Palmarès 1997

The international jury, composed of David-Pierre Fila, filmmaker, Patricio Guzman, filmmaker, Françoise Huguier, photographer, Lasse Naukkarinen, cameraman, editor and filmmaker and Peter Watkins, filmmaker, awarded the following prizes:

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix:
Barkhor nan jie 16 hao, Duan Jinchuan

Jury special award:
Jenseits des Krieges, Ruth Beckermann

Short Film Award:
Pavasaris, Valdas Navasaitis

Joris Ivens Award:
Bye bye Babushka, Rebecca Feig

SCAM International Award:
Ecole 27, Szymon Zaleski and Marilyn Watelet

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The Librarian and Heritage jury, composed of librarians Sylvie Dreyfus (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) and Daniel Gauchet (Médiathèque François Mitterrand, Poitiers), of Jean-Marie Barbe, filmmaker, delegate of the Lussas Documentary Film Festival and of Michèle Fiéloux, anthropologist at the Center for African Studies-CNRS, awarded the following prizes:

Libraries Award:
Jenseits des Krieges, Ruth Beckermann

Heritage Award:
Chemins de traverse, Sabrina Malek and Arnaud Soulier

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The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs awarded the following prize:

Louis Marcorelles Award – Ministry of Foreign affairs:
ACD, Thomas Sipp