At the closing ceremony
of BUSTER Copenhagen International Film Festival (29 September - 5 October
2003) the following awards were presented:
BUSTER
Children's JuryJury members: eight children between the ages
of 11-13 years.
Best BUSTER (Nordic
Film Foundation Award, DKK 50,000): "Hop", Belgium. Directed by
Dominique Standaert.
Best Short Fiction
Film (Politiken Short Film Award, DKK 15,000): "Boy Below", Denmark.
Directed by Morten Giese, produced by Nimbus Film.
BUSTER
International JuryJury members: Jo-Anne Blouin, Head of
Montreal International Children's Film Festival; Justin Johnson,
programmer, British Film Institute and National Film Theatre, London; Hans
Fabian Wullenweber, Danish film director and winner of BUSTER
2002.
BUSTER Grand Prix
Best Feature Film (DKK 50,000) : "Someone Like Hodder", Denmark.
Directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, produced by Nordisk Film.
Special Mention:
(feature film) "Elina", Sweden. Directed by Klaus Härö.
Short Film Award (DKK
15,000): "Houdini's Hound", Norway. Directed by Sara
Johnsen.
CIFEJ Award: "Hop",
Belgium. Directed by Dominique Standaert.
BUSTER
Documentary Film JuryJury members: Danish documentary
filmmakers Christian Braad Thomsen, Anders Leifer og Nille
Westh
Documentary Film
Award (DKK 10,000): "Disa Moves to Japan", Norway. Directed by Benedicte
M. Orvung.
New Nordic
Children's Film JuryJury members: Thomas Hailer, director of
Kinderfilmfest, Berlin International Film Festival; Hauke Lange-Fuchs,
head of Nordische Filmtage, Lübeck; Norwegian author, script writer and
film director Torun Lian.
Best Nordic Feature
Film (DKK 50,000): "The Boy Who Wanted to be a Bear" directed by Jannik
Hastrup, Denmark. Produced by Dansk Tegnefilm 2, Les Armateurs and
AnimagicNet.
Most Innovative
Nordic Short or Documentary Film (DKK 20,000): "Disa Moves To Japan",
Norway. Directed by Benedicte M. Orvung.
Special Mention: "Nói
the Albino" by Dagur Kari, Iceland. Produced by Zig Zag and M & M
Productions.
For further information
BUSTER Copenhagen International Film Festival http://www.busterfilm.dk/Ane
Skak, Festival Director, tel +45 3374 3545, anes@dfi.dk
Danish Film
Institute http://www.dfi.dkVicki Synnott, tel +45
3374 3438, vickis@dfi.dk