The Laureates of the 60th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2011
International Jury:
Granaz Moussavi (Australia/Iran), Frédérique Westhoff (Belgium),
Hans-Christoph Blumenberg (Germany)
Main Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg
goes to Darragh Byrne from Ireland for the film
Parked
„The jury was very much moved by the mastery of storytelling of a first time director about the unexpected friendship of two opposite characters. In a subtle way the narrative unfolds underestimated values of marginalized people in a bureaucratic society that increasingly fails to recover and maintain human dignity.“
Production: Ripple Work Pictures, Marie-Claire Kerrin, 64 William Street South, Dublin 2, Irland, Tel: +353 16351010, marie-claire@rippleworld.com, www.rippleworld.com
World Sales: The Yellow Affair, Miira Paasilinna, Götgatan 9, 11646 Stockholm, Schweden, Tel: +46 86451212, miira@yellowaffair.com, www.yellowaffair.com
Rainer Werner Fassbinder Prize
goes to Sebastián Borensztein from Argentina for the film
„The film tells in a magical, funny and unconventional way the story about cultural tolerance beyond the barriers of language, through two characters who unexpectedly get stuck with each other although they have nothing in common in the first place.“
Production: Pampa Films, Juan B. Justo 636, Buenos Aires, C1425FSN, Argentinien, Tel: +54 11 4774.9300, info@pampafilms.com.ar, www.pampafilms.com.ar; Tornasol Films, Gerardo Herrero, c/Veneras 9, Planta 7, 28013 Madrid, Spanien, Tel: +34 911 023 024, tornasol@tornasolfilms.com, www.tornasolfilms.com
World Sales: LATIDO FILMS, Veneras 9, 28013 Madrid, Spanien, Tel: +34 915 488 877, latido@latidofilms.com, www.latidofilms.com
Special Award of the International Jury
goes to Sébastien Pilote from Canada for the film
LE VENDEUR
„The jury was excited to discover such an in-depth and mature talent of a young, first time director. In a sensitive way, he displays cinematic craft through the use of silence and sound rather than excessive dialogue in telling a complex story in a subtle and unrushed way. The film details moments of tension, passion and survival of a man who has everything and yet loses them all along within a decaying world and an economic crisis in the background.“
Production: Corporation ACPAV Inc., 1030 Cherrier Street, suite 404, Montréal, Québec, H2L 1H9, Kanada, Tel: +1 514 849-2281, info@acpav.ca, www.acpav.ca
World Sales: eOne Films International, 175 Bloor Street East, Suite 1400, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M4W3R8, Kanada, Tel: +1 416 646 2400. internationalsales@entonegroup.com, www.eonefilms.com; Séville Pictures, an Entertainment One company, 400 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, suite 1120, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1L4, Kanada, Tel: +1 514 841 1910, internationalsales@sevillepictures.com, www.sevillepictures.com
Special Mention of the International Jury
goes to Babak Shirinsefat from Iran, for the film
RAH RAFTAN ROUYE RAIL
„For his courage in facing and challenging extremely difficult circumstances and yet write, direct, produce, design and edit a film that deals with sensitive issues in a highly controlled and restricted society.“
Production: Oba Art House, Babak Shirinsefat, Iran, obafilm@yahoo.com, www.obaarthouse.com
World Sales: Oba Art House, Babak Shirinsefat, Iran, obafilm@yahoo.com, www.obaarthouse.com
Special Mention of the International Jury
goes to Laurent Capelluto from Belgium, actor of the Belgian film „Fils Unique“ by Miel van Hoogenbemt
„He portrays skillfully and sensitively a son always despised by his tyrannical father who finally manages to emancipate himself from his stronghold at the death of his mother.“
Production: Entre Chien et Loup, 28 rue de l’Amblève, 1160 Brussels, Belgien, Tel: +32 2 736 4813, info@entrechienetloup.be, www.entrechienetloup.be
World Sales: Films Distribution, 34, rue du Louvre, 75001 Paris, Frankreich, Tel: +33 1 53 10 33 99, info@filmsdistribution.com, www.filmsdistribution.com
Special Mention of the International Jury
goes to Piotr Niemyjski from Poland, director of photography of the film „Lek wysokosci“ by Bartosz Konopka.
