44th Gijón International Film Festival

Spain, November 23 - December 1 2006

The jury

Diego Brodersen (Argentina), Ivan Karl (Serbia), Manuel Yanez Murillo ()

Awarded films

Longing by Valeska Grisebach
(Germany, 2006, 88 mins)

Reports

A Guide to Recognizing Good Films By Ivan Karl by Ivan Karl
Faces and Tragedy By Manuel Yanez Murillo by Manuel Yanez Murillo
Walking The Straight Line By Diego Brodersen by Diego Brodersen

At the 44th edition of this renowned Spanish event on the Atlantic coast, the International Critics’ Prize went to the second film by Valeska Grisebach, Longing (Sehnsucht, Germany, 2006) which had been premiered in the Berlin competition of this year..