Copenhagen International Film Festival (CIFF) was a film festival held annually in
Copenhagen
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from 2003 to 2008. The main prize, the Golden Swan, was awarded for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script and Best Cinematography.
In 2009, CIFF merged with the
NatFilm Festival
The NatFilm Festival, staged annually across 16 cinemas in Copenhagen, in addition to several in Odense, Aalborg (replaced by Kolding in 2007) and Århus, shows the widest programme of films to the largest festival audience in Denmark. Establishe ...
to become the
CPH:PIX film festival.
Regular award winners
Other awards
2003
; Special Grand Prize of the Jury
:
Rithy Panh
Rithy Panh ( km, ប៉ាន់ រិទ្ធី; born April 18, 1964) is a Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter.
The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. ...
(''
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine'')
; The Special Jury Award
:
Sylvain Chomet (''
The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville)'')
2004
; Grand Jury Special Prize
:
Nina Choubina and
Anna Ovsiannikova (''
The Granny
''The Granny'' is a 1995 American horror comedy film directed by Luca Bercovici and written by Bercovici and Sam Bernard. The film stars Stella Stevens as a grandmother who comes back from her grave to seek revenge on her greedy family. After a li ...
'')
; Special Lifetime Achievement Award
:
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...
; The Hans Morten prize (70.000 Euro)
:
Mette Heeno
2005
; Grand Prix du Jury
: ''
The Death of Mr. Lăzărescu'' (
Cristi Puiu
Cristi Puiu (; born 3 April 1967) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. With Anca Puiu and Alex Munteanu, in 2004 he founded a cinema production company, naming it Mandragora.
Early life, education and career
Cristian Emilian Puiu was ...
)
; Honorary Award
:
Nils Malmros
:
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...
References
External links
* http://www.copenhagenfilmfestival.com/
Film festivals in Denmark
Festivals in Copenhagen
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