49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival (List of Winners)

Winners of the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival include:

• Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander (37,000 Euros) AAN JA, (Over There) by Abdolreza Kahani, Iran


• Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander (22,000 Euros) Pescuit Sportiv, (Hooked) by Adrian Sitaru, Romania / France


• Best Director Award to Celina Murga for Una Semana Solos (A Week Alone), Producers Juan Villegas, Inés Gamarci, Argentina


• Best Screenplay Award to Matthew Newton for Three Blind Mice, by Matthew Newton, Producer Ben Davis, Australia


• Best Actress Award ex aequo to Ioana Flora and Maria Dinulescu for Pescuit Sportiv (Hooked), by Adrian Sitaru, Producers Adrian Sitaru, Marie-Pierre Macia, Juliette Lepoutre, Romania / France


• Best Actor Award ex aequo to Sid Lucero and Emilio Garcia for Selda (The Inmate), by Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna, Producer Josephine Saba, Philippines

The jury of the International Competition Section of the 49th Thessaloniki Film Festival comprised of jury president Michael Ondaatje, writer (Canada), Diablo Cody, screenwriter (USA), Yeşim Ustaoğlu, director (Turkey), Lita Stantic, producer (Argentina), Émilie Dequenne, actress (Belgium), David Robinson, film critic (UK), and Dionissis Savopoulos, composer (Greece).