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Palmarès 1991

The international jury, composed of Chantal Akerman, filmmaker, Abbas Kiarostami, filmmaker, Marena Manzoufas, Head of Program Acquisitions for the Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Samba Félix Ndiaye, filmmaker, Jean-Luc Ormières, producer and Caroline Spry, production assistant at Channel Four, United Kingdom, awarded the following prizes:

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix:
On the Waves of the Adriatic, Brendan McKenzie

Short Film Award:
Nieskonczonosc dalekich drog, Andrzej Rózycki

Joris Ivens Award:
Egaro Mile, Ruchir Joshi

Procirep Award:
Zlocin i kazna, Zelimir Gvardiol


The Librarian jury, composed of librarians Colette Gleyze (Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon) and Anne Schwartz (Bibliothèque municipale de Cherbourg), and of filmmakers Bernard Martino and Patrick Prado, awarded the following prizes:

Libraries Award:
Good News : von Kolporteuren, toten Hunden und anderen Wienern, Ulrich Seidl

Heritage Award:
Voyages au pays de la Peuge, Samir Abdallah, Maurizio Lazzarato, Raffaële Ventura


The French TV channel LA SEPT awarded the following prize:

European Film Award – La Sept:
Zili Byli sem Semenov…, Herz Frank and Vladimir Eisner


The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs awarded the following prize:

Louis Marcorelles Award – Ministry of Foreign affairs:
Droit au but, Philippe Costantini