Ballast (photo) collects the Feature Film Grand Prize City of Lisbon od IndieLisboa’09. Lance Hammer’s film, centred in a silent family who’s trying to survive near by the Mississippi Delta, will be shown again tomorrow, Sunday, at Cinema São Jorge (9:45 p.m.).
The sixth edition of the Lisbon’s Independent International Film Festival also recognized Manuel Mozos for the documentary Ruínas (TOBIS Award for Best Portuguese Feature Film) and Zhao Ye for Jalainur (Distribution Award).
Neil Beloufa’s experimentalism in Kempinski got him the Short Film Grand Prize, while Arena by João Salaviza, which is going to compete in Cannes in a few weeks, conquered the Award for Best Portuguese Short Film.
The audience saluted L’encirclement, the Richard Brouillette’s documentary that won Nyon a couple of days ago, and Tiago Hespanha’s short Visita Guiada.
Winners’ integral list:
International Jury for Feature Films Awards (Christoph Terhechte, Inês de Medeiros, Marco Müller, Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche and Raymond Walraven)
Feature Film Grand Prize City of Lisbon
Ballast, by Lance Hammer, Fiction, USA, 2008, 92′, 35mm
TOBIS Award for Best Portuguese Feature Film
Ruínas, by Manuel Mozos, Documentary, Portugal, 2009, 60′, Beta Digital
Distribution Award
Jalainur, by Zhao Ye, Fiction, China, 2008, 92′, Digi Beta PAL
RTP2 Onda Curta Jury + International Jury for Short Films (Jacques Kermabon, Karen Rais-Nordentoft and Luís Salvado + Benjamin Mirguet, Isabel Aboim Inglez and Peter Taylor)
Short Film Grand Prize
Kempinski, by Neil Beloufa, Experimental, France, 2007, 14′, Beta SP
Special Mention
It’s Nick’s Birthday, by Graeme Cole, Fiction, UK, 2009, 34′, Digi Beta PAL
Bernadette, by Duncan Campbell, Experimental, UK, 2008, 37′, Beta Digital
Award for Best Portuguese Short Film
Arena, by João Salaviza, Ficção, Portugal, 2009, 15′, 35mm
RESTART Award for Best Portuguese Short Film Director
Pássaros, by Filipe Abranches, Animation, Portugal, 2009, 6′, HD
FNAC New Talent Award
Visionary Iraq, by Gabriel Abrantes, Fiction, Portugal, 2009, 20′, Beta Digital
AIP Best Photography Award in a Portuguese Short Film
For the cinematographer of Alasca, Paulo Menezes
RTP2 Onda Curta Jury (Jacques Kermabon, Karen Rais-Nordentoft and Luís Salvado)
RTP 2 Onda Curta Award
Tierra y Pan, by Carlos Armella, Fiction, Mexico , 2008, 8′, 35mm
The Herd, by Ken Wardrop, Documentary, Irland, 2008, 4′, Beta Digital
Dix, by BIF, Animation, France, 2008, 7′, 35mm
Ballad of Marie Nord and Her Clients, by Alexander Onofri, Fiction, Sweden, 2008, 28′, 35mm
2 Birds, by Runar Runarsson, Fiction, Iceand, 2008, 15′, 35mm
Fipresci Jury Award (Demtrious Matheou, Miguel Somsen and Vladan Petkovic)
FIPRESCI Award
The Happiest Girl in the World, by Radu Jude, Fiction, Romania, 2009, 100′, 35mm
Amnesty International Jury Award (Anabela Teixeira, Paulo Vendrell and Paulo Moura)
Amnesty International Award
Los Herederos, by Eugenio Polgovsky, Documentary, Mexico, 2008, 90′, Beta Digital
Special Mention
L’encerclement, by Richard Brouillette, Documentary, Canada, 2008, 160′, Beta Digital
D’Arusha à Arusha, by Christophe Gargot, Documentary, Canada, France, 2008, 115′, HDCam PAL
IndieJunior Jury Award (Bernardo Jacinto, Dani Prist, Gonçalo Domingues, João Maria Prates and Manuel Cardoso)
Pais e Filhos Magazine Award for the Best IndieJunior Film
O Peso das Pedras, by Hanne Larsen, Fiction, Norway, 2008, 15’, 35mm
Special Mention
Ex-E.T, by Benoit Bargeton, Nicolas Gracia, Rémy Froment, Yannick Lasfas, Animation, France, 2008, 8’, Beta SP PAL
IndieLisbboa’09 Audience Awards
Johnnie Walker Audience Award for Best Feature Film
L’encerclement, by Richard Brouillette, Documentary, Canada, 2008, 160′, Beta Digital
Johnnie Walker Audience Award for Best Short Film
Visita Guiada, by Tiago Hespanha, Documentary, Portugal, 2009, 56′, Beta Digital
Pais e Filhos Magazine Audience Award for the Best IndieJunior Film
No Network, by Ari Kristinsson, Fiction, Iceland, 2007, 83’, 35mm
Prize Winner Screenings, Sunday, May 3rd
FORUM LISBOA
4pm Jalainur, by Zhao Ye (92′)
7pm Breathless, by Yang Ik-June (130′)
CINEMA LONDRES
3:45pm Short films 1: Pássaros, by Filipe Abranches (7′), Visionary Iraq, by Gabriel Abrantes (17′), Bernardette, by Duncan Campbell (37′), Kempinski, by Neil Beloufa (14′), It’s Nick’s Birthday, by Graeme Cole (34′), The Herd, by Ken Wardrop (4′)
6:30pm Short films 2: Tierra y Pan, by Carlos Armella (8′), Ballad of Marie Nord and her Clients, by Alexander Onofri (28′), Arena, by João Salaviza (15′), 2 Birds, by Runar Runarsson (15′), Dix, by BIF (7′).
CINEMA SÃO JORGE
4:15pm Feature film 1: Visita Guiada, by Tiago Hespanha (56′) + Ruínas, by Manuel Mozos (60′)
7pm Feature film 2: The Happiest Girl in the World, by Radu Jude (100′)
9:45pm Feature film 3: Ballast, by Lance Hammer (92′)