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REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
This year the jury viewed 79 films from 37 countries. For the first time, it was also possible to send video works for the competition, which made the variety of films even larger than in the previous years. In addition to the traditional short films, new kind of digital films and third world documentaries entered the competition.
The following films were awarded by the jury.
GRAND PRIX, Kiss -statuette & 5000 euros
Phil Mulloy, INVASION, UK 2001
In a society bombarded by slick and seamless propaganda, is it still possible for an artwork to impact upon our understanding of the world? It's a rare artist who can profoundly analyse the hopes, fears and anxieties of a civilisation in crisis, but Phil Mulloy has achieved this with his brilliantly subversive satire, a prescient and viscerally emotional film, unflinching in its examination of the most sinister motivations of our times. Darkly redemptive, it confirms painful and rarely-voiced truths, inviting us at the same time to confront our fundamental interconnectedness.
BEST DOCUMENTARY, Kiss -statuette & 1500 euros (Canal+)
Anke Limprecht, LEHRFILM ÜBER DIE REKONSTRUKTION VON STASIAKTEN, Germany 2001
A provocative and challenging film that perfectly splices form with content to portray the numbing bureaucracy of such investigations, alongside the importance of exposing lies and preserving perhaps unpalatable truths.
PRINCIPAL PRIZE, Kiss -statuette & 1500 euros
Slawomir Fabicki, MESKA SPRAWA, Poland 2001
Exceptional casting and performances inform this complex and compelling work, a sensitive exploration of a culture where men have few answers to conflict, other than conflict itself. A film that avoids easy answers in its full realisation of the horrors of abuse, failure and human weakness.
SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY, Kiss -statuette & 1500 euros
Fanta Régina Nacro, CLOSE UP ON BINTOU, Burkina Faso 2001
Realising the full imaginative potential of the medium, Kuvastin explores the darkest corners of the human heart. Here, narcissism, jealousy, love and retribution collide in shocking and unexpected ways.
PRIX UIP TAMPERE, European Film Awards -nominee & 2000 euros
Tatu Pohjavirta, KUVASTIN, Finland 2001
Realising the full imaginative potential of the medium, Kuvastin explores the darkest corners of the human heart. Here, narcissism, jealousy, love and retribution collide in shocking and unexpected ways.
DIPLOMAS OF MERIT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL JURY
To Foustani (Monica Vaxevani, Greece 2001) which, in its transformative kiss, suggests a profound forgiveness between generations shaped by telling social pressures. At once timeless and culturally specific, it is a poignant, moving drama, richly delineated in characterisation and narrative.
Copy Shop (Virgil Widrich, Austria 2001) and Heart of the World (Guy Maddin, Canada 2001), for their innovative and immaculately executed techniques, where image and intention fuse to deliver visions, at once precise and textured, that expand the possibilities of the short film.
The spirit of place is notoriously hard to communicate on film. Hock Hiap Leong (Royston Tan, Singapore 2001) offers a lyrical and kitsch elegy to a passing world, constructing through accumulative detail a space where sudden shifts in tone work believably to suggest that humour, in its hybrid cultural collisions, is the best way to deal with significant social and environmental shifts.
The bitter truths of racism and historical revisionism in a changing Europe are best examined by focusing on the specific. Muno (Bouli Lanners, Belgium 2001) moves with great skill from the particular to the universal, suggesting that the betrayals inflicted are not only social but close and personal.
The Members of the International Jury: Aryo Danusiri, Tiina Erkintalo, Gareth Evans, Jay Rosenblatt & Bec Smith
REPORT OF THE NATIONAL JURY
A-SERIES (films under 30 minutes)
MAIN PRIZE, Kiss -statuette & 5000 euros (Finnkino)
Christian Lindblad, ELÄKÖÖN MARKKINATALOUS!, Finland 2001
Clear and lucid. The length of the film is just right, film is as flexible as film can be.
SPECIAL PRIZE, Kiss -statuette & 1000 euros
Janne Heinonen, TAIVASMATKA, Finland 2001
Surprising turns of the plot, a mysterious story. Well-thought and beautiful filming.
DIPLOMA OF MERIT
Tuukka Hari, TELAKKA, Finland 2001
Artistically ambitious. The film is sincere and very skillfully produced.
DIPLOMA OF MERIT
Tatu Pohjavirta, KUVASTIN, Finland 2001
Movie love is lifted to professional level.
B-SERIES (over 30 minutes)
MAIN PRIZE Kiss -statuette & 5000 euros (Yle)
Mari Soppela, FAMILY FILES, Netherlands/Finland 2001
A small and private family history becomes a great and touching story.
SPECIAL PRIZE Kiss -statuette and 1000 euros (Kodak)
Jouni Hiltunen, BLATNOI MIR, Finland 2001
Intensive, visual story about people living on the edge of their existence.
JAMESON SHORT FILM AWARD 6000 euros
Christian Lindblad, ELÄKÖÖN MARKKINATALOUS!, Finland 2001
RESURSSIPALKINTO 3400 euros (Digital Film Finland & Finnlab)
For Jarkko T. Laine, the director of photography of the film SIRKKA, Finland 2001
The rich and very well controlled visual expression emphasizes the poetic side of the story.
The members of the Finnish Jury: Marja Pensala, Jaak Löhmus & Yrjö Pulkkinen
THE RISTO JARVA PRIZE
10 000 EUROS (Finnish Film Foundation)
The Risto Jarva Prize goes to the work team Stella Polaris, Janne Kuusi and Aleksi Salmenperä, who made the film TURON BAARI / TURO'S BAR (Directed by Janne Kuusi).
During the several years of cooperation, the Stella Polaris -team has developed a method to produce a film where the performances and the story form a seamless entity. The conclusion of the film is ingenius, and it presents the coexistence of laughter and cry in a way that is completely new in the Finnish film.
The Members of the Jury of The Risto Jarva Prize: Johannes Lassila, Erkki Astala & Taru Mäkelä
PRIZE OF THE JUNIOR JURY - FINNISH COMPETITION
Tuukka Hari, TELAKKA, Finland 2001
A smooth combination of picture and sound. A brief and focused film that awakens the hope of the coming spring.
The Members of the Junior Jury: Helena Huosianmaa, Peter Mäenpää, Anneli Pursiainen & Jukka Salminen
FIRST MICROMOVIES COMPETITION
The jury considers Micromovies to be one of the most exciting new fields of audio visual culture. While we found the selection encouraging, we have to state that the majority of the films didn't fully address the specific nature of this dynamic new medium yet.
MAIN PRIZE 10000 euros
Paul Bush, LIE DETECTOR, UK 2001
The jury found this one minute movie to be multi-layered, conceptually clear and funny. This film hints at the explosive potential of this medium.
DIPLOMAS OF MERIT OF THE JURY
Harri Kassinen, NIMENI ON HIRVI, JAMES HIRVI, Finland 2002
Graphically clear and semiotically intriguing statement about the devolution of man-kind and moose-kind.
Hokkanen & Ruippo, PYONGGYANG ROBOGIRL, Finland 2001
This elegant film captivates the viewer's attention even in this miniature format.
The Members of The Micromovies Jury: Erkki Huhtamo, Jonathan Wells, Phil Mulloy & Heli Rantavuo
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