Bratislava International Film Festival

The Bratislava International Film Festival (also known as Bratislava IFF) is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Bratislava International Film Festival
LocationBratislava, Slovakia
Established1999

Apart from the international competition programme, it also regularly features renowned authors' film retrospectives, a European film program, independent film programmes and various theme programmes.

Awards edit

Awards are presented in the following categories:

  • Grand Prix for best film in the international competition
  • Best Director
  • Best Actress
  • Best Actor
  • FIPRESCI Award for best film, as determined by a jury of film critics

Award winners edit

Grand Prix edit

Year English title Original title Director(s) Country
1999 The Red Dwarf Le nain rouge Yvan Le Moine   Belgium
2000 Ratcatcher Lynne Ramsay   Great Britain
2001 Daughters of the Sun دختران خورشید Maryam Shahriar   Iran
2002 Japan Japón Carlos Reygadas   Mexico
2003 Bored in Brno Nuda v Brně Vladimír Morávek   Czech Republic
2004 Or (My Treasure) Or (Mon trésor) Keren Yedaya   Israel
2005 The Cave of the Yellow Dog Die Höhle des gelben Hundes Byambasuren Davaa   Mongolia,   Germany
2006 4:30 Royston Tan   Singapore
2007 Blind Mountain Mang shan Li Yang   China
2008 Mid-August Lunch Pranzo di ferragosto Gianni Di Gregorio   Italy
2009 The Day God Walked Away Le jour où Dieu est parti en voyage Philippe Van Leeuw   Belgium
2010 The Four Times Le Quattro Volte Michelangelo Frammartino   Italy
2011 Las Acacias Pablo Giorgelli   Argentina
2012 The Towrope La Sirga William Vega   Colombia
2013 Class Enemy Razredni sovražnik Rok Biček   Slovenia
2014 Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis   France
2015 Land and Shade La tierra y la sombra César Augusto Acevedo   Colombia
2016 Tramontane Vatche Boulghourjian   Lebanon,  France,  Qatar,  United Arab Emirates
2017 Men Don't Cry Muškarci ne plaču Alen Drljević   Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Slovenia,  Croatia,  Germany

2003 IFF Bratislava edit

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2008 IFF Bratislava edit

  • Grand PrixMid–August Lunch (directed by Gianni Di Gregorio, Italy)
  • Best DirectorAmat Escalante (The Bastards, Mexico, France, United States)
  • Best ActressNada Abou Farhat (Under the Bombs, Lebanon, France, United Kingdom, Belgium)
  • Best ActorZsolt Anger (The Investigator, Hungary, Sweden, Ireland)
  • FIPRESCI AwardUnder the Bombs (directed by Philippe Aractingi, Lebanon, France, United Kingdom, Belgium)

2009 IFF Bratislava edit

  • Grand PrixThe Day God Walked Away (directed by Philippe Van Leeuw, Belgium, France)
  • Best DirectorKamen Kalev (Eastern Plays, Bulgaria, Sweden)
  • Best ActressRuth Nirere (The Day God Walked Away, France, Belgium)
  • Best ActorChristo Christov (Eastern Plays, Bulgaria, Sweden)– Ex-aequo / Post-mortem
  • Best ActorHarold Torres (Northless, Mexico, Spain)– Ex-aequo
  • FIPRESCI AwardNorthless (directed by Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico, Spain)
  • Special mentionNorthless (directed by Rigoberto Perezcano, Mexico, Spain)
  • Ecumenical Jury AwardKamen Kalev (Eastern Plays, Bulgaria, Sweden)
  • Ecumenical Jury Award special mentionOptical Illusions (directed by Cristian Jiménez, Chile, France)
  • Student Jury AwardWhisper With the Wind (directed by Shahram Alidi, Iraq)
  • Best Documentary FilmPetition (directed by Zhao Liang, France, China)
  • Best Short FilmRita (directed by Zhao Liang, Italy)
  • Shorts Jury special mentionA Man Overboard (directed by Fabien Gorgeart, France)
  • Shorts Jury special mentionParty (directed by Dalibor Matanić, Croatia)
  • The IFF Bratislava Award for Artistic Excellence in World CinematographyJuraj Herz (director)

2010 IFF Bratislava edit

2011 IFF Bratislava edit

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