mexican Documentary: Intimates of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo (Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo) by Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, 2008). Best Latin American Documentary: Santa Fe Street (Calle Santa Fe) by Carmen Castillo (Chile/France/Belgium, 2007).
Jury: Gerald Peary, USA ("Boston Phoenix"), Chiara Arroyo Cella, Spain/Mexico ("Screen International", "El Pais", "Letras de Cine"), Diego Gustavo Trerotola, Argentina ("El Amante Cine").
Print sources. Intimates of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo: Centro de Capacitation Cinematografica, yulene13@yahoo.com.mx. — Santa Fe Street: Gussi/Arte Cinema, alebrija@distrimax.com.mx
Festival: www.ficco.com.mx
Fribourg (Switzerland , March 1-8, 2008)
Prize: With the Girl of Black Soil (Geomen tangyi sonyeo oi) by Jeon Soo-il (Korea).
Jury: José Carlos Avellar, Brazil, president ("Cinemais", "Rioartes/Tribuna"), Lotfi Ben Khelifa, Tunisia ("Septième Art", "L'Hebdo Touristique"), Malwina Grochowska, Poland ("Kino"), Léo Soesanto, France ("Les Inrockuptibles”), Claus Löser, Germany ("filmdienst", "Taz Berlin", "Berliner Zeitung").
Print source: Chinguity Films and Mohamed Abderrahmane Sissako, 134, Rue Oberkampf, F 75011, Paris, France, asissako@yahoo.com. International Sales: Umedia, contact@umdia.fr
Festival: www.fiff.ch
Miami (USA, February 28 — March 9, 2008)
Prize: Foul Gesture (Tnu'a Meguna) by Tzahi Grad (Israel, 2006).
Jury: Rob Nelson, USA ("Filmmaker Magazine"), Géza Csákvári, Hungary ("Népszabadság"), Chiara Arroyo Cella, Spain/Mexico ("Screen International", "El Pais", "Letras de Cine").
Print source: Tzahi Grad, Tnuah Meguna LTD, 24 Afek Road, Kefar Sirkin 49935, Israel, T +972 (212) 7764, Fax +972 (212) 7765, tzahi@girafot.com
Festival: www.miamifilmfestival.com
Mumbai (India, International Film Festival, March 6-13, 2008)
Prize: Tingya by Mangesh Hadawale (Marathi/colour/35mm/122 mins/2007).
Jury: Gönül Dönmez-Colin, France ("Cumhuriyet Gazetesi", "Kinema Journal of Film and Audiovisual Media"), Rolf-Ruediger Hamacher, Germany ("Filmdienst", "Kölnische Rundschau", "Westfälische Rundschau", "Filmecho"), George Mathew, India ("Kunkuman Magazine", "Kala Kaumudi Weekly", "Saaketham Literary Magazine", "Kerala Kaumudi Daily").
Print source: Mr. Ravi Rai, A Small Town Boy Productions, 12/13 Marya House, opp Film Writers' Assoc., Oshiwara, Link rd. Andheri (West), Mumbai 53, India, T +91 (98) 21 71 60 86, ravirai25@hotmail.com
Festival: www.iff-mumbai.org
Sofia (Bulgaria, March 6-16, 2008).
Prize: Seamstresses (ШИВАЧКИ / Shivachki) by Lyudmil Todorov (Bulgaria, 2007). The jury stated: "A honest and refreshing story about the broken dreams and the beauty of hope in modern Bulgaria, filmed in a classical neat way." Jury: Leo Soesanto, France ("Les Inrockuptibles"), Kerem Akca, Turkey ("Sinema Magazine", "Empire Turkey Magazine"), Antonia Kovacheva, Bulgaria ("Trud").
Print source: Crosspoint, Petya Braykova, 27 Slavyanska Str., BG 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria, T +359 (2) 9805786.
Festival: www.sofiaiff.com
Guadalajara (Mexico, March 7-14, 2008).
Prize: The Path (El camino) by Ishtar Yasin (Costa Rica, France, 2008, first feature).
Jury: Klaus Eder, Germany (www.fipresci.org), Stephanie Zacharek, USA ("Salon.com"), Cristina Venegas, Colombia/USA (www.filmandmedia.ucsb.edu), Annemaria Meier, Mexico ("Público Milenio").
