The Bratislava International Film Festival (also known as Bratislava IFF) is an international

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upo ...

established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava,

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

. Apart from the international competition programme, it also regularly features renowned authors' film retrospectives, a European film program, independent film programmes and various theme programmes.

Awards

Awards are presented in the following categories: *Grand Prix for best film in the international competition *Best Director *Best Actress *Best Actor * FIPRESCI Award for best film, as determined by a jury of film critics

Award winners

Grand Prix

2003 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' - Bored in Brno ''(directed by Vladimír Morávek,

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

)'' *''Best Director'' - Li Yang ''(

Blind Shaft ''Blind Shaft'' () is a 2003 in film, 2003 film about a pair of brutal con artists operating in the illegal coal mines of present-day North China, northern China. The film was written and Film director, directed by Li Yang (director), Li Yang (� ...

, China)'' *''Best Actress'' -

Kateřina Holánová Kateřina Holánová (born 13 October 1977) is a Czech film and stage actress. At the 2005 Thalia Awards she won the category of Best Actress in a Play, for the role of Rebecca West in the production of ''Rosmersholm''. She studied at the Brno Co ...

''(Bored in Brno,

)'' *''Best Actor'' - Maruf Pulodzoda ''(Angel on the Right,

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

)'' *''FIPRESCI Award'' - The Island ''(directed by Constanza Quatriglio, Italy)''

2004 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' -

Or (My Treasure) ''Or (My Treasure)'' is a 2004 drama film starring Dana Ivgy in the title role of Or, a teenager who struggles to be responsible for her prostitute mother Ruthie, played by Ronit Elkabetz. The French-Israeli production premiered on 14 May 2004 at ...

''(directed by Keren Yedaya, Israel)'' *''Best Director'' - Atiq Rahimi ''(

Earth and Ashes ''Earth and Ashes'' ( fa, خاکستر و خاک) is a 2004 Afghan film directed by Atiq Rahimi, based on his book of the same name which was published in 2000. It was Afghanistan's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award fo ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

)'' *''Best Actress'' -

Lindsay Duncan Lindsay Vere Duncan (born 7 November 1950) is a Scottish actress. On stage, she has won two Olivier Awards (for ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' and ''Private Lives'') and a Tony Award (for ''Private Lives''). She has starred in several plays by Ha ...

and

Paula Sage Paula Sage (born 28 November 1980) is a Scottish actress, Special Olympics netball player, and advocate for people with Down syndrome. Early life Sage was adopted as an infant. Her parents are Alan and Mary Sage. Her father is a university le ...

''( AfterLife, United Kingdom)'' *''Best Actor'' -

Pietro Sibille Pietro Sibille Eslava (born 20 April 1977 in Lima) is a Peruvian actor. He won recognition with the Peruvian indie film '' Días de Santiago'', playing the role of a Peruvian ex-soldier with big issues. He won the best actor award twice, in 6 ...

''(Days of Santiago,

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)'' *''FIPRESCI Award'' - Private Madness ''(directed by

Joachim Lafosse Joachim Lafosse (born 18 January 1975) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. Career Lafosse studied at the IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film ''Tribu'', a 24-minute short ...

, Belgium)''

2005 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' -

The Cave of the Yellow Dog ''The Cave of the Yellow Dog'' ( Mongolian ''Шар нохойн там'') is a 2005 Mongolian/German film written and directed by Byambasuren Davaa. The film was submitted as Mongolia's contender for the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Langu ...

''(directed by Byambasuren Davaa,

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)'' *''Best Director'' - George Clooney ''( Good Night, and Good Luck., United States)'' *''Best Actress'' -

Stephanie James Stephanie Beth James (born 17 August 1985 in Aberdare, Glamorgan) is a Welsh actress who began her career in 2004, at the age of 19, when she portrayed the role of single mother Leigh-Anne Williams in the feature film " A Way of Life", in whic ...

''( A Way of Life, United Kingdom)'' *''Best Actor'' - Pavel Liška ''(

Something Like Happiness ''Something Like Happiness'' (Czech title: ''Štěstí'' ) is a 2005 Czech movie directed by Bohdan Sláma. It is about finding hope in the midst of disappointment by three young people who grew up in the same run-down block of flats and are now ...

)'' *''FIPRESCI Award'' -

Everything Is Illuminated ''Everything Is Illuminated'' is the first novel by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, published in 2002. It was adapted into a film of the same name starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hütz in 2005. The book's writing and structure recei ...

''(directed by

Liev Schreiber Isaac Liev Schreiber (; born October 4, 1967) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and narrator. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s after appearing in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywo ...

, United States)''

2006 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' - 4:30 ''(directed by

Royston Tan Royston Tan (; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short film ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

)'' *''Best Director'' - Amat Escalante ''(Blood, Mexico)'' *''Best Actress'' - Hermila Guedes ''( Suely in the Sky,

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

)'' *''Best Actor'' - Antoni Pawlicki ''(Retrieval,

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...

