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rector- actress, presented the filmmakers with the
awards.
The Best Film Award was awarded to
Stratos
,
by Cypriot director Yiannis Economides. The
award was presented to the director by Elena
Christodoulidou, Senior Officer at the Cultural
Services of the Ministry of Education and Cul-
ture. The Jury judged the film as follows: “A
slow-burning crime and punishment drama and
an explosive study of moral decay, set in Greece
in times of crisis. Director Yiannis Economides
and his powerful cast, led by the unblinking
main character, introduce us to an unmerciful
contract killer, who is trying to make this mean,
cold and ugly world he lives in a better place and
for a few moments he actually succeeds.”
The Special Jury Award was given to the film
Fu-
neral at Noon
, directed by Adam Sanderson from
Israel. Adramatic and painful story depicted in one
of the most beautiful and poetic ways with just a
few actors. A unique way of expression, raising
questions about hidden and invisible realities in our
lives. Mania Akbari, director- actress and member
of the International Jury, presented a representative
of the director with theAward.
The Glocal Images Award was awarded to the
film
Standing Aside Watching
by Yiorgos Serve-
tas from Greece. The award was presented to
the director by Mayor of Limassol, Mr Andreas
Christou.
The film was chosen “For the allegorical vision
of its director, rooted in Classical tragedy and in
the codes of the Western genre. For the powerful
story through which the film unearths an austere
and uncaring landscape and reveals the inhuman
face of contemporary Greece. For the strong
metaphors of the community’s troubling power
relations and for the fierce central character that
defies the male dominated structures that have
corrupted the world she lives in.”
The viewers honoured their favourite film
Life
Feels Good
, directed by Maciej Pieprzyca from
Poland, with the Audience Award, which was
sponsored by Stella Artois. The same film also re-
ceived the Student Jury Prize, which was decided
by a student committee of Mediazone – University
of Nicosia.
The 13
th
edition of the festival will be held inApril
2015.
The awards ceremony
