2007 Winners

Fiction, Documentary and Animation Films Competition

Grand Prix "Perpetuum mobile" to ‘Invitation’, director Katrin Gebbe, Hamburg Media School, Germany
Best Fiction Film Prize to ‘The Bead’, director Marie Dvorakova, Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague, Czech Republic
Best Documentary Prize to ‘The Life Afresh’, director Andrey Averkov, St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, Russia
Best Animation Prize to ‘The Air Ace’, director Svilen Dimitrov, National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

 

 

Best Director’s Work to Nikolay Bortz, ‘Script’, St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, Russia
Best cinematography Prize to Eve Hogman, ‘High Hopes’, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Best Sound Prize Michal Kraiczok, ‘Teresa’s Room’, University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf”, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
Best Script Prize to Jan Karpinski, ‘GABRA2’, Hamburg State University of Visual Arts, Germany

 

5-minute-length Fiction Film Competition

Best Film Prize to ‘Tango ‘Camisa’’, director Saya Kurnesheva, St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, Russia

 

Special "Social Commercial" Competition

Best Film Prize to ‘Love Hurts’, director Mariejosephin Schneider, Berlin Film and Television Academy, Germany

 

 

 

Special Diplomas of the Jury

‘For the Best Russian Program’ to K.S.Lopushansky’s class of St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, Russia

‘For the Best Film Program’ to the German Film Schools

‘For Continuation of European Humanistic Cinema Traditions’ to ‘Old Tree’, directors Tamas Dobos, Viktor Nagy, National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts Budapest, Hungary

‘For The Fascination of Youth’ to ‘The Making of: The Making of: Een Chinese Boekie’, director Max Maas, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

‘For Actors Work’ to ‘Broken Line’, director Chavdar Chernev, National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria

‘For Brightly Shown Finnish Cultural Tradition’ to ‘Mausoleum’, director Maija Hirvonen, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland

‘For Kindness and Positivism’ to ‘My Happy End’, director M.Vitanov, University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf”, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany

‘For Non-standard Decision of a Popular Theme’ to ‘Something in the Air’, director Morten Lundgaard, Aarhus Film Workshop, Denmark

‘For Highly Professional Human Treatment’ to ‘Serving on the Premises’, director F.Wiklund, Drama Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

‘For Artistic Search’ to camera work of M.Vlasova, ‘To Say Goodbye’, St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, Russia

 

Special Prizes

Student Jury Prize ‘For the Promising Beginning’ to ‘The Making of: The Making of: Een Chinese Boekie’, director Max Maas, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Prize of ‘Alkhimia’ Magazine to ‘Tango ‘Camisa’’, director Saya Kurnesheva, St. Petersburg State University of Cinema and Television, Russia

Sergey Dobrotvorsky’s prize for ‘Fruitful Search of Sources of the Impossible’ to ‘The Ladder’, director Polina Grekova, The Russian Federation State Institute of Cinematography, Moscow, Russia

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