Edinburgh Film Festival Awards 2007: Control
The 61st Edinburgh Film Festival was held between Aug. 15–26.
The winners at the 61st Edinburgh Film Festival were announced on Aug. 25.
Sam Riley stars as rocker Ian Curtis in Anton Corbijns Control. “Its fabulous. Its my first movie so I had no expectations for the film,” Corbijn remarked upon accepting the best film award from Stephen Frears and Kate Dickie. “I did all these things that people said I shouldnt be doing. Shooting in black and white, having an unknown as the main character, putting my own money in. Most of these things are what people say are great.” In addition to its Edinburgh win, earlier this year Control received a special mention at the Cannes Film Festival’s Golden Camera sidebar.
Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film, sponsored by the UK Film Council: Control, directed by Anton Corbijn
PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film: Sam Riley, Control
Standard Life Audience Award: We Are Together, directed by Paul Taylor
Sky Movies Best Documentary Award: Billy the Kid, directed by Jennifer Venditti
Special Jury Commendation: The Monastery: Mr Vig and the Nun, directed by Pernille Rose Gronkjaer
Skillset New Directors Award: Lucia Puenzo – XXY
UK Film Council Kodak Award for Best British Short Film: The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, by James Griffiths
Special mention: Dog Altogether, by Paddy Considine
European Film Academy Short Film 2007 – Prix UIP: Soft, by Simon Ellis
Special mention: Final Journey, by Lars Zimmermann and Ottica Zero by Maja Borg
Short Scottish Documentary Award: Breadmakers, by Yasmin Fedda
Special mention: How to Save a Fish From Drowning, by Kelly Neal
McLaren Award for New British Animation in Partnership with BBC Film Network: Over the Hill, by Peter Baynton
Sarajevo Film Festival Awards 2007: A Man Fear of God
The 13th Sarajevo Film Festival was held between Aug. 17–25.
In Ozer Kizitans A Mans Fear of God, a devout Turkish Muslim discovers that religious dogma can be bad for your (mental) health and that religious hypocrisy is all around.
Best Film: A Man’s Fear of God / Takva – Dir.: Ozer Kiziltan
Best Actor: Saa Petrovic – It’s Hard to Be Nice
Best Actress: Saadet Isil Aksoy – Egg
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE:
Im from Titov Veles director Teona Strugar-Mitevska
SPECIAL MENTION:
Actress Maria Varga, Iszkas Journey
SPECIAL HEART OF SARAJEVO AWARD: Steve Buscemi
COMPETITION PROGRAMME DOCUMENTARIES
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Interrogation
Director: Namik Kabil
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD:
The mosquito problem and other stories
Director: Andrey Paounov
SPECIAL MENTION:
Echo
Director: Marko Popovic
COMPETITION PROGRAMME SHORTS
BEST SHORT FILM:
The Waves
Director: Adrian Sitaru
SPECIAL MENTION:
Tripe and Onions
Director: Marton Szirmai
SPECIAL MENTION:
The Hole
Director: Marko antic
The EFA / UIP Award
This Award for the Best Short Film, presented by United International Pictures, offers its recipient a direct nomination for the European Film Academy (EFA) Award.
Tokyo Jim, directed by Jamie Rafn
The EDN Talent Grant
The EDN Talent Grant was established through the cooperation of the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) and the European Documentary Network (EDN), and is aimed at providing support to talented directors of documentary films from the Balkans.
In 4 Years, directed by Neboja Slijepcevic
The CICAE Award
The International Confederation of Artistic Cinemas (CICAE) award to a film in the Competition Programme. The chosen film will receive special CICAE support in its distribution, screening, and the reaching of an audience through a network of 3000 cinemas.
Mans Fear of God, directed by Ozer Kiziltan
Audience Award:
The Bands Visit, directed by Eran Kolirin
International Competition Jury: Jeremy Irons; Meinholf Zurhorst; Frederick Maire; Ozgu Namal; Andrea taka
Documentary Jury: Tarik Samarah; Stefan Haupt; Adela Peeva;
Short Film Jury: Namik Kabil; Frederic Boyer; Balint Kenyeres
EFA / UPI Jury: Michele Ohyion, Dalibor Matanic and Nikolaj Nikitin
EDN Jury: Tarik Samarah, Stefan Haupt and Adela Peeva
CICAE Jury: Francois Ayme, Katarzyna Boratyn and Rita Linda Potyondi
“Edinburgh & Sarajevo Film Festival Awards 2007” notes
*last modified in March 2026.