FIFA 2016: AWARDS

Awards of the 34rd FIFA

The 34th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) has ended on Sunday, March 20, 2016. Tthe film La collection qui n’existait pas, by Joachim Olender (Belgium), is the grand winner of the competition.

From March 10 to 20, FIFA offered to festival-goers 170 documentaries from 25 countries, including, for the first time, films from Morocco and the Luxembourg.

The jury of the 34th FIFA

The President of the 34th FIFA international jury:

 Paul Maréchal, art historian, awarded prizes to 13 films from ten countries.

Other members of the jury:

Nathalie Barton, producer of auteur documentaries

Pascal Gélinas, filmmaker

Joseph Hillel, producer and filmmaker

Mariella Pandolfi, professor of anthropology and music lover

The Awards of the 34th FIFA

13 films from 10 countries were awarded prizes.

Two Canadian films were among the award recipients.

Grand Prize

LA COLLECTION QUI N’EXISTAIT PAS

Joachim Olender (Belgium)

Jury Award

ONE MILLION STEPS

Eva Stotz (Germany, Turkey, Netherlands)

Award for Best Educational Film

Ex æquo

LE CERCLE DE KANTOR Adrianna Ksiazek, Iwo Ksiazek (Poland)

VIVA DADA, Régine Abadia (France)

Award for Creativity

SOUNDHUNTERS, A MUSICAL EXPEDITION

Béryl Koltz (Luxembourg, France)

Award for Best Canadian Film

Ex æquo

NOUS AUTRES, LES AUTRES, Jean-Claude Coulbois (Canada)

UN HOMME DE DANSE, Marie Brodeur (Canada)

Award for Best Portrait

HOCKNEY

Randall Wright (United Kingdom)

Award for Best Essay

JUSTE AVANT L’ORAGE

Don Kent (France)

Award for Best Portrait

GIOVANNI SEGANTINI – MAGIE DE LA LUMIÈRE

Christian Labhart (Switzerland)

Award for Best Film for Television

Sponsored by Digital Cut

COCOTTES ET COURTISANES DANS L’OEIL DES PEINTRES

Sandra Paugam (France)

Liliane Stewart Award for Design Arts

Sponsored by the Council for Canadian American Relations

GETTING FRANK GEHRY

Sally Aitken (Australia)

Special Mention

PAOLO VENTURA, VANISHING MAN

Erik Van Empel (Netherlands)

Quebec participation

Among FIFA films international program, several films with Quebec artists stood out and resulted in discussions and popular activities among festival-goers. The public was able to talk with

• Jean-Claude Coulbois, director of Nous autres, les autres (FIFA opening film), and 
• Vincent Warren, the famous dancer, former soloist of the Grands Ballets Canadiens, whose carrier was portrayed in the film by Marie Brodeur Un homme de danse. FIFA closing film)

Both films won ex æquo the Award for tBest Canadian Film.

In addition:

• Several films focused on fashion designers. That included the acclaimed Revealing Marie Saint Pierre | Marie Saint Pierre se révèle by Janice Zolf, with a public discussions with the famous designer.
• The director Étienne Desrosiers gave a master class on the challenges faced in the making of his film on the renowned Quebec architect Roger D’Astous.
• Also, there was a performance of the singer Tomás Jensen, following the screening of the film about this musician by Martin Bourgault Retour.

For more information on Art FIFA, visit the Art FIFA website.