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Thessaloniki International Film Festival Award Goes to Iceland's 'Rams'

411734c3-2239-431f-a491-d4b75a9cc796The winner of the 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival was Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson with his film ‘Rams’. Hákonarson wrote and directed the film.
The movie celebrates the bonds between man and animal, especially in isolated areas, and is based with authenticity on the relationships developed in small communities where the environment is the determining factor in life.
‘Land and Shade’ by Colombian auteur César Acevedo won second prize. The film follows a poor family in Colombia struggling to maintain a sugarcane plantation.
The third prize went also to a Latin American film. ‘The Road to La Paz’ by Argentinian director Francisco Varone. It is about the journey of an aged Muslim who hires an amateur taxi driver to take him from Buenos Aires to La Paz from where he aspires to go to Mecca.
All the awards analytically:
Best Feature Film Award – Golden Alexander Theo Angelopoulos
HRÚTAR (RAMS)
By
GRÍMUR HÁKONARSON, Producer Grímar Jónsson, Screenwriter Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland, 2015
Special Jury Award – Silver Alexander
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
Special Jury Award – Bronze Alexander
CAMINO A LA PAZ (ROAD TO LA PAZ)
By
FRANCISCO VARONE, Producers Gema Juárez Allen, Francisco Varone, Omar Jadur, Dolores Llosas, Juan Taratuto, Screenwriter Francisco Varone, Argentina, The Netherlands, Qatar, 2015
Best Director Award
GABRIEL RIPSTEIN
For
600 MILLAS (600 MILES), Producers Michel Franco, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana, Screenwriters Gabriel Ripstein, Issa López, Mexico, 2014
Best Screenplay Award
LORENZO VIGAS
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Best Actress Award
DEVON KELLER
For
PETTING ZOO, Director & screenwriter Micah Magee, Producers Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Johan Carlsen, Friederike Sophie Steinbeck, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Germany, Greece, USA, 2015
Best Actor Award
ALFREDO CASTRO
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director & screenwriter Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Artistic Achievement Award
SPARROWS
By
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON, Cinematography: Sophia Olsson, Producers Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Screenwriter Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, Denmark, Croatia, 2015
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury consisted of:
Steven Yates, UK – Jury President
Janka Barkóczi, Hungary
Joseph Proimakis, Greece
For a film in the International Competition to:
SILENT
By
YORGOS GKIKAPEPPAS, Producer & screenwriter Yorgos Gkikapeppas, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films 2015 section to:
BLIND SUN
By
JOYCE A. NASHAWATI, Producer Fenia Kossovitsa, Screenwriter Joyce A. Nashawati, Greece, France, 2015
HUMAN VALUES AWARD
The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows its award to the film:
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films section – MICHAEL CACOYANNIS AWARD
The award is bestowed ex aequo to:
SPRING AWAKENING
By
CONSTANTINE GIANNARIS, Producers Yorgos Kyriakos, Costas Labropoulos, Screenwriters Constantine Giannaris, Maria Powell, Greece, 2015
and
CHEVALIER
By
ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Maria Hatzakou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Screenwriters Efthymis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
MUSTANG
By
DENIZ GAMZE ERGÜVEN, Producer CG Cinéma, France, Screenwriters Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, France, Turkey, Germany, Qatar, 2015
For a film in the Open Horizons section
ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
By
ALFONSO GOMEZ-REJON, Producers Steven Rales, Dan Fogelman, Jeremy Dawson, Screenwriter Jesse Andrews, USA, 2015
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
WEDNESDAY 04:45
By
ALEXIS ALEXIOU, Producers Thanasis Karathanos, Costas Labropoulos, Talia Kleinhendler, Screenwriter Alexis Alexiou, Germany, Greece, Israel 2015
THE AWARDS
Best Feature Film Award – Golden Alexander Theo Angelopoulos
HRÚTAR (RAMS)
By
GRÍMUR HÁKONARSON, Producer Grímar Jónsson, Screenwriter Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland, 2015
Special Jury Award – Silver Alexander
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
Special Jury Award – Bronze Alexander
CAMINO A LA PAZ (ROAD TO LA PAZ)
By
FRANCISCO VARONE, Producers Gema Juárez Allen, Francisco Varone, Omar Jadur, Dolores Llosas, Juan Taratuto, Screenwriter Francisco Varone, Argentina, The Netherlands, Qatar, 2015
