12th TIFF 2013 AWARDS:

The Transilvania trophy (15.000 Euro) - Ship of Theseus, by Anand Gandhi (India)

Best Director Award (5.000 Euro offered by BCR) - Rikiya Imaizumi, for I Catch a Terrible Cat / Koppidoi neko (Japan)

Special Prize of the Jury (1.500 Euro offered by Vodafone) - Ana Guevara Pose, Leticia Jorge Romero, for Tanta agua (Uruguay)

Best Cinematography award (3.500 Euro in digital post-production services offered by Cinelabs) - Pankaj Kumar, for Ship of Theseus

Best Actor/Actress award (1.000 Euro offered by Vitrina Advertising) - Gustav Dyekjær Giese, for his role in Northwest/ Nordvest (by Michael Noer, Denmark)

The FIPRESCI award, offered by the jury of the International Film Critics’ Federation - El limpiador (by Adrian Saba, Peru)

The Audience award, offered by Mastercard - Wadjda (by Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia, Germany)

The Excellence award, offered by Mercedes-Benz – actress Luminița Gheorghiu

Lifetime Achievement Award – directors Jiří Menzel and Stephen Frears and composer Adrian Enescu

Romanian Days award for feature film (5.000 Euro in post-production services offered by Abis Studio) – Here… I Mean There (by Laura Căpățână Juller)

Romanian Days award for short film (1.500 de euro and a day of shooting at the MediaPro Studios) – Shadow of a Cloud (by Radu Jude)

Romanian Days special mention for short film - Claudiu and the Fish (by Andrei Tănase) and The Pill of Happiness (by Cecilia Felmeri)

Romanian Days breakthrough award (1.000 Euro offered by URSUS) – A Month in Thailand (by Paul Negoescu) Best Shadows Short (500 Euro) - Death of a Shadow (by Tom van Avermaet, Belgium)

Let's Go Digital! Award, for the best film made within the teenager-oriented workshop, offered by UPC – Pentru Carlo (by Teona Galgoțiu, Marc Solomon, Eva Todică)

Local Competition award (1.500 Euro, offered by Terapia Ranbaxy) - Eleven töredék (by Bántó Csaba, Iszlai József) and Édes otthon (by Ábel Visky)

Special Mention of the Local Competition offered by Fabrica de Pensule - Clubul de bridge (by Ana-Maria Vîjdea, Cristina Haneș) The HBO award for the Best Feature Screenplay of the HBO/TIFF National Script Contest (3.000 dollars) - Toma Bogdan, for „Reparaţia”

The HBO award for the Best Short Screenplay of the HBO/TIFF National Script Contest (1.500 dollars) - Radu Bărbulescu, for „Dispozitivul 0068”

The HBO award for the Best Documentary Screenplay of the HBO/TIFF National Script Contest (2.000 dollars) - Marius Iacob, for „Despre starea de bine”

-OFFICIAL TIFF PRESS-

Edited by Vanessa McMahon

TIFF Closing Night. Photos by: Gabriel Aldea