Festival Awards

Frozen

Jidu hanleng

by Wu Ming

(China, 1996, 99 mins)

in 36th Rotterdam International Film Festival

Suzaku

Moe no suzaku

by Naomi Kawase

(Japan, 1997, 95 mins)

in 36th Rotterdam International Film Festival

The Long Journey

Ai xuoi van ly

by Hoang Le

(Vietnam, 1996, 90 mins)

in 8th Singapore International Film Festival

Twelve Storeys

Shier lou

by Eric Khoo

(Singapore, 1997, 105 mins)

in 8th Singapore International Film Festival

Man on the Roof

Dakvorst

by Mathijs Geijskes

(Netherlands, 1997, 25 mins)

in 30th Krakow Film Festival

Polygraph

Le Polygraphe

by Robert Lepage

(Canada/ France/ Germany, 1996, 99 mins)

in 15th Istanbul Film Festival

Summersault in a Coffin

Tabutta Rövasata

by Dervis Zaim

(Turkey, 1996, 75 mins)

in 16th Istanbul International Film Festival

Trzynastka

Trzynastka

by Ewa Borzecka

(Poland, 1997, 35 mins)

in 30th Krakow Film Festival

Cemetery of Dreams

Otsnebebis Sasaplao

by Goga Khaindrava

(Georgia, 1997, 90 mins)

in 8th Sochi Festival of Russian Cinema

The End of the World in Four Seasons

The End of the World in Four Seasons

by Paul Driessen

(Canada, 1996, 13 mins)

in 36th Krakow Film Festival

The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

by Atom Egoyan

(Canada, 1997, 112 mins)

in 50th Cannes Film Festival

Voyage to the Beginning of the World

Viagem ao Princípio do Mundo

by Manoel de Oliveira

(Portugal, 1997, 95 mins)

in 50th Cannes Film Festival

Devil's Island

Djöflaeyjan

by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson

(Iceland, 1996, 99 mins)

in 32nd Karlovy Vary Film Festival

In Memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre

In Memoriam Gyöngyössy Imre

by Barna Kabay

(Hungary, 1997, 79 mins)

in 54th Venice International Film Festival

Lea

Lea

by Ivan Fila

(Czech Republic, 1996, 100 mins)

in 8th Sochi Festival of Russian Cinema

The Witman Boys

Witman fiúk

by János Szász

(Hungary, 1997, 99 mins)

in 22nd Moscow International Film Festival

Twenty Four Seven

24 7: Twenty Four Seven

by Sheane Meadows

(UK, 1997, 96 mins)

in 54th Venice International Film Festival

Children of Heaven

Bacheha-Ye aseman

by Majiid Majidi

(Iran, 1997, 89 mins)

in 21st Montreal World Film Festival

The Dolphins Are Mammals

Delfini su Sisari

by Vladimir Paskaljevic

(Serbia and Montenegro, 1997, 12 mins)

in 21st Montreal World Film Festival

Love Stories

Historie milosne

by Jerzy Stuhr

(Poland, 1997, 87 mins)

in 54th Venice International Film Festival

Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man

Nel profondo paese straniero

by Fabio Carpi

(Italy, 1997, 102 mins)

in 21st Montreal World Film Festival

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's

by Robert Pulcini

(USA, 1997, 90 mins)

in 50th Locarno International Film Festival

We All Fall Down

Tutti giù per terra

by Davide Ferrario

(Italy, 1997, 98 mins)

in 50th Locarno International Film Festival

Under the Skin

Under the Skin

by Carine Adler

(UK, 1997, 82 mins)

in 20th Toronto International Film Festival

Majorettes in Space

Des Majorettes dans L'espace

by David Fourier

(France, 1997, 6 mins)

in 3rd Sarajevo Film Festival

The Impostor

El Impostor

by Alejandro Maci

(Argentina, 1997, 99 mins)

in International Film Festival Puerto Rico

The Debt

La deuda

by Nicolas Buenaventura

(Colombia, 1997, 90 mins)

in International Film Festival Puerto Rico

Ma Vie en Rose

Ma Vie en Rose

by Alain Berliner

(Belgium, 1997, 88 mins)

in 3rd Sarajevo Film Festival

The Perfect Circle

Savrseni Krug

by Ademir Kenovic

(Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1997, 110 mins)

in 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival

2/Duo

2/dyuo

by Nobuhiro Suwa

(Japan, 1997, 90 mins)

in 35th Viennale

Brother (1997)

Brat

by Aleksey Balabanov

(Russia, 1997, 96 mins)

in 15th Torino Film Festival

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

Daijiga umule pajinnal

by Sang-soo Hong

(South Korea, 1996, 115 mins)

in 35th Viennale

Private Confessions

Enskilda Samtal

by Liv Ullmann

(Sweden, 1996, 196 mins)

in 42nd Valladolid International Film Festival

Three Summer Days

Tri Letnja Dana

by Mirjana Vukomanovic

(Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 1997, 90 mins)

in 7th Cottbus Festival of East European Cinema

Made in Hong Kong

Heung Gong jai jo

by Fruit Chan

(China, 1997, 108 mins)

in 2nd Busan International Film Festival

Moebius

Moebius

by Gustavo Mosquera R.

(Argentina, 1996, 88 mins)

in 35th Viennale

Orbis Pictus

Orbis Pictus

by Martin Sulik

(Slovakia, 1997, 107 mins)

in 46th Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival

Funny Games

Funny Games

by Michael Haneke

(Austria, 1997, 108 mins)

in 24th Flanders International Film Festival Ghent

The Other Shore

L'autre côté de la mer

by Dominique Cabrera

(France, 1997, 92 mins)

in 24th Flanders International Film Festival Ghent

The Life of Jesus

La vie de Jésus

by Bruno Dumont

(France, 1997, 96 mins)

in 33rd Chicago International Film Festival

London Brief

London Brief

by Jon Jost

(USA, 1997, 72 mins)

in 5th Yamagata Documentary Film Festival

Love and Death on Long Island

Love and Death on Long Island

by Richard Kwietniowski

(UK, 1997, 93 mins)

in 33rd Chicago International Film Festival

Homesick Eyes

Wang xiang

by Hsu Hsiao-ming

(Taiwan, 1997, 85 mins)

in 5th Yamagata Documentary Film Festival

Crossfire

Dahan

by Rituparno Gosh

(India, 1998, 145 mins)

in Bombay Film Festival

Man of the Story

Kathapurushan

by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

(India, 1996, 107 mins)

in Bombay Film Festival

Kitchen Party

Kitchen Party

by Gary Burns

(Canada, 1996, 92 mins)

in 15th Torino Film Festival

Pizza, Beer, and Cigarettes

Pizza, birra, faso

by Adrián Caetano

(Argentina, 1998, 92 mins)

in 12th Fribourg International Film Festival

Emilia's Friends

Priyatelite na Emiliya

by Lyudmil Todorov

(Bulgaria, 1996, 90 mins)

in 38th Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Winter Sleepers

Winterschläfer

by Tom Tykwer

(Germany, 1997, 122 mins)

in 38th Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Junk Mail

Budbringeren

by Pål Sletaune

(Norway, 1997, 83 mins)

in 8th Stockholm International Film Festival

The Well

The Well

by Samantha Lang

(Australia, 1997, 101 mins)

in 8th Stockholm International Film Festival