| "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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