Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards 2006
by Andre Soares
47th Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards - 2006 Golden Alexander
The 47th Thessaloniki Film Festival was held between November 17-26, 2006.
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2006 Winners - Brief Article
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2006 - Article

Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander
Gajokeui Tansaeng / Family Ties by Kim Tae-yong. Producers: Bae Yong- kook, Jung Tae-woon, South Korea
Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander
Asre Jomeh / On a Friday Afternoon by Mona Zandi Haghighi. Producer: Jahangir Kossari, Iran
Best Director:
Slawomir Fabicki for Z Oszysku / Retrieval, Poland
Best Actor:
Antoni Pawlicki in Z Oszysku / Retrieval, Poland
Best Actress:
Moon So-ri, Goh Doon-shim, Kong Hyo-jin and Kim Hae-ok in Gajokeui Tansaeng / Family Ties, South Korea
Best Screenplay (ex aequo):
Maurício Zacharias, Felipe Bragança, Karim Ainouz for O Céu de Suely / Suely in the Sky, Brazil- Germany-Portugal-France
and
Sung Ki-young, Kim Tae-yong for Gajokeui Tansaeng / Family Ties, South Korea
Artistic Achievement Award:
O Céu de Suely / Suely in the Sky, Brazil- Germany-Portugal-France
OTHER AWARDS
FIPRESCI (Federation of International Film Critics) Award - International Competition Section: O Céu de Suely / Suely in the Sky, by Karim Ainouz, Brazil-Germany-Portugal-France
FIPRESCI (Federation of International Film Critics) Award - Greek Films 2006 Section: Eduart, by Angeliki Antoniou, Greece
Everyday Life - Transcendence or Reconciliation Award:
Rome Rather Than You by Tariq Teguia, Algeria-Germany-France
Woman & Equality Award:
Grbavica by Jasmila Zbanic, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Germany, Croatia
Human Values Award:
El Violin / The Violin by Francisco Vargas, Mexico
Digital Alexander Award:
Land of Nod by Evangelos Yiovannis, Greece
Special Mentions:
Alpha by Yorgos Loukakos and Madeleine Aktypi, Greece
Mr. Lumiere… I’m Back by Nikos Alevras, Greece
Summer Province Dreams by Yorgos Akseherlidis, Greece
A Pink Safety Pin by Nikos Pomonis, Greece
Jameson Audience Awards
For a film in the International Competition Section:
Gajokeui Tansaeng / Family Ties by Kim Tae-yong, S. Korea
For a film in the Greek Films 2006 section:
Yios tou fylaka / The Guardian’s Son by Dimitris Koutsiabassakos, Greece
For a film in the Balkan Survey:
A fost sau n-a-fost? / 12:08 East of Bucharest by Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
For a film in the DigitalWave:
Onira therinis eparhias / Summer Province Dreams by Yorgos Akseherlidis, Greece
The Greek Union of Film Television and Audiovisual Technicians (ETEKT) Award: (Greek Films 2006 section)
Eduart, by Angeliki Antoniou, Greece
The Greek Film Critics Association (PEKK) Award:
I Psyhi sto stoma / Soul Kicking by Yannis Economidis Greece
Crossroads Co-Production Forum Award:
"Pandora’s Box" by Yesim Ustaoglu, Turkey
Industry Center & Eave Award: (Eave Training Program Scholarship)
Ada Solomon, producer (Romania)
Jury: Christine Vachon, Producer, (USA) President; Pierre Rissient, Film director, distributor, film consultant (France); Katia Lund, Film director, screenwriter, producer (Brazil); Diego Galán, Film critic, film director (Spain); Mogens Rukov, Screenwriter, professor (Denmark); Xu Jinglei, Film director, screenwriter, producer, actress (China); Lefteris Voyatzis, Stage director, actor (Greece)
FIPRESCI Jury: José Carlos Avellar (Brazil), President; Genoveva Dimitrova (Bulgaria); Sergei Lavrentiev (Russia); Thilo Wydra (Germany); Ioanna Papageorgiou (Greece)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival Site
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2006 Winners - Brief Article
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2006 - Article
Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards: 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
AFI Los Angeles Film Festival Awards
Asian Festival of 1st Films Awards
British Independent Film Awards
Golden Horse (Taipei Film Festival) Awards
Rio de Janeiro Film Festival Awards
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