2006 Winners

Fiction, Animation, Experimental Films Competition

Gran Prix PERPETUUM MOBILE for the film "Dogs", director Matthias Huser, Switzerland



Best Director Prize to Martin Mortensen for the film "The Black Hole", Denmark.


Best Camera Work Prize to Alexander Onoprienko for the film "Resurrection", Ukraine



Best Sound Supervisor Prize to Alexey Burdinov for the film "Mole", SPbGUKiT, Russia


Best Script Prize to Irakli Kochlamazashvili for the film "Drops", Georgia


Best Fiction Film Prize for the film "The Ranch", director Ohad Domb, Israel


Best Animation Film Prize for the film "The Animal", director Evgenia Golubeva, SPbGUKiT, Russia

Best Experimental Film Prize for the film "Stafet", director Morten Jorgensen, Denmark


 

Special Diplomas of the Jury:

Diploma for the Best Institute Program of Fiction Films to Ma’ale School of Television, Film and Arts, Jerusalem, Israel
Diploma for the Best Institute Program of Fiction Films to The Sam Spiegel Film and TV School, Israel
Diploma for the Best Fiction Film for the film "Berlin Budapest", director Rita Lengyel, Germany
Diploma for the Best Director to Dmitry Tyurin for the film "Left Without Supervision", SPbGUKiT, Russia
Diploma for the Best Director to Dalit Eliraz for the film "Cheftzi on Air", Israel
Diploma for the Best Sound Supervisor to Varvara Kozlova for the film "Perpetual Tales", SPbGUKit, Russia
Diploma for the Best Script to Hewrik Normann for the film "Back on track", Denmark
Diploma for the Best Camera Work to Krum Rodriguez for the film "Diving", Bulgaria
Diploma for the Best Animation Film for the film "Pop", director Adrian Kukal, Czech Republic
Diploma for the Best Animation Film for the film "Scent Obsession", director Vera Miakisheva, VGIK, Russia
Diploma for the Best Institute Program of Animation Films to Film Academy Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Diploma for the Best Institute Program of Animation Films to University of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf", Germany
Diploma for the Best Experimental Film for the film "DUBUS", director Alexei Dmitriev, Institute Pro-Arte, SPb, Russia
"For the Ingenious solution of publicist theme" – "The Old Dacha", director Anastasia Tarasova, VGIK, Russia

Jury:

I.F. Maslennikov – chairman of the jury
N. Arzhakova
V. Vinogradov
I. Evteeva
V. Persov


Fiction 5-minute-lengh Films Competition

Best Fiction 5-minute-lengh Film Prize for the film "Claustrophobia", director Chavdar Vhernev, Bulgaria.

Special Diplomas of the Jury:

"For the confirmation of cinematographic form as content" – "How I Spent My Summer", "Just a Try", director Alexander Kargalcev, VGIK, Russia.

Jury:

Y. Klepikov – chairman of the jury
A. Ustinov
A. Antonov


Documentary Films Competition

Best Documentary Film Prize for the film "Albert – A Big Brother to be", director Andreas Koefoed, Denmark


Special Diplomas of the Jury:

Diploma for the Best Director to Till Passow for the film "The Ecstatic", Germany
Diploma for the Best Camera Work to Anne Misselwitz for the film "Jin-Riki-Sha", Germany
Diploma for the Best Sound Supervisor in the film "The Big House", VGIK, Russia
Diploma for the Best Institute Program of Documentary Films to University of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf", Germany

Jury:

P. Medvedev – chairman of the jury
E. Marshan
N. Volkov


Special "Social Commercial" Competition

Best Film Prize for the animation film "Aggression", director Olesia Schukina, SPbGUKiT, Russia.

Special Diplomas of the Jury:

"For the precisely expressed idea" – "No", director Evgenia Davidova, Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, Russia.

Jury:

A. Kadirov – chairman of the jury
A. Ustinov
A. Antonov


Special Best Fiction Film Script Competition

1st Award for Full-length Fiction Film Script to Elziata Mandzhieva, "Goldfish", SPbGUKiT, Russia

2nd Award for Full-length Fiction Film Script to Mikhail Zhuravkin, "Unseasonable", VKSR, Russia

Three Awards for Short-length Fiction Film Script:

Piotr Vnukov, "Ushaki", SPbGUKiT, Russia
Leonid Korin, "Mission", SPbGUKiT, Russia
Asia Rokhman, "Key", SPbGUKiT, Russia

Special Diplomas of the Jury:

"For the unusual point of view on modern youth theme" – Marina Razumova, "Well-yard Windows", SPbGUKit, Russia
"For the special author’s style" – Olga Strokan, "Oh, Wonderful School-days", VKSR, Russia
"For the attempt to show generation gap in different ways" – Ilia Zameshaev, "Three", VGIK, Russia

Jury:

F. Gukasyan – chairman of the jury
N. Vinokurov
E. Pritsker


Prize of Graduate School of Film Directors (Moscow)

"For understanding and realization of the best native cinema traditions" – "Nest", director Evgeny Hvorostianko, Ukraine

Rector of Graduate School of Film Directors
A. Gerasimov

St. Petersburg Filmmakers’ Union,
Karavannaya St., 12, Saint Petersburg, 191023, Russia
Tel (812) 314 8035, Fax (812) 314 7598
E-mail: mail@festival-nachalo.ru