Best Director Award
GABRIEL RIPSTEIN
For
600 MILLAS (600 MILES), Producers Michel Franco, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana, Screenwriters Gabriel Ripstein, Issa López, Mexico, 2014
Best Screenplay Award
LORENZO VIGAS
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Best Actress Award
DEVON KELLER
For
PETTING ZOO, Director & screenwriter Micah Magee, Producers Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Johan Carlsen, Friederike Sophie Steinbeck, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Germany, Greece, USA, 2015
Best Actor Award
ALFREDO CASTRO
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director & screenwriter Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Artistic Achievement Award
SPARROWS
By
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON, Cinematography: Sophia Olsson, Producers Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Screenwriter Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, Denmark, Croatia, 2015
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury consisted of:
Steven Yates, UK – Jury President
Janka Barkóczi, Hungary
Joseph Proimakis, Greece
For a film in the International Competition to:
SILENT
By
YORGOS GKIKAPEPPAS, Producer & screenwriter Yorgos Gkikapeppas, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films 2015 section to:
BLIND SUN
By
JOYCE A. NASHAWATI, Producer Fenia Kossovitsa, Screenwriter Joyce A. Nashawati, Greece, France, 2015
HUMAN VALUES AWARD
The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows its award to the film:
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films section – MICHAEL CACOYANNIS AWARD
The award is bestowed ex aequo to:
SPRING AWAKENING
By
CONSTANTINE GIANNARIS, Producers Yorgos Kyriakos, Costas Labropoulos, Screenwriters Constantine Giannaris, Maria Powell, Greece, 2015
and
CHEVALIER
By
ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Maria Hatzakou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Screenwriters Efthymis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
MUSTANG
By
DENIZ GAMZE ERGÜVEN, Producer CG Cinéma, France, Screenwriters Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, France, Turkey, Germany, Qatar, 2015
For a film in the Open Horizons section
ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
By
ALFONSO GOMEZ-REJON, Producers Steven Rales, Dan Fogelman, Jeremy Dawson, Screenwriter Jesse Andrews, USA, 2015
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
WEDNESDAY 04:45
By
ALEXIS ALEXIOU, Producers Thanasis Karathanos, Costas Labropoulos, Talia Kleinhendler, Screenwriter Alexis Alexiou, Germany, Greece, Israel 2015
THE AWARDS
Best Feature Film Award – Golden Alexander Theo Angelopoulos
HRÚTAR (RAMS)
By
GRÍMUR HÁKONARSON, Producer Grímar Jónsson, Screenwriter Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland, 2015
Special Jury Award – Silver Alexander
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
Special Jury Award – Bronze Alexander
CAMINO A LA PAZ (ROAD TO LA PAZ)
By
FRANCISCO VARONE, Producers Gema Juárez Allen, Francisco Varone, Omar Jadur, Dolores Llosas, Juan Taratuto, Screenwriter Francisco Varone, Argentina, The Netherlands, Qatar, 2015
Best Director Award
GABRIEL RIPSTEIN
For
600 MILLAS (600 MILES), Producers Michel Franco, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana, Screenwriters Gabriel Ripstein, Issa López, Mexico, 2014
Best Screenplay Award
LORENZO VIGAS
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Best Actress Award
DEVON KELLER
For
PETTING ZOO, Director & screenwriter Micah Magee, Producers Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Johan Carlsen, Friederike Sophie Steinbeck, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Germany, Greece, USA, 2015
Best Actor Award
ALFREDO CASTRO
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director & screenwriter Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Artistic Achievement Award
SPARROWS
By
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON, Cinematography: Sophia Olsson, Producers Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Screenwriter Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, Denmark, Croatia, 2015
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury consisted of:
Steven Yates, UK – Jury President
Janka Barkóczi, Hungary
Joseph Proimakis, Greece
For a film in the International Competition to:
SILENT
By
YORGOS GKIKAPEPPAS, Producer & screenwriter Yorgos Gkikapeppas, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films 2015 section to:
BLIND SUN
By
JOYCE A. NASHAWATI, Producer Fenia Kossovitsa, Screenwriter Joyce A. Nashawati, Greece, France, 2015
HUMAN VALUES AWARD
The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows its award to the film:
