Attila Marcel (France, 2013) Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor This amazing film tasted like pistachio ice-cream over a slice of red-velvet cake. Everything is just blissful; from the camerawork, photography, production design, sets, over-the-top acting, and music. Our greatest treasure in life is our memories which can significantly change our future. Here, the past is depicted in light red as the present is pale green, but Paul is depressed in blue. Paul does not talk, but he plays the piano quite well, after all, piano means quiet. Paul must learn to grow up or forever remain a child.
Atmen (Austria, 2011)
Jury Award Atmen means breathing. Our main purpose in life is to stay alive, to keep breathing which is both a voluntary and involuntary mechanism. It is important to understand - hope and despair, love and hate, life and death – always coexist side-by-side. We just have to keep breathing long enough to witness that.
Rafiki (Norway, 2009) Audience Award This is a gem of a find. At times you would find it difficult to control the urge to stand up and jump on the chair and just cheer for little Julia as she tries to help her best friend. A Gun In Each Hand (Spain, 2012) Best Screenplay This collection of five conversations, on the theme of love-and-relationship, is a textbook for dialogue-writing. Here John Wayne becomes the mascot of machismo. A person says, “I bet he never felt nausea.” Ironically, John Wayne died of stomach cancer.
Hour Of The Lynx (Denmark, 2013) Best Actress When a clergywoman meets a mindless murderer, she is not able to comprehend his actions or the complex psychology behind it, but she sticks by her motto to always treat human beings like human beings.