| "The
decisions of the jury are not intended to be a reflection of
absolute truth. Rather, it is the result of much discussion
and debate. The jury has attempted to give equal attention,
both to films which have been previously recognized as well
as films that are hoping to find wider audiences. Therefore,
the 2005 doclisboa International
Competition Jury decided to award the following prizes:
Grand
Prize doclisboa Odisseia for the best
feature documentary (5.000 €) in ex-equo:
Before
the Flood de Yan Yu e Li
Yifan
Alimentation
Générale de Chantal Briet
"The
jury decided to give a very special consideration to 2 films,
of very different subject scope, even coming from very distant
territories and cultures, one of them epic and macroscopic,
the other closely microscopic.
Nevertheless the two films are parallel in the way they reveal
communities at risk of being submerged. One, is an entire town
condemned to be removed from its own location. The other, a
multi cultural mosaic of a community, at risk of being submerged
in the anonymity of urban indifference."
doclisboa
Jameson for the best short documentary (3.000 €)
Samagon de Eugen
Schlegel, Sebastian Heinzel
"Because of the way it presents a character and
her village as well as her memory of European history"
The Jury of the
National Competition and of the First Films awarded
the following prizes:
doclisboa Adobe for
the best first documentary work (3.000 €)
Before
the Flood de Yan Yu e Li
Yifan
"This important observational documentary deals with the everlasting story
of the power over the poor people for the name of evolution. The protagonist
of this film is time. During the long shooting period the directors succeeded
to transform the everyday life of the village into a cinematic form."
Special Mention: Samagon de Eugen
Schlegel, Sebastian Heinzel
"In the first cathegory there were many films which were not
competitive with each others because of the lengths and the subject. That's
why we want to give a special mention to a great short first film, for it's
access to the protagonist, humour, simplicity and it's cinematic expression."
First
Film Special Mention: Falta-me de Cláudia
Varejão
"To contribute and encourage young portuguese documentary
filmmakers we want to give a special mention in this selection to a First
film."
doclisboa
Tóbis for the best Portuguese documentary
(4.500 € in postproduction)
Gosto
de Ti Como És de Sílvia Firmino
"For it's humanity and open-mindeness, for
expressing na optimistic belief in community and sharing
this with audience."
doclisboa
Atalanta Filmes for a Portuguese documentary (theatrical
release)
Natureza
Morta de Susana de Sousa Dias
"The film is a valuable documento of the past
and present - for the future. The film holds some of the
finest possibilities of cinema, the universal language wich
leaves room to the viewer's own reflections and interpretations
in this very vulnerable Portuguese subject. It is the film
for Silver Screen."
The Investigations jury awarded
the following prizes:
doclisboa
Grande Reportagem for the best documentary in the Investigations
section (2.500 €)
Massaker de Monika
Borgmann, Lokman Slim, Hermann Theissen
"- for the originality of the narrative form and its inner coherence,
- for bringing new elements to an important and tragic historic
event which is still not fully clarified, in a region that
is in ongoing turmoil,
- for exposing the people that were responsible for a crime
against humanity,
- for being an assay on human evil, showing how dangerous normal
people can become,
- for being a warning for the possibility of this happening
again in any other part of the world, as recent history demonstrated."
Special
Mention: Occupation:
Dreamland de Garrett Scott, Ian Olds
"- For giving a deeper insight and a different
perspective on reality
- For the courageous approach on war politics in a still on-going
conflict
- Fot the exposing of the fragility of the official argumentation
for this war
- For the clarity of the narrative
- For it's honesty and integrity
- For it's technical quality in very difficult conditions"
The universities jury awarded
the prize:
doclisboa
IPJ for the best feature documentary in the International
Competition (1.500 €)
By
the Ways (A Journey with William Eggleston) de Vincent
Gérard e Cédric Laty
"The chosen work features an individual in a
particular way simultaneously showing a relevant approach to
contemporary art. Unique and subversive, with an unusual aesthetics,
the universities jury decided, by majority vote, the winner
to be "By The Ways"
The High-School jury awarded
the prize:
doclisboa IPJ for the best Portuguese documentary presented
in the festival (1.500 €)
Gosto
de Ti Como És de Sílvia
Firmino
"The Elements that were taken under consideration
for us to make this decision were the following:
- story/ content;
- Image quality
- Film making technique
- Sound/ music/ voice record quality
- Dialogue
- Editing
- Filmshooting
Each of these elements were evaluated on a scale of 1-10 and
this film had the best score. Evermore, we believe that this
film uses a universal language, reaching a wider audience."
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