Sochi 2004

"The Green Butchers", the film by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen, was awarded by our jury the FIPRESCI prize. In its competition (focusing on European cinema), the festival offered other interesting films as well, such as "South of the Clouds" by Swiss director Jean-François Amiguet (not to be confused with a recent Chinese film of the same title). A lot of films showed the attractivity of traveling. Also, Danish cinema had a good entrance. Read the reports of our jurors.

Details of the prize

"The Green Butchers". In his review of the prize-winning film, Nikolaj Nikitin compares the art of cinema to the art of cooking.
On the Road. Ingvald Bergsagel found that the competition was "fittingly dominated by films where the main characters travel, long to travel or are fighting hard not to have to travel."
The Road To Oneself. Angelika Artyukh liked particularly the Swiss film "South of the Clouds". Read her answer on the question if it is "really worth to run from Swiss cows for so long just to see a fight for Chinese bulls?"
Danish Cinema in Full Blossom. Christian Monggaard on the recent success of Danish films at home and at international festivals.

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