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Last night on December 11, 2010, the 51st Thessaloniki Film Festival awarded its prizes for audience and jury awards to their pick for the best films in competition at the festival. And Romania took most of the awards. Between Bogdan George Apretri's 'Periferic' and Marian Crisan's 'Morgen', they took so many awards home their hands weren't enough to hold them all! Find the list of the winners below:

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51st Thessaloniki International Film Festival
December 3-12, 2010
THE AWARDS


The International Jury of the 51st Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of:

Michel Demopoulos, Jury President, Film critic (Greece)
Mohamed Al-Daradji, Director (Iraq)
Scandar Copti, Director (Palestine)
Behrooz Hashemian, Producer (Iran/USA) and
Martin Schweighofer, Managing Director of the Austrian Film Commission (Austria)

Bestows:
THE AWARDS

Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander
(20.000 euros)

PERIFERIC (OUTBOUND)
By
BOGDAN GEORGE APETRI, Producer Alexandru Teodorescu, Screenwriters Tudor Voican, Bogdan George Apetri - based on an idea by Ioana Uricaru & Cristian Mungiu, Romania/Austria, 2010

Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander
(10.000 euros)

ATTENBERG
By
ATHINA RACHEL TSANGARI, Producers Angelos Venetis, Iraklis Mavroidis, Yorgos Lanthimos, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Maria Hatzakou, Screenwriter Athina Rachel Tsangari, Greece, 2010

Special Jury Award for Originality and Innovation - Bronze Alexander
(5.000 euros)

JEAN GENTIL
By
LAURA AMELIA GUZMAN & ISRAEL CARDENAS, Producers Pablo Cruz, Bärbel Mauch, Israel Cardenas, Laura Amelia Guzman, Screenwriters Israel Cardenas, Laura Amelia Guzman, Mexico/Dominican Republic/Germany, 2010

Best Director Award

to
MARIAN CRISAN

for
MORGEN, Producer Anca Puiu, Screenwriter Marian Crisan, Romania/France/Hungary, 2010

Best Screenplay Award

to
MAREK LECHKI

for ERRATUM by Marek Lechki, Producer Marek Lechki, Poland, 2010

Best Actress Award

to
ANA ULARU

in
PERIFERIC (Outbound), by Bogdan George Apetri, Producer Alexandru Teodorescu, Screenwriters Tudor Voican, Bogdan George Apetri - based on an idea by Ioana Uricaru & Cristian Mungiu, Romania/Austria, 2010

Best Actor Award ex aequo

to
ANDRAS HATHAZI and YILMAZ YALCIN

in MORGEN by Marian Crisan, Producer Anca Puiu, Screenwriter Marian Crisan, Romania/France/Hungary, 2010

Artistic Achievement Award


ZEFIR (ZEPHYR)
By
BELMA BAS, Producers Seyhan Kaya, Birol Akbaba, Screenwriter Belma Bas, Turkey, 2010

FIPRESCI AWARDS


The 51st International Thessaloniki Film Festival FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) jury comprised of:

Annika Gustafsson, President (Sweden)
Dubravka Lakic (Serbia)
Minou Moshiri (Iran)
Chris Patmore (UK) and
Tasos Retzios (Greece)

Bestows the FIPRESCI awards:

For a film in the International Competition Section 2010 to

MORGEN
By
MARIAN CRISAN, Producer Anca Puiu, Screenwriter Marian Crisan, Romania/France/Hungary, 2010

For a film in the Greek Films 2010 section to

APNIA (APNEA)
By
ARI BAFALOUKA, Producers Ari Bafalouka, Elisavet Tsouhtidi, Screenwriter Yiannis Tsiros, Greece, 2010

HUMAN VALUES AWARD
(7.500 euros)

The Hellenic Parliament TV Channel bestows the award to a film of the Independence Days ID-10 section,

LOS LABIOS (THE LIPS)
by
IVAN FUND & SANTIAGO LOZA, Producers Ivan Eibuszyc, Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza, Screenwriters Ivan Fund & Santiago Loza, Argentina, 2010

FISCHER AUDIENCE AWARDS

For a film in the International Competition section
(3.000 euros)

APNEA

by
ARI BAFALOUKA, Greece, 2010

For a film in the Greek Films section
(3.000 euros)

KANENAS (NOBODY)
By
CHRISTOS NIKOLERIS, Producer Yiannis Exintaris, Screenwriter Panayiotis Iosifelis, Greece, 2010

For a film in the Balkan Survey section
(2.000 euros)

CIRKUS COLUMBIA
By
DANIS TANOVIC, Producers Cedomir Kolar, Amra Baksic Camo, Marc Bachet, Mirsad Purivatra, Screenwriters Danis Tanovic, Ivica Dikic - based on the novel Cirkus Colombia by Ivica Dikic, Bosnia&Herzegovina/France/UK/Germany/Slovenia/Belgium, 2010

For a film in the Open Horizons section
(2.000 euros)

EN GANSKE SNILL MAN (A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN)
By
HANS PETTER MOLAND, Producers Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae, Screenwriter Hans Petter Moland, Norway, 2010

CINEMA AND THE CITY AWARD
(10.000 euros)

The Municipality of Thessaloniki bestows the award to a film of the International Competition section,

JO POUR JONATHAN (JO FOR JONATHAN)
By
MAXIME GIROUX, Producer Paul Barbeau, Screenwriters Alexandre Laferriere, Maxime Giroux, Canada, 2010

THE GREEK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION (PEKK) AWARD

The PEKK award for is given to

PERIFERIC (OUTBOUND)
By
BOGDAN GEORGE APETRI, Producer Alexandru Teodorescu, Screenwriters Tudor Voican, Bogdan George Apetri - based on an idea by Ioana Uricaru & Cristian Mungiu, Romania/Austria, 2010