Print source: Wide Management, 42 bis rue de Lourmel, F 750155 Paris, France, T +33 (1) 5395 0464, wide@widemanagement.com
Festival: www.guadalajaracinemafest.com
Thessaloniki (Greece, Documentary Film Festival "Images of the 21st Century", March 7-16, 2008).
Prize, International Competition: Be Like Others by Tanaz Eshaghian (Canada/USA/UK/Iran, 2008). Prize, Greek Competition: The Lovers From Axos (Oi erastes tis Axou) by Nicos Ligouris (Greece, 2007).
Jury: Michel Euvrard, Canada, president ("Séquences"), Alex Leo Serban, Romania, guest member, Caroline M. Buck, Germany ("Neues Deutschland"), Matti Rämö, Finland ("Ylioppilaslehti", "Yleisradio", "Image"), Vassilis Kehagias, Greece ("Exostis", "TO Thema").
Print sources. Be Like Others: World Sales: Steven Beer, beers@btlaw.com, T +1 (212) 801 9294. Production: Forties B LLC, USA, T +1 (917) 449 8371, and Necessary Illusions Productions, Canada, pw@necessaryillusions.ca (Peter Wintonick). Co-production: ITVS International, USA and BBC, UK. — The Lovers From Axos: World Sales: Nicos Ligouris FilmProduktion, Germany, T=F +49 (30) 8812 844, wil.lig@gmx.de. Production: Nicos Ligouris FilmProduktion, Germany and ERT SA / Hellenic Broadcasting Company, Greece, T +30 (210) 7761192, kzogopoulos@ert.gr. Co-production: Jost Hering Filme.
Festival: www.filmfestival.gr
Hong Kong (Hong Kong International Film Festival, March 17 — April 6, 2008).
Prize: Wonderful Town by Aditya Assarat (Thailand, 2007).
Jury: Rui Pedro Tendinha, Portugal ("Noticias Magazine", "TSF"), Kelly L. Yang, Taiwan ("National Education Radio", "Han Broadcasting Network", "Filmism E-paper"), Kinnia Yau, Hong Kong.
Print source: Memento Films, 6 Cité Paradis, F 75010 Paris, France, T +33 (1) 5334 9020, sales@memento-filmes.com
Festival: www.hkiff.org.hk
Toulouse (Rencontres Cinémas d'Amérique Latine, France, March 28 — April 6, 2008).
Prize: Cochochi by Israel Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán (Mexico, 2007).
Jury: Pamela Bienzóbas, France/Chile ("Cine Mabuse", "Diario La Tercera"), Paulo Pecora, Argentina ("TELAM", "Haciendo Cine", "Babia"), Tadeusz Szczepanski, Poland ("Kino", "Polish Radio").
Print source: Ondamax Films, 1225 Alton Road, 33139 Miami Beach, USA, T +1 (305) 535 3577, F +1 (305) 215 2221.
Festival: cinelatino.free.fr
Wiesbaden (goEast — Festival of Central and Eastern European Film, Germany, April 9-15, 2008).
Prize: Magnus by by Kadri Kõusaar (Estonia/Great Britain 2007).
Jury: Jan Olszewski, Poland ("Kino", "Polish Broadcasting"), Annika Koppel, Estland ("Eesti Päevaleht", "Eesti Ekspress TV nädal"), Ralf Schenk, Germany ("Berliner Zeitung", "Filmdienst").
Print source: Onoma International, 4 rue de Miromesnil, F 75008 Paris, T +33 (1) 5818 3490, fabien.westhoff@onomainternational.com
Festival: www.filmfestival-goeast.de
Istanbul (Turkey, April 5-20, 2008).
Prize, International Competition: Ben X by Nic Balthazar (Belgium, 2007). Prize, Turkish Competition: Summer Book (Tatil Kitabi) by Seyfi Teoman (Turkey, 2007).
Jury: Kirill Kazlogov, Russia, president ("Moskovskaya Pravda", "Kompania", "Movie Cult") (Kultura TV weekly), Madhu Eravankara, India ("The Hindu", "Chitrabhumi", "Ora"), André Waardenburg, The Netherlands ("Skrien", "NRC Handelsblad"), Gyözö MÁTYÁS, Hungary ("Kritika", "168 Ora"), Burak Göral, Turkey ("Posta", "DVD Extra"), Necla Algan, Turkey ("Empire Turkey", "Evrensel Kültür, "Yeni Sinema").
