Cinematic Achievement Awards

Valentin Potier / france TONY ZOREIL
Daniel S. Arevalo / spain TRAUMALOGIA
Chr. Nemescu / romania MARILENA de la P7
Priit Paasuke / estonia BLACK PETER
Elina Fessa / greece STILL WATER
Jelmar Hufen / holland KNIKKERS
Gabe Ibanez / spain MAQUINA
Narges Abyar / iran ONE DAY AFTER THE 10th
Jose Mari Goenaga / spain SINTONIA
Gabriel Sirbu / romania
LIFE IS HARD
Jamin Winans / usa SPIN

We would especially thank the KIMUAK Basque Kinoteca, the Romanian Film Center, OZZYWOOD of Australia, BRITfilms U.K., the Lodj Film Academy, Hollyshorts U.S.A., Akademski Film Centar of Serbia, Prague Film School, the Forum des Images, Paris and also the following avant-garde artists that honored us with their poetic works that were admired by all cinephiles: Kika Nicolela & the Exquisite Corpse Project
Johanna Vaude and Mihail Brzeninski.
We will make every effort to have the 2009 festival be a 7-day affair, and we hope you will ALL honor us with your new films.

Yiannis Zachopoulos
director / curator

the above were judged by the committee, and the public, to be the best of the festival.

Very hard choices with so many excellent films!

Congratulations to ALL and sincere thanks for the honor of participating in our festival.