Havana and Bratislawa critics prizes:


At the International Festival of New Latin-American Cinema
(Havana, Cuba, December 2-12, 2003) the Prize of the International Critics
(FIPRESCI PRIZE) has been awarded to
"Suite Havana" (Suite Habana) by Fernando Pérez (Cuba/Spain 2003)

"For its courageous vision of Havana's daily life and its artistic and powerful use of images and sounds".

The jury has been composed of
Carlos Brandao, Brazil, president
Jan Schulz-Ojala, Germany
Jorge Letelier, Chile
Boriana Mateeva, Bulgaria
Rafaela Mercedes Santos Moray, Cuba.

At the Bratislava International Film Festival
(Slovak Republic, November 28 – December 6, 2003) the Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESI Prize)has been presented to the film

"The Island" (L'Isola)
by Constanza Quatriglio (Italy, 2003)

"For the imaginative depiction of the everyday life of a small fishing community in a way that skilfully combines fiction with documentary."

Jury members were:
Ronald Bergan, UK, president
Ingeborg Bratoeva, Bulgaria
Thomas Taborsky, Austria
Carlo Gentile, Italy
Olga Kmetova-Stajkova, Slovak Republic