Print sources. Ben X: Films Distribution, 34 rue Louvre, F 75001 Paris, France, T +33 (1) 53 10 33 99, F +33 (1) 53 10 33 98, info@filmsdistribution.com. Summer Book: Wide Management, 40 rue Sainte-Anne, F 75002 Paris, France, T +33 (1) 53 95 04 64, F +33 (1) 53 95 04 65, wide@widemanagement.com
Festival: www.iksv.org
Buenos Aires (Argentina, International Festival of Independent Cinema, April 8-20, 2008).
Prize: Ballast (United States, 2008) by Lance Hammer.
Jury: Isaac Leon Frias, Peru, President ("Butaca", "Ventana Indiscreta", "La Primera"), Violeta Kovacsics, Spain ("Go Mag", "Benzina", "Diari De Tarragona", Web Diario "Avui"), Adam Nayman, Canada ("Eye Weekly", "Cinema Scope", "Cineaste", "Film Comment", "Montage", "POV"), Eduardo Russo, Argentina ("El Amante Cine").
Print source: Celluloid Dreams, 2 rue Turgot, F-75009 Paris, info@cellulluloid-dreams.com, www.celluloid-dreams.com
Festival: www.bafici.gov.ar
Lecce (Italy, Festival del Cinema Europeo, April 15-20, 2008).
Prize: Hope (Nadzieja) by Stanislaw Mucha (Poland, 2007).
Jury: Thomas Rothschild, Germany (Freelance, Main publications "Freitag", "Frankfurter Rundschau"), Lydia Maslova, Russia ("Iskusstvo Kino"), Sauro Borelli, Italy ("Il Giornale").
Print source: The Match Factory, Sudermanplatz 2, D-50670 Koeln, Germany, T +49 (221) 973 32 11, F +49 (221) 97 33 29, info@matchfactory.de
Festival: www.europecinefestival.org
Lisbon (Portugal, IndieLisboa, April 24 — May 4, 2008).
Prize: Momma's Man by Azazel Jacobs (USA, 2008).
Jury: Nika Bohinc, Slovenia ("Ekran"), Julia Teichmann, Germany ("Berliner Zeitung", "Filmdienst", "Artechock"), Luis Salvado, Portugal ("Time Out Lisbon", "Sapo", "Noticias Magazine").
Print source: Visit Films, 89 Fifth Ave, Suite 1002, New York, NY 10003, USA, T +1 (718) 312 8210, F +1 (718) 362 4865, info@visitfilms.com
Festival: www.indielisboa.com
Oberhausen (Germany, International Short Film Festival, May 1-6, 2008).
Prize: The Unseen (Nezrimoe) by Pavel Medvedev (Russia, 2007).
Jury: Mark Peranson, Canada ("Cinema Scope"), Anjelika Artyukh, Russia ("Kino Iskusstvo", "Theatrical Saint-Petersbourg", "Panorama TV"), Rüdiger Suchsland, Germany ("Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung", "Kölner Stadtanzeiger", "Münchner Merkur", "Filmdienst", "Deutschlandfunk").
Print source: St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio, Russia, T +7 (812) 492 0932, spbguide2004@yahoo.com
Festival: www.kurzfilmtage.de
San Francisco (USA, April 24 — May 8, 2008).
Prize: Ballast by Lance Hammer (USA, 2007). Motivation: "Gradually and assuredly pulls the audience in, without indulging in tricks or shortcuts, and builds to an extraordinarily honest depiction of a difficult relationship." Special Mention: Glasses (Megane) by Naoko Ogigami (Japan, 2007). Motivation: "For the freshness and optimism of the comedy, that glides along at an unexpectedly serene pace."
Jury: George Perry, Great Britain ("The Sunday Times", "BBC Radio 2, 4, Scotland"), Kim Linekin, Canada ("CBC Radio", "The Georgia Straight"), Marco Spagnoli, Italy ("Il giornale dello Spettacolo", "Nick").
Print sources. Ballast: IFC, 11 Penn Plaza, 15th floor, New York, NY 10001, F +1 (646) 273 7250, kakalyka@ifcfilms.com. "Glasses": Nikkatsu Corporation, 3-28-12 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-0088 Tokyo, Japan, F +81 (3) 5689 1044, iwamoto@nikkatsu.co.jp
Festival: fest08.sffs.org
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