„In the great tradition of Polish cinematography he displays a powerful sense of gritty atmosphere through light and movement. His work is especially remarkable in an era of new technologies where the art of photography is getting increasingly lost.“
Production: Munk Studio, Polish Filmmakers Association, Jacek Bromski, Dariusz Gajewski, Ewa Jastrzebska, 7, Krakowskie Przedmiescie St., 00-068 Warsaw, Polen, Tel: +48 22 556 54 83, m.fabijanska@sfp.org.pl, www.studiomunka.pl; Koproduktion /Co-production: Canal+, Beata Ryczkowska
World Sales: Wide Management Enterprise, Amélie Garin-Davet, 40 rue Sainte Anne, 75002 Paris, Frankreich; Tel: +33 153950464, agd@widemanagement.com, www.widemanagement.com
FIPRESCI-Jury
Madhu Eravankara (India), Wassim Korbi (Tunisia), Esin Kücüktepepinar (Turkey), Joachim Kurz (Germany), Tonci Velentic (Croatia)
International Film Critics’ Prize
goes to Sébastien Pilote from Canada for the film
Le vendeur
„For the poignant portrayal of an ordinary man in decline both personally and socially in the backdrop of drastic global economic crisis.“
Production: Corporation ACPAV Inc., 1030 Cherrier Street, suite 404, Montréal, Québec, H2L 1H9, Kanada, Tel: +1 514 849-2281, info@acpav.ca, www.acpav.ca
World Sales: eOne Films International, 175 Bloor Street East, suite 1400, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M4W3R8, Kanada, Tel: +1 416 646 2400. internationalsales@entonegroup.com, www.eonefilms.com; Séville Pictures, an Entertainment One company, 400 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, suite 1120, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1L4, Kanada, Tel: +1 514 841 1910, internationalsales@sevillepictures.com, www.sevillepictures.com
Ecumenical Jury
Dr. Otto Brabec (Czech Republic), Eleonore Sladeck (Germany), Silvère Lang (Germany), Christian Murer (Switzerland), Lothar Strüber (Germany)
goes to Alon Zingman from Israel for the film
„With striking images the director manages a gripping portrait of Israeli society. He masterfully interweaves four stories on the topics of love, forgiveness, guilt and atonement.“
Production: Norma Productions, Anat Arav, 18 Levontin St., Tel Aviv 65112, Israel, Tel: +972 3 5609 311, anat@norma.co.il, www.norma.co.il
World Sales: Norma Productions, Anat Arav, 18 Levontin St., Tel Aviv 65112, Israel, Tel: +972 3 5609 311, anat@norma.co.il, www.norma.co.il
Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury
goes to Darragh Byrne from Ireland for the film
PARKED
„In a subtle visual language the director describes a watchmaker who is struggling for its new societal start living in an old car on the beach in Dublin. Thanks to the convincing and impressive performance of the actors the film allows an immediate and unsparing look at the harrowing situation of a rootless man who never loses his dignity.“
Production: Ripple Work Pictures, Marie-Claire Kerrin, 64 William Street South, Dublin 2, Irland, Tel: +353 16351010, marie-claire@rippleworld.com, www.rippleworld.com
World Sales: The Yellow Affair, Miira Paasilinna, Götgatan 9, 11646 Stockholm, Schweden, Tel: +46 86451212, miira@yellowaffair.com
Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury
goes to Sebastián Borensztein from Argentina for the film
„This film shows us in an emotionally touching way that solidarity and understanding are possible. In the guise of a tale it tells of two people who find the way to the other’s heart despite of language and cultural barriers and thereby change themselves positively. Staged with a sensitive, unexcited hand, it focuses on its two main actors, but depicts at the same time its minor characters in a differentiated and warm way.“
Production: Pampa Films, Juan B. Justo 636, Buenos Aires, C1425FSN, Argentinien, Tel: +54 11 4774.9300, info@pampafilms.com.ar www. pampafilms.com.ar; Tornasol Films, Gerardo Herrero, c7Veneras 9, Planta 7, 28013 Madrid, Spanien, Tel: +34 911 023 024, tornasol@tornasolfilms.com, www.tornasol@tornasolfilms.com
World Sales: LATIDO FILMS, Veneras 9, 28013 Madrid, Spanien, Tel: +34 915 488 877, latido@latidofilms.com, www.latidofilms.com
Audience Award Mannheim-Heidelberg
goes to Sebastián Borensztein from Argentina for the film
Production: Pampa Films, Juan B. Justo 636, Buenos Aires, C1425FSN, Argentinien, Tel: +54 11 4774 9300, info@pampafilms.com.ar, www.pampafilms.com.ar; Tornasol Films, Gerardo Herrero, c/Veneras 9, Planta 7, 28013 Madrid, Spanien, Tel: +34 911 023 024, tornasol@tornasolfilms.com, www.tornasol-films.com
World Sales: LATIDO FILMS, Veneras 9, 28013 Madrid, Spanien, Tel: +34 915 488 877, latido@latidofilms.com, www.latidofilms.com
Jury of Cinema Owners
Melanie Hoffmann (Kinokult e.V. Ludwigsburg), Franz Isfort (Kino im Sprengel, Hannover), Lina Winkler (Kino Breitwand und Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival, Starnberg)
Recommendations of the Jury of Cinema Owners
for
BEIN HASHMASHOT
„The film combines several individual stories in an atmospheric dense and conclusive way to a snapshot of the Israeli society. All stories build up around a hospital that offers room for emotional protection as well as for depths of despair.“
„The young protagonist is able to start her psychological liberation against her father only when he is in a coma and has to listen. This theater presents an intimate portrait of a woman torn on her way to an independent living.“
UN AMOR
„With stylish color symbolism Paula Hernández tells the story of a ménage à trois of bittersweet memories of a summer of love and of a melancholy reunion after more than 30 years.“
Argentina, Paula Hernández
ELLE NE PLEURE PAS, ELLE CHANTE
Belgium, Philippe de Pierpont
Israel, Alon Zingman
Un cuento chino
www.yellowaffair.com
BEIN HASHMASHOT
The Ecumenical Film Prize
UN CUENTO CHINO