Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) 2008 Winners
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 3, 2008 under Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) | 
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October 23-29, 2008, Batumi, Georgia, hosted the 3rd Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF).
The BIAFF jury headed by Mr. Pawel Pawlikowski (UK) and consisting of four members, Rezo Esadze ( Georgia), Zinovy Zinik (UK), Cezary Harasimowicz ( Poland), Mohsen Amiryoussefi ( Iran), have awarded the BIAFF 2008 prizes:
GRAND PRIX __ “Women See Lot of Things” by Meira Asher ( Netherlands / Israel), 2007
BEST FEATURE FILM - Klass by Ilmar Raag, Estonia, 2007
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM Durakovo, Village of Fools by Nino Kirtadze, France, 2007
BEST ACTOR Jan Frycz in Immensity of Justice by Wiesław Saniewski, Poland, 2007
BEST ACTRESS Marina Dinulescu in California Dreaming by Christian Nemescu, Romania, 2007
SPECIAL MENTION (For its use of an imaginative metaphor to deal with situation in Iran) - Lonely Tunes of Tehran, by Salmon Salur, Iran, 2007
JURY SPECIAL PRIZE - Shadow of the Holly Book by Arto Halonen, Finland /Denmark/Switzerland/Germany, 2007
There was also other BIAFF prizes awarded by organizational committee:
BIAFF Award for Life Time Achievement in Cinematography - Andrzej Wajda (Poland)BIAFF Award for Life Time Achievement in Cinematography - Rezo Esadze (Georgia)BIAFF Committee prize - Givi Sikharulidze (Georgia)BIAFF Committee Special Prize - Jerzy Lubach (Poland)
Also Special Prize of Georgian Parliament for support of BIAFF - Institute of Adam Miczkiewic (Poland)