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Ten films were eligable for the Amnesty International-DOEN Award of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2006. On wednesday night 1 February the jury of the Amnesty International-DOEN Award handed out the price.
The Jury report:
This years’ human rights film programme consisted of a selection of films of high quality.
First of all, the duty for the jury members was not an easy one. The programme consisted of both features and documentaries that are difficult to compare. The jury specifically looked for a film that is closest to real life as it fits best with the idea of this award - human rights and human dignity.
Interesting to note, is that this years’ jury was concordant. During the deliberation yesterday night, each jury member was asked to write down his or her three favourite films. Surprisingly, the members were unanimous in their choice: Avenge But One of My Two Eyes, The Death of Mister Lazarescu and Workingman's Death were on every list.
The choice for the winning film was also an unanimous one. It is a courageous and convincing film that explores the blindness of nationalist thought in a very original way.The winner is Avenge But One of My Two Eyes from Avi Mograbi.
Avenge But One of My Two Eyes (Avi Mograbi, France 2005)
The Death of Mister Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu, Rumania 2005)
The Forsaken Land (Sulanga Enu Pinisa, France 2005)
Operation Spring (Angelika Schuster & Tristan Sindelgruber, Austria 2005)
Out of Status (Pia Sawhney, US 2005)
La trahison (Philippe Faucon, France 2005)
Toro negro (Carlos Armella & Pedro González-Rubio, Mexico 2005)
Tsotsi (Gavin Hood, United Kingdom 2005)
Un matin bonne heure (Gahité Fofana, Guinee 2005)
Workingman's Death (Michael Glawogger, Austria 2005)
Yasmine Allas (1967, Mogadishu)
Yasmine Allas left her homeland of Somalia at a young age and ended up in The Netherlands. After completing a course in dramatic art, she acted with several companies and performed with a solo programme. By now Yasmine Allas has three books to her credit. Allas first came out as a writer in 1998 with her novel ‘Idil, a Girl’, on women’s inferior role in Islamic culture. In 2000, her second book came out, ‘The General with Six Fingers’, on a general’s family in an African land forced to flee the civil war and lead an asylum seekers’ life in The Netherlands. Her third book ‘The Blue Room’ was published in 2004.
Maciej Nowicki (1973, Warsaw)
 Maciej Nowicki studied law and Polish philology at the University of Warsaw. Since 1997 Nowicki has worked for the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Poland within its legal and educational projects. Nowicki is co-founder (2001) and director of the Human Rights in Film International Film Festival in Warsaw. He is also one of the founders (2005) of the Social Institute of Film (SIF), a foundation promoting engaged documentary filmmaking in Central and Eastern Europe. Currently Nowicki is working, within the framework of SIF, on a documentary film on the transition of Poland towards democracy. At the Polish Academy of Sciences he does PhD research on propaganda in contemporary documentary film.
Goran Paskaljevic (1947, Belgrado)
Goran Paskaljevic studied at the well-known Prague school of cinema (FAMU) under Elmar Klos and Milan Kundera. He has made 30 documentaries and 13 feature films, many achieving international acclaim. The rise of nationalism in Yugoslavia forced him to leave his country in 1992. In 1998 he went back to make ‘The Powder Keg’ which won international critic's prizes at the Venice Film Festival and the European Film Awards. His constant criticism of Milosevic’s regime met with violent, menacing attacks in the official press. In 2001, the Variety International Film Guide marks him as one of the top five directors of the year. His latest film 'Midwinter Night's Dream' (2004) exploring the post-war Serbia won the special jury prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
The IFFR will be held from 25 January - 5 February.
Locations:
Cinerama, Westblaak 18, Rotterdam
De Doelen, Schouwburgplein 50, Rotterdam
Lantaren/Venster, Gouvernestraat 133, Rotterdam
Luxor Theater, Posthumalaan 1, Rotterdam
Off Corso, Kruiskade 22, Rotterdam
Pathé Schouwburgplein, Schouwburgplein 101, Rotterdam
Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Schouwburgplein 25, Rotterdam
Zaal de Unie, Mauritsweg 34, Rotterdam
Sales:
The regular ticket sale starts at Saturday January 21, 2006 at 09.00 hrs until Saturday February 4, 2006 at 21.00 hrs at the Festival Box Office located in ‘de Doelen’ (entrance Kruisplein), Rotterdam and, by telephone through (+ 31) (0)10 8909000.
Prices:
Ticket are 8 Euro, reduced price tickets (5 Euro) are available only for 'Tijgerpas' holders. A 'Tijgerpas' (20 Euro or for holders of a CJP, OV Studentenkaart or Rotterdampas 10 Euro) is available at the box office.
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