)'' *''FIPRESCI Award'' - Retrieval ''(directed by Slawomir Fabicki,

)''

2007 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' -

Blind Mountain ''Blind Mountain'' () is a 2007 Chinese film directed by Li Yang. (It is Li's first feature film since his 2003 debut ''Blind Shaft''.) It is also known as ''Road Home''. Like Li's previous film, ''Blind Shaft'', which dealt with the notoriously ...

''(directed by Li Yang, China)'' *''Best Director'' - Veiko Õunpuu ''(The Autumn Ball,

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)'' *''Best Actress'' - Julie Kolbeck ''(

The Art of Crying ''The Art of Crying'' ( da, Kunsten at Græde i Kor) is a 2006 Danish tragicomedy directed by Peter Schønau Fog. It stars and Jesper Asholt in a harsh tale about an 11-year-old boy's struggle to hold intact his bizarre family with its abusive ...

, Denmark)'' *''Best Actor'' -

Sam Riley Samuel Peter W. Riley (born 8 January 1980) is an English actor and singer.James Mottram: The only people for me are the mad ones. ''Independent on Sunday: The New Review'', 30 January 2011, pp 10–13 He is best known for his performance in t ...

''(

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, United Kingdom)'' *''FIPRESCI Award'' - Tricks ''(directed by Andrzej Jakimowski,

)''

2008 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' - Mid-August Lunch ''(directed by Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy)'' *''Best Director'' - Amat Escalante ''(The Bastards, Mexico, France, United States)'' *''Best Actress'' - Nada Abou Farhat ''(

Under the Bombs ''Under the Bombs'' (French: ''Sous les bombes'', ar, تحت القصف; taht alqasf) is a 2007 Lebanese drama film directed by Philippe Aractingi. The film is set in Lebanon at the end of the 2006 Lebanon War. Plot Although she grew up in Leba ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

, France, United Kingdom, Belgium)'' *''Best Actor'' - Zsolt Anger ''(

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, Hungary, Sweden, Ireland)'' *''FIPRESCI Award'' - Under the Bombs ''(directed by Philippe Aractingi,

, France, United Kingdom, Belgium)''

2009 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' - The Day God Walked Away ''(directed by Philippe Van Leeuw, Belgium, France)'' *''Best Director'' - Kamen Kalev ''( Eastern Plays,

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, Sweden)'' *''Best Actress'' - Ruth Nirere ''(

The Day God Walked Away The Day God Walked Away is ''a'' 2009 Franco-Belgian drama film on the fate of women in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It was directed by Philippe Van Leeuw Plot Jacqueline is a domestic worker from the Tutsi minority working for a Belgian family in ...

, France, Belgium)'' *''Best Actor'' - Christo Christov ''( Eastern Plays,

, Sweden)''- Ex-aequo / Post-mortem *''Best Actor'' - Harold Torres ''(Northless, Mexico, Spain)''- Ex-aequo *''FIPRESCI Award'' - Northless ''(directed by Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico, Spain)'' *''Special mention'' - Northless ''(directed by Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico, Spain)'' *''Ecumenical Jury Award'' - Kamen Kalev ''( Eastern Plays,

, Sweden)'' *''Ecumenical Jury Award special mention'' - Optical Illusions ''(directed by Cristian Jiménez,

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, France)'' *''Student Jury Award'' - Whisper With the Wind ''(directed by Shahram Alidi,

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)'' *''Best Documentary Film'' - Petition ''(directed by Zhao Liang, France, China)'' *''Best Short Film'' - Rita ''(directed by Zhao Liang, Italy)'' *''Shorts Jury special mention'' - A Man Overboard ''(directed by Fabien Gorgeart, France)'' *''Shorts Jury special mention'' - Party ''(directed by Dalibor Matanić,

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)'' *''The IFF Bratislava Award for Artistic Excellence in World Cinematography'' - Juraj Herz ''(director)''

2010 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' -

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''(directed by Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy, Germany, Switzerland)'' *''Best Director'' ** Dragomir Sholev ''(

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)'' ** Constantine Popescu ''(Portrait of the Fighter As A Young Man)'' * ''Best Actress'' -

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''( The Tree, France, Australia)'' * ''Best Actor'' - Robert Naylor ''( 10½, Canada)''

2011 IFF Bratislava

*''Grand Prix'' - Las Acacias ''(directed by Pablo Giorgelli,

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, Spain)'' *''Best Director'' - Vincent Garenq ''(

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, France)'' * ''Best Actress'' -

Iben Hjejle Iben Hjejle (22 March 1971) is a Danish actress, notable for starring in the Stephen Frears film '' High Fidelity'' (2000). In Denmark, she is perhaps best known for appearing in the Danish television sitcom '' Langt fra Las Vegas'' (''Far from ...

''( Stockholm East, Sweden)'' * ''Best Actor'' -

Ivan Trojan Ivan Trojan (born 30 June 1964) is a Czech actor, widely considered to be one of the greatest Czech actors of all time. With four Czech Lions for Best Actor in a Leading Role, he has also won two for his supporting roles in ''Seducer'' and '' ...

''( Visible World,

)''

References

External links

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