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films section – MICHAEL CACOYANNIS AWARD
The award is bestowed ex aequo to:
SPRING AWAKENING
By
CONSTANTINE GIANNARIS, Producers Yorgos Kyriakos, Costas Labropoulos, Screenwriters Constantine Giannaris, Maria Powell, Greece, 2015
and
CHEVALIER
By
ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Maria Hatzakou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Screenwriters Efthymis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
MUSTANG
By
DENIZ GAMZE ERGÜVEN, Producer CG Cinéma, France, Screenwriters Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, France, Turkey, Germany, Qatar, 2015
For a film in the Open Horizons section
ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
By
ALFONSO GOMEZ-REJON, Producers Steven Rales, Dan Fogelman, Jeremy Dawson, Screenwriter Jesse Andrews, USA, 2015
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
WEDNESDAY 04:45
By
ALEXIS ALEXIOU, Producers Thanasis Karathanos, Costas Labropoulos, Talia Kleinhendler, Screenwriter Alexis Alexiou, Germany, Greece, Israel 2015
THE AWARDS
Best Feature Film Award – Golden Alexander Theo Angelopoulos
HRÚTAR (RAMS)
By
GRÍMUR HÁKONARSON, Producer Grímar Jónsson, Screenwriter Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland, 2015
Special Jury Award – Silver Alexander
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
Special Jury Award – Bronze Alexander
CAMINO A LA PAZ (ROAD TO LA PAZ)
By
FRANCISCO VARONE, Producers Gema Juárez Allen, Francisco Varone, Omar Jadur, Dolores Llosas, Juan Taratuto, Screenwriter Francisco Varone, Argentina, The Netherlands, Qatar, 2015
Best Director Award
GABRIEL RIPSTEIN
For
600 MILLAS (600 MILES), Producers Michel Franco, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana, Screenwriters Gabriel Ripstein, Issa López, Mexico, 2014
Best Screenplay Award
LORENZO VIGAS
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Best Actress Award
DEVON KELLER
For
PETTING ZOO, Director & screenwriter Micah Magee, Producers Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Johan Carlsen, Friederike Sophie Steinbeck, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Germany, Greece, USA, 2015
Best Actor Award
ALFREDO CASTRO
For
DESDE ALLÁ (FROM AFAR), Director & screenwriter Lorenzo Vigas, Producers Rodolfo Cova, Guillermo Arriaga, Michel Franco, Lorenzo Vigas, Venezuela, Mexico, 2015
Artistic Achievement Award
SPARROWS
By
RÚNAR RÚNARSSON, Cinematography: Sophia Olsson, Producers Mikkel Jersin, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Screenwriter Rúnar Rúnarsson, Iceland, Denmark, Croatia, 2015
FIPRESCI AWARDS
The 56th Thessaloniki International Film Festival FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury consisted of:
Steven Yates, UK – Jury President
Janka Barkóczi, Hungary
Joseph Proimakis, Greece
For a film in the International Competition to:
SILENT
By
YORGOS GKIKAPEPPAS, Producer & screenwriter Yorgos Gkikapeppas, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films 2015 section to:
BLIND SUN
By
JOYCE A. NASHAWATI, Producer Fenia Kossovitsa, Screenwriter Joyce A. Nashawati, Greece, France, 2015
HUMAN VALUES AWARD
The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows its award to the film:
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS
For a film in the International Competition section
LA TIERRA Y LA SOMBRA (LAND AND SHADE)
By
CÉSAR ACEVEDO, Producers Diana Bustamante Escobar, Paola Andrea Pérez Nieto, Jorge Forero, Screenwriter César Acevedo, Colombia, France, The Netherlands, Chile, Brazil, 2015
For a film in the Greek Films section – MICHAEL CACOYANNIS AWARD
The award is bestowed ex aequo to:
SPRING AWAKENING
By
CONSTANTINE GIANNARIS, Producers Yorgos Kyriakos, Costas Labropoulos, Screenwriters Constantine Giannaris, Maria Powell, Greece, 2015
and
CHEVALIER
By
ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, Producers Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Maria Hatzakou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Screenwriters Efthymis Filippou, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 2015
For a film in the Balkan Survey section
MUSTANG
By
DENIZ GAMZE ERGÜVEN, Producer CG Cinéma, France, Screenwriters Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour, France, Turkey, Germany, Qatar, 2015
For a film in the Open Horizons section
ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL
By
ALFONSO GOMEZ-REJON, Producers Steven Rales, Dan Fogelman, Jeremy Dawson, Screenwriter Jesse Andrews, USA, 2015
THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD
WEDNESDAY 04:45
By
ALEXIS ALEXIOU, Producers Thanasis Karathanos, Costas Labropoulos, Talia Kleinhendler, Screenwriter Alexis Alexiou, Germany, Greece, Israel 2015

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