A complete list of prize winners follows:
GRAND PRIX
For best film in the International Competition
(diploma, sculpture and a prize of 5000 Euro)
goes to STORIES ONLY EXIST WHEN REMEMBERED (Brazil-Argentina-France) by director JULIA MURAT
SPECIAL JURY AWARD
for film in the International Competition
MAGIC VALLEY (USA) by director JAFFE ZINN
AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR
for a film in the International Competition
(a diploma, sculpture and a prize of 1000 Euro)
goes to KONSTANTIN BOJANOV for his film AVE (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Bulgaria-France)
The KODAK AWARD FOR BEST BULGARIAN FEATURE FILM
(provided by Kodak)
goes to AVE (Bulgaria-France) by director KONSTANTIN BOJANOV
JAMESON SHORT FILM AWARD FOR BEST BULGARIAN SHORT FILM
(a trophy and a prize of 6000 Euro, provided by Jameson)
goes to MORNING (Bulgaria) by director NEDA MORFOVA
AUDIENCE AWARD
(provided by Sofia Municipality)
goes to PUNK'S NOT DEAD (Macedonia-Serbia) by VLADIMIR BLAZEVSKI
AWARD FOR BEST BALKAN FILM
(a diploma, a box of 'ARS LONGA' and a prize of 1000 Euro for the film's director, provided by Domaine Boyar)
goes to AVE (Bulgaria-France) by director KONSTANTIN BOJANOV
FILM CRITICS WITH THE UBFM AWARD FOR BEST BALKAN FILM
for film from the Balkan Competition
goes to AVE (Bulgaria-France) by KONSTANTIN BOJANOV
UNESCO AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
For film in the International Documentary Competition
(a prize of 1000 Euro, provided by UNESCO)
goes to THIS IS NOT A FILM by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and Jafar Panahi
SOFIA AWARD
The Sofia Award for outstanding contribution in cinema is a joint initiative of Sofia Municipality and Sofia International Film Festival. The award was first handed out in 2005 by the Mayor of Sofia under whose patronage the festival takes place. Since then, 27 individuals from Bulgarian and International cinema were honoured with the prestigious award.
In 2012 Sofia Award received
NURI BILGE CEYLAN, director (Turkey)
GEORGI STOYANOV, director (Bulgaria)
DANIS TANOVIC, director (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
HUGH HUDSON, director (UK)
FIPRESCI AWARD
goes to THE ENEMY by DEJAN ZECEVIC
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY
goes to the actress Ariane Labed of ALPS (Greece, director Yorgos Lanthimos) and the actor Serkan Ercan of TOLL BOOTH (Turkey, director Tolga Karaçelik)
