AWARD WINNERS AND MOTIVATIONS
Sole e Luna Doc Fest 2006

For the excellence of the selected works in the 1st Edition of the Sole e Luna Doc Fest, the Jury has decided on the following awards:

AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY OVERALL

DA QUANDO TE NE SEI ANDATO
Directed by: Mohammad Bakri
Palestina e Israele | 2005

JURI MOTIVATIONS
The jury wishes to thank Mohammad Bakri for this harsh yet courageous and necessary work.
The strength of dialogues, the dramaticity of the events and the intensity of this portrayal underline the need for mutual understanding in the search of a difficult hope.

AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY IN THE SECTION ISLAM

BADAL
Directed by: Ibtisam Mara’ana
Israele | 2005

JURI MOTIVATIONS
With a great mastery of the filmic language, the author manages to endow silence with a greater strength than that of words, and to describe the complex reality of weddings between pairs of syblings.



AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY IN THE SECTION
IL MEDITERRANEO

MEN ON THE EDGE. FISHERMEN'S DIARY
Directed by: Avner Faingulernt e Macabit Abramzon
Israele | 2005

JURI MOTIVATIONS
Through the story of a small community of fishermen, the two directors manage to pin-point the complexity of the Israeli-Palestinian issue and the difficulty of human relationships in this part of the world. The constant presence of the sea gives a magic dimension to the film.

AWARD FOR THE BEST DOCUMENTARY IN THE SECTION ARTE

MUSAFIR
Directed by: Cédric Dupire e Pierre-Yves Perez
Francia | 2005

JURI MOTIVATIONS
A movie that, through the expressive instrument of music, here more than ever a universal language, explores one of the possible solutions for the coexistence of people of different casts and religions.



AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

AS THE SUN BEGINS TO SET
Directed by: Julie Moggan
Photography: Julie Moggan
Gran Bretagna | 2005

JURI MOTIVATIONS
For the use of the photographic medium that adheres to the subject matter with great warmth and sobriety.



AWARD FOR BEST EDITING

A GLIMPSE OF ONE MAN'S VISION
Directed by: Alex Gabassi
Editing: Alex Gabassi
Brasile | 2004

JURI MOTIVATIONS
For the editing of the images that intermingle in an articulate way with the story of the protagonist creating a work of refined superimpositions and great chromatic sensibility.



AWARD FOR THE MOST INNOVATIVE DOCUMENTARY
IN COMPETITION

EL FILM EL MAFKOUD - THE LOST FILM
Directed by: Khalil Joreige e Joana Hadjithomas
Francia e Libano | 2003

JURI MOTIVATIONS
The disappearance of a film is the springboard for a sophisticated and extremely modern enquiry on the use and misuse of images within a contradictory geographic and cultural reality.



AWARD FOR THE DOCUMENTARY OF HIGHEST CULTURAL VALUE

KNOWDLEDGE IS THE BEGINNING -
DANIEL BARENBOIM AND THE WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA
Directed by: Paul Smaczny
Germania | 2006

JURI MOTIVATIONS
For being able to transmit the energy of a high level human and artistic enterprise. A movie about the importance of knowledge and culture as instruments to create a community of free men.



SPECIAL MENTION OF THE JURY

MOHAMED KACIMI. FIGURE DI CORPI ABITATI
Directed by: Roberto Meddi e Gioia Magrini
Italia | 2003

JURI MOTIVATIONS
For being able to put us into direct contact with a complete and sensitive artist , engaged in the defense of human and civil rights.