BALKANIMA 2008 Awards

TROPHY Best film of South East Europe

trophy, diploma and 800 EUR cash prize
COURT RECORD – IN MEMORIAM PETER MANSFELD, Zoltan Szilagyi Varga, Hungary
Court record is about the anatomy of terror. It is based on a real story that is unusual in animated films. After the revolution in 1956 a young revolutionary was arrested, they kept him in the prison and he was executed on his 18th birthday. We appriciate in this film its historical research, the atmosphere well described, and its irrepetitive and strong animation.

GRAND PRIX

– trophy, diploma and 1000 EUR cash prize
SHE WHO MEASURES, Veljko Popovic, Croatia

An original criticism against the world marketing and mass media, in a very innovative conception and animation technique, which shows that the technological concept yet exists and still comes more agressive.

DIPLOMAS - categories:

Up to 5 min

JEU, Georges Swizgebel, Switzerland
Fresh and colorful animation, playful game with forms and color.

 

5 – 30 min

TOGETHER, Kalina Detcheva,Bulgaria
FANTASMAGORIE 2008, Rastko Ciric, Serbia

These two films, although different, speak about the realtions between us. Rastko Ciric makes a reminiscence of the first animated film and builds it up with 3D, and Kalina Detcheva plays with the shadows with nice music.

Children film

MAGIC STORE, Elena Petkevich, Belarus

Real film for the public.

Best animation

ANIMATOU, Claude Luyet, Switzerland
Emblematic animated film about the animation. Fresh self-reflection with the well-known old characters from the historical origin till the moving images of today or even tomorow.

 

Best direction

BETON, Ariel Belinco, Michael Faust, Israel
This film is about the Big Wall that is a metaphore and a real object at the same time. It wants to show the paradoxy of military points of view – with excellent animation and exact pictures.

SPECIAL MENTIONS by Jury's own choice:

 

Funniest film:

KJFG No.5, Alexei Alexeev, Hungary
It proves that even with not so innovative technology you can make the audience laugh to tears.

Beautiful atmosphere:

REFRAINS, Wiola Sowa, Poland
For her original sand animation technique which created a dreamy atmosphere full of lyricism in a slow evolution of fragments of memories.

Debutant film

I DO ART, Stelios Polychronakis, Greece
A diploma for the debut of a promissing young film maker in order to encourage him in his future efforts.

 

Best music

THE BREAKFAST FOR THE THUNDRA BOY, Olga Titova, Russia
This film shows that animated film can be musically done like the best hollywood film with symphony orchestra. It isn’t necesserally the rule, but this time it worked.

 

Best characters:

HALLO TAXI, Ivan Vesselinov, Bulgaria
HORN OK PLEASE, Joel Simon, Great Britain
Although the idea is not new, there were fiction films with those themes, these people succeded in making interesting films with a lot of life in them.

STUDENTS' COMPETITION AWARDS

1. BEZALEL ACADEMY FOR ART AND DESIGN

from Izrael with TROPHY AND DIPLOMA for the best film school, for high level of artistic and proffesional expression. The film BETON, produced by the authors Ariel Belinco and Michael Faust distinguished itself with its original treatment of a serious anti-war subject.

 

2. DIPLOMA AND MONEY AWARD

for the best student film to Mina Cvetinovic, for her film KAFANA, which treated humourosly the subject: how sweet it is not to do anything.

The jury decided to award three special diplomas:

 

1. To the film OFFICE NOISE, made by the group of authors from Denmark, which succeeded to treat in a funny way a story about the relations between big and small.

 

2. To the film THE IRON TOWER made by Cristoph Horch from Germany, in which the struggle of the man with the nature and his impossibility to stop the time were expressed in the language of animation.

 

3. To the film THE ATTICK by Jantien Barsboom from the Netherlands, for an effective description of the relativity of freedom.

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1.Chryssanthi Sotiropoulou
2. Pencho Kunchev
3. Vera Vlajic

In Belgrade,
October 11, 2008

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Ecological film:

GLOBAL WARMING, Igor Coric, Sheldon Lieberman, Serbia-Australia
Film which in a Balkan way speaks about one of the biggest problems of today.

JURY for the MAIN COMPETITION:

Ioannis Vassiliadis, Greece

Istvan Orosz, Hungary

Zoran Simjanovic, Serbia

Belgrade, October 11th 2008

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STUDENTS' COMPETITION AWARDS

1. BEZALEL ACADEMY FOR ART AND DESIGN

from Izrael with TROPHY AND DIPLOMA for the best film school, for high level of artistic and proffesional expression. The film BETON, produced by the authors Ariel Belinco and Michael Faust distinguished itself with its original treatment of a serious anti-war subject.

 

2. DIPLOMA AND MONEY AWARD

for the best student film to Mina Cvetinovic, for her film KAFANA, which treated humourosly the subject: how sweet it is not to do anything.

The jury decided to award three special diplomas:

 

1. To the film OFFICE NOISE, made by the group of authors from Denmark, which succeeded to treat in a funny way a story about the relations between big and small.

 

2. To the film THE IRON TOWER made by Cristoph Horch from Germany, in which the struggle of the man with the nature and his impossibility to stop the time were expressed in the language of animation.

 

3. To the film THE ATTICK by Jantien Barsboom from the Netherlands, for an effective description of the relativity of freedom.

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1.Chryssanthi Sotiropoulou
2. Pencho Kunchev
3. Vera Vlajic

In Belgrade,
October 11, 2008

AWARDS granted by institutions / associations

NASSOS VAKALIS
European Animation Center Award

SHE WHO MEASURES, Veljko Popovic
Croatia
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Diploma FIPRESCI, Serbia

Award granted by the association of film critics in Serbia:

ORGESTICULANISMUS, Mathieu Labaye,
Belgium
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Diploma ASIFA

Award granted by the world association of animators in Serbia – ASIFA Serbia

Izbledivanje / Wax and Wane, Ivan Ivanovski,
FYROM
Smrt / Death, Mitja Mancek,
Slovenia
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JEZ Award, Hedgehog's Thorn - granted by Magazine JEZ for the Most Satiric film:

Nico&Tina, Rodolfo Pastor,
Spain
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»HAPPY LEPENAC« AWARD for the contribution to development of Balkan animation

Trophy and Diploma

BALKANIMA 2008

Ioannis Vassiliadis
Greece

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