Palmarès 2006
The international jury, composed of Mercedes Álvarez, filmmaker, Sabine Lancelin, director of photography, Oussama Mohammad, filmmaker, Jacques Deschamps, filmmaker and Adriano Aprà, teacher and writer, awarded the following prizes:
Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix, with the support of the Procirep:
Meng You (Dream Walking), Huang Wenhai
SCAM International Award ex-aequo:
Babooska, Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
and Carnets d’un combattant kurde, Stefano Savona
Short Film Award:
Za Plotem (Behind the Fence), Marcin Sauter
Joris Ivens Award:
Xiaojiao Renjia (Little Feet), Bai Budan
The International jury wishes to attribute a special mention to:
the Russian selection, Ribak i Tantsovshitsa (The Fisherman and the Dancing Girl) Valery Solomin, Svyato Viktor Kossakovsky and V Poiskach Schastia (In Search of Happiness) Alexander Gutman, for the diversity and originality of these three ways of approaching reality.
The youth jury, composed of six high school students and filmmaker Mariana Otero, awarded the following prizes:
Youth Award – Cinéma du Réel:
Voyage en sol majeur, Georgi Lazarevski
Mention to:
Carnets d’un combattant kurde, Stefano Savona
Heritage Award:
Toro Si Te – Tout va bien, Daisy Lamothe
Mention to:
La Traversée, Elisabeth Leuvrey
The Librarians’ jury, composed of librarians Aude Lalande (Bibliothèque musicale de Nanterre), Marie-José Mallet (Bibliothèque départementale de prêt de Dordogne), Sébastien Choupas (Médiathèque municipale de Sartrouville) and of Catherine Blangonnet, Head of the Audiovisual Department, Bibliothèque publique d’information, awarded the following prize:
Libraries Award:
Xiaojiao Renjia (Little Feet), Bai Budan
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs awarded the following prize:
Louis Marcorelles Award:
Voyage en sol majeur, Georgi Lazarevski
The selection committee of the festival awarded:
The Pierre and Yolande Perrault Grant:
Kinder der Schlafviertel (Street Punk Moscow), Janna Ji Wonders and Korinna Krauss,