Awards of the XXIV Pärnu Film Festival

A GOOD MAN  by Safina Uberoi (Australia)
-  the Estonian People’s Award according to the televoting on Estonian TV.

STEAM OF LIFE by Joonas Berghäll and Mika Hotakainen (Finland)
- Grand Prize of festival for the best artistic achievment
 
KALASHA MEDICINE by Brigitte Glavind Sperber (Denmark, filmed in Pakistan) as the best scientific documentation
 
AL-HALQA, IN THE STORYTELLER’S CIRCLE by Thomas Landenburger (Germany, filmed in Morocco) as the Special Mention of Jury
 
COOKING HISTORY by Peter Kerekes (Austria, Slovakia, Czech Republic) as the best film on rituals
 
BIG SISTER PUNAM by Lucian and Natasha Muntean(Serbia, filmed in Nepal) as the best film on survival of indigenous peoples.
The film was selected for that prize by inhabitants of Manija Island
 
NEWS by Bettina Perut and Ivan Osnovikoff (Chili)
as the best experimental documentary
 
THE PEDDLER by Adriana Yurcovich, Eduardo de a Serna and Lucas Marcheggiano (Argentina)  as the best portrayal of an artist
 
CHARCOAL BURNERS by Piotr Zlotorowicz (Poland)
as the best short documentary
 
HELLO, ALJONKA! by Olga Kornienko (Russia, filmed in West-Siberia)
as the award of  the French Ambassador
 
Members of the international jury:
Andreas Fischer-Hansen
Jaak Kilmi
Tiina Lokk
Ain Roost
Pille Runnel

OLD MAN AND THE MOOSE by Joosep Matjus
as the best Estonian film
 
Jury for Estonian films:
Olga Kornienko
Mati Põldre
Andrus Joonas 

NOMINEES of the XXIV Pärnu Film Festival

1. INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Nominees for international jury prizes:
GRAND PRIZE
* Joonas Berghäll, Mika Hotakainen, STEAM OF LIFE, Finland, 2010, 84'
* Pawel Lozinski, CHEMO, Poland, 2009, 58'
* Wilko Bello, THE FAMILY ENSEMBLE, The Netherlands, 2009, 53'

The best outstanding scientific documentation
* Birgitte Glavind Sperber, KALASHA MEDICINE, Denmark, 2010, 50'
* Ricardo Iscara, DANCE TO THE SPIRITS, Spain, 2009, 78'
* Thomas Ladenburger, AL-HALQA- IN THE STORYTELLER'S CIRCLE, Germany, 2010, 90'

The best film on rituals
* Martin Kollár, COOKING HISTORY, Austria/Slovakia/Czech Republic, 2009, 83'
* Jordi Esteva, RETURN TO THE LAND OF SOULS, Spain/Ivory Coast, 2009, 69'
* Daniela Tagger, WARNA, Austria, 2010, 22' 

The best film on survival of indigenous peoples
* Olga Kornienko, HELLO ALYONKA!, 2003, 28'
* Ruben Guzman, SHEPHERDESS OF CLOUDS, Argentina, 2009, 34'
* Lucian Muntean, Natasa Muntean, BIG SISTER PUNAM, Serbia, 2010, 51'

The best experimental documentary
* Danny Winkler EBIR NARI- BEYOND THE RIVER UK 2009 66'
* Bettina Perut, Ivan Osnovikoff NEWS Chile 2009 80'
* Manuel Jimenez Nuñez, THE SALT MEN, Spain, 2009, 5'

The best short film
* Vladimir Perovic, SHADOW, Serbia, 2010, 25'
* Cecilia Bella, HOW LONG?, Hungary, 2009, 15'
* Piotr Zlotorowicz, CHARCOAL BURNERS, Poland, 2010, 15'

The best portrait of an artist
* Frank van den Engel, PHOTO & COPYRIGHT BY G.P. FIERET, The Netherlands, 2009, 50'
* Adriana Nidia Yurcovich, Eduardo de la Serna, Lucas Marcheggiano,
   THE PEDDLER, Argentina, 2009, 84'
* Antti Seppänen ICEBERG SHADOW Finland 57'

2. TV-COMPETITION in Estonian Television
Nominees for Estonian People's Award  (decisionmaker is the audience of ETV):
* Maciej Cuske, Piotr Stasik, Thierry Paladino, Marcin Sauter,
   ANDRZEJ WAJDA:LET’S SHOOT!, Poland, 2009, 54'
* Evgeny Solomin, COUNTRYSIDE 35x45, Russia, 2009, 43'
* Safina Uberoi, A GOOD MAN, Australia, 2009, 79*
* Jean Counet, INHALE EXHALE, Belgium/Finland, 2009, 44'
* Pirjo Honkasalo, ITO - A DIARY OF AN URBAN PRIEST, Finland, 111'
* Fateme Gosheh, Isa Vandi,
   ONE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS (DAMN THOSE LOVELY MEN), Sweden, 2010, 80'
* Zohar Wagner, STRETCH MARKS, Israel, 2009, 67'

3. NATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Nominees for the best Estonian documentary
* Vahur Laiapea, ERIC. FIRE CHILD, Estonia, 2009, 26'
* Marianne Kõrver, ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜR: 7 ETUDES IN PICTURES, Estonia, 2010, 77'
* Aljona Surzhikova, MISS ROBINSON, Estonia, 2009, 28'
* Tõnu Virve, EVALD OKAS, Estonia, 2009, 58'
* Jaanis Valk, FROM SIDE TO SIDE, Estonia, 2009, 28'
* Liivo Niglas, Frode Storaas, IF VAGINA HAD TEETH, Estonia/Norway/Mozambique, 2009, 57'
* Sophie Haarhaus, Kullar Viimne, INNOCENT, Germany, 2009, 53'
* Heilika Pikkov, A LETTER FROM RUHNU, Estonia, 2009, 29'
* Joosep Matjus, OLD MAN AND THE MOOSE, Estonia, 2009, 36'
* Riho Västrik, SAINT GEORGE, Estonia, 2010, 30'
* Marje Jurtshenko, TIME IS HERE, Estonia, 2010, 75'

4. SPECIAL AWARDS
• The Prize of French Ambassador