The Polish film Violated Letters by Maciej Drygas picked up the prize for best documentary, and Georgia earned a Jury Special Prize for Light by David Kopaleishvili in the international short film competition.
A complete list of the winners follows:
BIAFF 2011 International Feature Film Competition
• Grand Prix - Golchehreh, by Vahid Mousaian, Iran, 2011 and
Gypsy, by Martin Sulik, Czech Republic/Slovakia, 2011
• Best Film Director -
Birgitte Stærmose for Room 304, Denmark/Croatia, 2011
• Best Actress - Bien
de Moor - in Code Blue, by Urszula Antoniak, Netherlands/Denmark; 2011
• Best
Actor - Anton Shagrin - in Innocent Saturday, by Alexander Mindadze,
Russia/Germany/Ukraine
• Jury Special Prize - Holiday by the Sea, by Pascal
Rabate, France, 2011
BIAFF 2011 International Doc Film Competition
• Best Doc Film -
Violated Letters by Maciej Drygas, Poland, 2011
• Jury Special Prize - Exit
Through the Gift Shop, by Bansky, UK, 2010
BIAFF 2011 International Short Film Competition Section
• Best Short Film - Connect, by Samuel Abrahams, UK, 2010
- Jury Special Prize - Light, by David Kopaleishvili, Georgia, 2011
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Jury Special Mentions:
- Great Celebration, by Vahe Gevorgyants, Armenia,
2010
- Into thin air, by Mohammadreza Farzad, Iran, 2011