Palmarès 2008

The international jury, composed of Lav Diaz, filmmaker, Françoise Etchegaray, filmmaker, Gulya Mirzoeva, filmmaker, Olaf Möller, film critic and Eugenio Polgovsky, filmmaker, awarded the following prizes:

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prix, with the support of the Procirep:
Holunderblüte, Volker Koepp
Mentions to:
Wollis Paradies, Gerd Kroske
San, Du Haibin

SCAM International Award: ex aequo
Qian men Qian, Olivier Meys
Invisible City, Tan Pin Pin

Short Film Award:
Minot North Dakota, Cynthia Madansky and Angelika Brudniak

Joris Ivens Award:
La Frontera infinita, Juan Manuel Sepúlveda

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The youth jury, composed of five high school students from Sophie Germain High School (Paris 4th arrondissement), and filmmaker Pierre-Oscar Lévy, awarded the following prize:

Youth Award – Cinéma du réel:
L’Empreinte, Guillaume Bordier
mentions to:
La Frontera infinita, Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Podul de Flori, Thomas Ciulei

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The Librarians’ jury, composed of librarians Julien Farenc (Bibliothèque Nationale de France), Thierry Maillot (Bibliothèque Kateb Yacine, Grenoble), Dominique Rousselet (Bibliothèque de Villepinte) and filmmaker Vincent Martorana, a décerné les prix suivants :

Libraries Award:
Podul de Flori, Thomas Ciulei

Heritage Award:
Gugara, Jacek Naglowski and Andrzej Dybczak
mentions to:
C’est beau les vacances, Anna Zisman
Le Chamane, son neveu et le capitaine, Pierre Boccanfuso

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The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs awarded the following prize:

Louis Marcorelles Award:
Barcelone ou la mort, Idrissa Guiro

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The selection committee of the festival awarded:

The Pierre and Yolande Perrault Grant:
Listener’s Tale, Arghya Basu