The prize was a big surprise to British animator Laurie Hill.
Animator Laurie Hillin creates with Britis humor
The Grand Prix of Tampere Film Festival's International Competition was awarded to a fictional film, I Hear Your Scream (Ahendu nde sapukai), directed by Paraguayan Pablo Lamar.
Animator Laurie Hill won the prize of Best Animation in the International Competition with his film, Photograph of Jesus.
Dreams on a Train
A three week train journey was not a vacation for Iris Olsson. Director Olsson and her international film crew shot a short film of the Russian passengers on the Trans-Siberian train. Olsson won Diploma of Merit in the International competition for her documentary.
Familiar and Unfamiliar: Helsinki Inspires the Filmmaker
"The past is stronger than the present." With this phrase begins Peter von Bagh's film Helsinki, Forever. The filmmaker admits to an attraction to nostalgy.
A Storyteller Wants to Call Forth Emotions
– – A good story consists of something the spectator has believed to be true. The emotions that the story calls forth can be unpleasant or encouraging. The main thing is that the film gets a reaction from the spectator, says Ainsley Gardiner, film director and producer from New Zealand.Updated 09 March 2009 13:33
Contests:
- Grand Prix to Paraguay
- Familiar and Unfamiliar: Helsinki Inspires the Filmmaker
- Dreams on a Train
- A Storyteller Wants to Call Forth Emotions
Special programs:
- ”The Audience Might Be Disgusted”
- Trapped in Child Marriage
- Choreographic Reality
- Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Finnish Foreigner
- Strong Sense of Identity at the School of Motion Picture
- Animation grins at the Society
Other news:
- The Seventh Take of Klaffi the Dog
- Walking Festival Encyclopedia
Opinions
- Film - a mosaic of interpretations
- Health Lives at the Theater