The 30th Portland International Film Festival wrapped up its 16 day run Sunday,
February 25 after screening 82 features and 34 shorts from 35 countries to more
than 31,000 Festival attendees. Enthusiastic audiences voted this year’s Oscar
winner Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck’s
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
(Germany) Best Feature and Best New Director Award. Florian was on hand at
the Opening Night Party sponsored by Hollywood Video.
Portland filmmaker Irene Taylor Brodsky’s
HEAR AND NOW (US) emerged with
the Best Documentary prize, followed by Andrea Nix and Sean Fine’s
WAR/DANCE (US) and Greg Hamilton’s
MYSTIC BALL (Canada). Topping the
Short Film Awards was Christopher Leon’s K-7
(US), followed by Torill Kove’s
Oscar award winning THE DANISH POET (Canada/Norway).
| 1 |
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (Germany) |
Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck |
| 2 |
HEAR AND NOW (US) |
Irene Taylor Brodsky |
| 3 |
WAR/DANCE (US) |
Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine |
| 4 |
THE SECRET LIFE OF WORDS (Spain) |
Isabel Coixet |
| 5 |
WINKY'S HORSE (Netherlands) |
Mischa Kamp |
| 6 |
WHERE?S MOLLY (US) |
Jeff Daly |
| 7 |
AWAY FROM HER (Canada) |
Sarah Polley |
| 8 |
NINA'S JOURNEY (Sweden) |
Lena Einhorn |
| 9 |
AMAZING GRACE (Great Britain) |
Michael Apted |
| 10 |
MYSTIC BALL (Canada) |
Greg Hamilton |
| 11 |
THE TREASURE OF THE WHITE FALCONS (Germany) |
Christian Zubert |
| 11 |
RESCUE DAWN (US) |
Werner Herzog |
| 12 |
SIGHS FROM THE HEART (Spain) |
Enrique Gabriel |
| 12 |
AVENUE MONTAIGNE (France) |
Daniele Thompson |
| 13 |
DAYS OF GLORY (Algeria) |
Rachid Bouchareb |
| 14 |
BORDER CAFE (Iran) |
Kambozia Partovi |
| 15 |
KING AND THE CLOWN (South Korea) |
Jun-Ik Lee |
| 16 |
CHRONICLE OF AN ESCAPE (Argentina) |
Adrian Caetano |
| 17 |
THE ITALIAN (Russia) |
Andrei Kravchuk |
| 18 |
FIDO (Canada) |
Andrew Currie |
| 19 |
GRBAVICA (Bosnia) |
Jasmila Zbanic |
| 20 |
THE VIOLIN (Mexico) |
Francisco Vargas Quevedo |
| 1 |
K-7 (US) |
Christopher Leon |
| 2 |
THE DANISH POET (Canada/Norway) |
Torill Kove |
| 3 |
RABBIT (Great Britain) |
Run Wrake |
| 3 |
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY (US) |
Don Hertzfeldt |
| 4 |
SCAREDYCAT (US/Portland) |
Andy Blubaugh |
| 5 |
ERAMOS POCOS (Spain) |
Borja Corbeaga |
