Athens 2006 — Panorama of European Cinema

At the Panorama of European Cinema, Micheal Winterbottom's modern adaptation of Laurence Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, the witty A Cock and Bull Story, received our award.

Details of the FIPRESCI prize
Athens, 19th Panorama of European Cinema: October 12-22, 2006
The festival's website

Reports:

Men without Women, Collisions without Motives, Questions without Answers. Julia Khomiakova considers what the Athens film festival programme means for the future of European cinema, and Europe. Read the report
In This Funny, Horrible World. Jan Lumholdt considers Michael Winterbottom's attempts to balance comedy and tragedy. "A Cock and Bull Story" reviewed
Make 'Em Laugh (Please). Konstantinos Blathras pleads for a re-evaluation of comedy among festival programmers. Read his comment

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