Festival Awards

To Return

Volver

by Pedro Almodóvar

(Spain, 2006, 121 min)

in

Lovelorn

Gönül Yarasi

by Yavuz Turgul

(Turkey, 2005, 142 mins)

in 17th Palm Springs International Film Festival

Bride Of Silence

Hat mua roi bao lao

by Doan Minh Phuong

(Vienam/ Germany/ Austria, 2005, 114 mins)

in 4th Bangkok Film Festival

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

Moartea Domnului Lazarescu

by Cristi Puiu

(Romania, 2005, 150 mins)

in 4th Cluj Transsilvania International Film Festival

The Rich Country

Oljeberget

by Aslaug Holm

(Norway, 2005, 111 mins)

in 16th Tromso International Film Festival

In Between Days

by So Yong Kim

(USA/ Kanada, 2006, 83 mins)

in 56th Berlinale

The Guardian

El custodio

by Rodrigo Moreno

(Argentina/ Uruguay/ France/ Germany, 2005, 95 mins)

in 21st Guadalajara Film Festival

Tough Enough

Knallhart

by Detlev Buck

(Germany, 2006, 98 mins)

in 56th Berlinale

The Holy Family

La Sagrada Familia

by

(Chile, 2005, 99 mins)

in 18th Toulouse Rencontres des Cinémas d'Amérique Latine

I Did not Kill Gandhi

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

by Jahnu Barua

(India, 2005, 100 mins)

in 18th Mumbai International Film Festival

Gradually...

Be Ahestegi...

by Maziar Miri

(Iran, 2006, 81 mins)

in 20th Fribourg International Film Festival

The Italian

Italianets

by Andrei Kravchuk

(Russia, 2005, 90 mins)

in 7th Lecce Festival of European Cinema

Lady Zee

Lady Z.

by Georgi Djulgerov

(Bulgaria, 2005, 96 mins)

in 10th Sofia International Film Festival

The Master

Mistrz

by Paul Thomas Anderson

(Poland/ Germany, 2005, 117 mins)

in 69th Venice Film Festival

Taking Father Home

Bei yazi de nanhai

by Ying Liang

(China, 2006, 100 mins)

in 9th Singapore International Film Festival

Grain In Ear

Mang Zhong

by Zhang Lu

(China/ South Korea, 2005, 109 mins)

in 49th IndieLisboa- Lisbon Festival of Independent Film

The City of the Sun

Slunecní stát

by Home

(Czech Republic/ Slowakia, 2005, 95 mins)

in 6th Wiesbaden Festival of Central and Eastern European Film - goEast

Bug

by William Friedkin

(USA, 2006, 102 mins)

in 59th Cannes Film Festival

Times and Winds

Bes vakit

by Reha Erdem

(Turkey, 2006, 111 mins)

in 25th Istanbul International Film Festival

Hamaca Paraguaya

by Paz Encina

(Paraguay, 2006, 78 mins)

in 59th Cannes Film Festival

Climates

Iklimler

by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

(Turkey, 2006, 97 mins)

in 16th Oslo Films From The South

The Bet Collector

Kubrador

by Jeffrey Jeturian

(Philippines, 2006, 98 mins)

in 8th CineFan

Frozen City

Valkoinen kaupunki

by Aku Louhimies

(Finland, 2006, 92 mins)

in 41st Karlovy Vary Film Festival

Favela Rising

by Jeff Zimbalist

(USA/ Brazil, 2005, 80 mins)

in 53rd Sydney Film Festival

In Bed

En la cama

by Matías Bize

(Chile, 2006, 85 mins)

in 18th Palm Springs International Film Festival

The Bet Collector

Kubrador

by Jeffrey Jeturian

(Philippines, 2006, 98 mins)

in 28th Moscow International Film Festival

A Long Walk

Nagai sanpo

by Eiji Okuda

(Japan, 2006, 136 mins)

in 29th Montreal World Film Festival

You Am I

As esi tu

by Kristijonas Vildziunas

(Lithuania, 2006, 90 mins)

in 21st Riga Arsenals

The Cave of the Yellow Dog

Die Höhle des gelben Hundes

by Byambasuren Davaa

(Mongolia/ Germany, 2005, 93 mins)

in 15th Brisbane International Film Festival

Don't Look Back

Nae cheongchun-ege goham

by Young-Nam Kim

(Korea, 2006, 126 mins)

in 58th Locarno International Film Festival

Drained

O Cheiro do Ralo

by Heitor Dhalia

(Brazil, 2006, 112 mins)

in 8th Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

The Bothersome Man

Den Brysomme Mannen

by Jens Lien

(Norway, 2006, 95 mins)

in 30th Goteborg International Film Festival

The Optimists

Optimisti

by Goran Paskaljevic

(Serbia, 2006, 98 mins)

in 12nd Geneva Festival Tous Ecrans

Fraulein

Das Fräulein

by Andrea Staka

(Germany/ Switzerland/ Bosnia, 2006, 81 mins)

in 51st Valladolid International Film Festival

Euphoria

Eyforia

by Ivan Vyrypayev

(Russia, 2006, 74 mins)

in 23rd Haifa International Film Festival

Honor of the Knights

Honor De Cavalleria

by Albert Serra

(Spain, 2006, 95 mins)

in 44th Viennale

Lola

Lo que sé de Lola

by Javier Rebollo

(Spain/ France, 2006, 112 mins)

in 49th London BFI London Film Festival

Fresh Air

Friss Levegö

by Ágnes Kocsis

(Hungary, 2006, 109 mins)

in 22nd Warsaw International Film Festival

Climates

Iklimler

by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

(Turkey, 2006, 97 mins)

in 59th Cannes Film Festival

The Last Gaze

La ultima mirada

by Patricia Arriaga Jordan

(Mexico, 2006, 123 mins)

in 30th Cairo International Film Festival

Suely in the Sky

O céu de Suely

by Karin Ainouz

(Brazil, 2006, 90 mins)

in 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Longing

Sehnsucht

by Valeska Grisebach

(Germany, 2006, 88 mins)

in 44th Gijón International Film Festival

Winter Journey

Winterreise

by Hans Steinbichler

(Germany, 2006, 99 mins)

in 22nd Haifa International Film Festival

Jindabyne

by Ray Lawrence

(Australia, 2006, 123 mins)

in 17th Stockholm Film Festival

White Palms

Fehér tenyér

by Szabolcs Hajdu

(Hungary, 2006, 97 mins)

in 17th Ljubljana International Film Festival (LIFFE)

Restless

Uro

by Stephan Faldbakken

(Norway, 2006, 104 mins)

in 17th Stockholm Film Festival

Notes by a Trackman

Zapiski Putevogo Obkhodchika

by Zhanabek Zhetyruov

(Khazakhstan, 2006, 63 mins)

in 24th Torino Film Festival

Forever Flows

Nirontor

by Abu Sayeed

(Bangladesh, 2006, 95 mins)

in 11st Kerala International Film Festival

Tomorrow Morning

Sutra Ujutra

by Oleg Novkovic

(Serbia/ Montenegro, 2006, 84 mins)

in 16th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema

Retrieval

Z odzysku

by Slawomir Fabicki

(Poland, 2006, 103 mins)

in 8th Bratislava International Film Festival