Editor

The CIFF - Cyprus International Film Festival - is glad to announce you the Awards of the CIFF 2007 Festival with the awarding of prizes.
This year the CIFF is closing down, after a full week of projections, seminar and meetings.
The awarding of prize to winners of different categories of the Festival was held on Thursday, 19 April at 20.30pm at the K-CINEPLEX, Nicosia. Directors, the VIP Members of the Festival, embassies representatives were present. The presenters of the Ceremony were the actors Thanasis Tsaltabasis and the model Olga Kypriotou.
The After Party was held at DOMUS Lounge Club & Restaurant at Nicosia.

CIFF 2007 SHORT FILMS & VARIOUS CATEGORIES AWARDS

TITLE OF AWARD

SPECIAL JURY MENTION FOR A DOCUMENTARY Name
1 A RACE AGAINST TIME ISRAEL Tzvka Vloch

2 BEST JURY MENTION IN AN ACTOR'S LEADING ROLE Name
FOR INTERIEUR FRANCE Maxence Perrin

3 BEST JURY MENTION IN AN ACTRESS LEADING ROLE Name
BIG GIRL CANADA Samantha Weinstein

4 BEST FAIRPLAY Director
KRITES OLYMPIONIKES GREECE LEFTERIS HARONITIS

5 BEST MUSIC FILM Director
TRAPPED INSIDE CYPRUS Daina Papadaki

6 BEST DANCE FILM Director
2 MOVEMENT (R)EVOLUTION AFRICA USA JOAN FROSCH

7 BEST HUMANITARIAN Director
1 THE SHIP OF FOOLS BELGIUM Matthias Lebeer

8 BEST VIDEO ART Director
1 QUADRALS GREECE ACHILLEAS NASIOS

9 BEST ANIMATION Director
3 ONE RAT SHORT USA Alex Weil

10 BEST DOCUMENTARY Director
1 WHEREVER I GO THE SKY IS MINE IRAN Mahdi Jaefari

11 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A SHORT FILM Director
3 DROOMTJD BELGIUM NICOLAS KARAKATSANIS

12 BEST NOSTIMON IMAR Director
1 DEAR STEVEN SPIELBERG UK STEFAN GEORGIOU

13 BEST SHORT FILM Director
1 CHICXULUB USA MALONA P. VOIGHT

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
NIKOS KOUNDOUROS


CIFF 2007 GOLDEN APHRODITE AWARDS

FEATURE FILMS COUNTRY

1 BEST COSTUMES Germany
Title KHADAK

2 BEST ART DIRECTOR
Title KHADAK Germany
Production Designer AGI DAWAACHU

3 BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Title KHADAK Germany
Music Composer MICHEL SCHOPPING

4 BEST EDITING UK
Title CROSSING BRIDGES
Editor Charlene Long

5 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Title KHADAK RIMVYDAS LEIPUS Germany

6 BEST ACTRESS
Title EN LA CAMA Germany/CHILE
Name Blanca Lewin

7 BEST ACTOR
Title FOR EVER BLUES / ITALY Directed by FRANCO NERO
Name Daniel Piamonti

8 BEST SCREENPLAY
Title MARTA ( CZECH REPUBLIC)
Script Writer Marta Novakova & Jean Coufal

9 BEST CHILDREN FILM
Title HEART INDONESIA
Film Director Hanny R Saoutra

10 BEST FIRST SHOWN DIRECTOR
Title SUGAR TOWN Kimon Tsakiris GREECE

11 BEST DIRECTOR
Title KHADAK PETER BROSENS & JESSICA WOODWORTH GERMANY

12 GOLDEN APHRODITE
Title KHADAK PETER BROSENS & JESSICA WOODWORTH GERMANY