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Palmarès 2007

The international jury, composed of Karin Jurschick, filmmaker, Bouchra Khalili, Co-director of the Tangier Cinémathèque, Jean-Pierre Duret, filmmaker, Sergueï Dvortsevoï, filmmaker and Patric Jean, filmmaker, awarded the following prizes:

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix, with the support of the Procirep:
Santiago, João Moreira Salles

SCAM International Award, ex aequo:
Maxi xuexiao (Circus School), Guo Jing and Ke Dingding
And Thereafter II, Hosup Lee

Short Film Award:
Le Bruit du canon, Marie Voignier

Joris Ivens Award:
En lo escondido (Those Waiting in the Dark), Nicolas Rincón Gille

The International jury wishes to attribute a special mention to the German selection


The youth jury, composed of five high school students and filmmaker Marie-Claude Treilhou, awarded the following prizes:

Youth Award – Cinéma du réel:
Aus der Zeit (Out of Time), Harald Friedl

Heritage Award:
Stella, Vanina Vignal
Mentions to:
Malaak et le vaste monde, Ahlem Aussant-Leroy
Alguna tristeza (Some Kind of Sadness), Juan Alejandro Ramírez


The Librarians’ jury, composed of librarians Stéphanie Charpentier (Bibliothèque de Villepinte), Emilie Fouassier (Bibliothèque Boris Vian, Tremblay-en-France), Philippe Le Gal (Médiathèque Robert Desnos, Argenteuil) and filmmker Leonardo Di Costanzo, awarded the following prize:

Libraries Award:
En lo escondido (Those Waiting in the Dark), Nicolas Rincón Gille
Mention to:
Kurz davor ist es passiert (Just Before), Anja Salomonowitz


The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs awarded the following prize:

Louis Marcorelles Award:
El Telón de Azúcar (The Sugar Curtain), Camila Guzmán Urzúa
Mention to
Nisida, grandir en prison, Lara Rastelli


The selection committee of the festival awarded:

The Pierre and Yolande Perrault Grant, ex aequo: 
Für den Ernstfall (In Case of Emergency), Knut Karger
Giac mo la cong nhan (Worker’s Dreams), Phuong Thao Tran