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Sunday, 05 October 2008 14:50

The awards of Reykjavik International Film Festival was awarded in the festival's closing party. Many movies were shown for a full house and the attendance rises steadily every year. Almost 300 foreign guests visited the country specially for the festival, including almost 50 directors and producers.

Discovery of the Year - from New Visions

Tulpan, Sergey Dvortsevoy, Kazakhstan/Russia

Special mention: Blind Loves (Slepe lásky), Juraj Lehotsky, Slovakia

The FIPRESCI Award – from the New Vision category

Home, Ursula Meier, Switzerland, France, Belgium

The Church of Iceland award - from the New Vision category

Snow (Snijeg), Aida Begic, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Queer Cinema Awards

A Country Teacher
(Venkovský ucitel), Bohdan Sláma, Czech Republic

Special mentionShe's a Boy I Knew,  Gwen Haworth, Canada

The Audience Award

Electronica Reykjavik, Arnar Jónasson, Ísland

 





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