BIAFF 2008 Awards

BIAFF Awards  

23-29 October of 2008, Batumi hosted III Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF).

The BIAFF jury headed by Mr. Pawel Pawlikowski (UK) and consisting of four members, Rezo Esadze ( Georgia), Zinovy Zinik (UK), Cezary Harasimowicz ( Poland), Mohsen Amiryoussefi ( Iran),  have awarded the BIAFF 2008 prizes in the following nominations:

GRAND  PRIX  __ “Women See Lot of Things”  by Meira Asher ( Netherlands / Israel), 2007

BEST  FEATURE  FILM   -    Klass by Ilmar Raag,  Estonia,  2007

BEST  DOCUMENTARY  FILM   Durakovo, Village of Fools by Nino Kirtadze,  France, 2007

BEST  ACTOR  Jan Frycz in  Immensity of Justice by  Wiesław Saniewski, Poland, 2007

BEST  ACTRESS  Marina Dinulescu  in California Dreaming by Christian Nemescu, Romania, 2007

SPECIAL MENTION (For its use of an imaginative metaphor to deal with situation in Iran)  -  Lonely Tunes of Tehran, by Salmon Salur, Iran,  2007

JURY SPECIAL PRIZE  - Shadow of the Holly Book by  Arto Halonen, Finland /Denmark/Switzerland/Germany, 2007

There was also other BIAFF prizes awarded by organizational committee:

BIAFF Award for Life Time Achievement in Cinematography  - Andrzej Wajda (Poland)

BIAFF Award for Life Time Achievement in Cinematography  - Rezo Esadze (Georgia)

BIAFF Committee prize – Givi Sikharulidze (Georgia)

BIAFF Committee Special Prize – Jerzy Lubach (Poland)

Also Special Prize of Georgian Parliament for support of BIAFF -  Institute of Adam Mickiewicz  (Poland)