Bratislava International Film Festival
The Bratislava International Film Festival is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Apart from the international competition programme, it also regularly features renowned authors' film retrospectives, a European film program, independent film programmes and various theme programmes.Awards
Awards are presented in the following categories:
- Grand Prix for best film in the international competition
- Best Director
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- FIPRESCI Award for best film, as determined by a jury of film critics
Award winners
Grand Prix
2003 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - Bored in Brno '
- Best Director - Li Yang '
- Best Actress - Kateřina Holánová '
- Best Actor - Maruf Pulodzoda '
- FIPRESCI Award - The Island
2004 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - Or '
- Best Director - Atiq Rahimi '
- Best Actress - Lindsay Duncan and Paula Sage '
- Best Actor - Pietro Sibille '
- FIPRESCI Award - Private Madness '
2005 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - The Cave of the Yellow Dog '
- Best Director - George Clooney '
- Best Actress - Stephanie James '
- Best Actor - Pavel Liška '
- FIPRESCI Award - Everything Is Illuminated
2006 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - '
- Best Director - Amat Escalante '
- Best Actress - Hermila Guedes '
- Best Actor - Antoni Pawlicki '
- FIPRESCI Award - Retrieval
2007 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - Blind Mountain '
- Best Director - Veiko Õunpuu '
- Best Actress - Julie Kolbeck '
- Best Actor - Sam Riley '
- FIPRESCI Award - Tricks
2008 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - Mid-August Lunch '
- Best Director - Amat Escalante '
- Best Actress - Nada Abou Farhat '
- Best Actor - Zsolt Anger '
- FIPRESCI Award - Under the Bombs
2009 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - The Day God Walked Away '
- Best Director - Kamen Kalev '
- Best Actress - Ruth Nirere '
- Best Actor - Christo Christov '- Ex-aequo / Post-mortem
- Best Actor - Harold Torres '- Ex-aequo
- FIPRESCI Award - Northless '
- Special mention - Northless '
- Ecumenical Jury Award - Kamen Kalev '
- Ecumenical Jury Award special mention - Optical Illusions '
- Student Jury Award - Whisper With the Wind '
- Best Documentary Film - Petition '
- Best Short Film - Rita '
- Shorts Jury special mention - A Man Overboard '
- Shorts Jury special mention - Party '
- The IFF Bratislava Award for Artistic Excellence in World Cinematography - Juraj Herz
2010 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - The Four Times '
- Best Director
- * Dragomir Sholev '
- * Constantine Popescu '
- Best Actress - Charlotte Gainsbourg '
- Best Actor - Robert Naylor
2011 IFF Bratislava
- Grand Prix - Las Acacias '
- Best Director - Vincent Garenq '
- Best Actress - Iben Hjejle '
- Best Actor - Ivan Trojan '
