Bratislava 2004

The FIPRESCI jury awarded its prize to the intense and tragic family drama Folie privée (Private Madness) directed by Joachim Lafosse (Belgium, 2004). The jury found that the film "approaches the subject of a splitting relationship with the means of improvisation and digital handcamera, mixing it with the Greek myth of Medea and the situation of the split Belgian federation". Details of the prize

Reports:

Dividing lines. Reinhard Bradatsch sees the Belgian film Folie privée (Private Madness) as a metaphor for the divisions in Belgian society as well as a powerful personal tragedy.

The Meeting of Two Cultures. Emília Kincelová pays tribute to Fremder Freund (The Friend), a German film which confronts one of the great issues of the day - the lack of understanding between the Christian and Moslem worlds - symbolised by the friendship of a German and a Yemeni.

Private Emotions, Public Events. Margarita Chapatte thinks that Private, the debut film by Saverio Constanzo - a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - 'takes the pain and suffering of every character to a deep level hardly ever seen in movies today'.

The Supremacy of Asian Cinema. Slobodan Arandjelovic finds Asian cinema as vital and original as ever and mentions several films that prove his point.

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