10th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema

Germany, November 8 - November 12 2005


The jury

Claire Clouzot (), Marilena Iliesiu (Romania), Antonia Kovacheva (Bulgaria), Annika Koppel (Estonia), Bodo Schönfelder (Germany)

Awarded films

This small city in Brandenburg, established in the 10th century when the Sorbs erected a castle on the Spree river, is now home to a bustling annual film festival: The FilmFestival Cottbus – Festival of East European Cinema. This year, our jury gave our award to Something Like Hapiness (Stesti), a Czech/German co-production by writer-director Bohdan Sláma.