Festival
Jury’s Calpurnia Grand Prize:
Em Fuga (Portugal/France/USA, 1999), by Bruno de Almeida
Jury
Special Mention:
Mundo Grúa (Argentina, 1999), by Pablo Trapero
Calpurnia
Award for Best European Film:
Get Real (Great Britain, 1999), by Simon Shore
AEC
Award for Best Direction of Photography:
Le Temps Retrouvé (France/Italy, 1999), by Raoul Ruiz
People’s
Choice Calpurnia Award:
Get Real (Great Britain, 1999), by Simon Shore
Calpurnia
Award for Best Short Film:
X2000 (France, 1999), by François Ozon
Short
Films Jury Special Mention:
Los Díaz Felices (Spain, 1999), by Chiqui Carbante,
and Humdrum (Great Britain, 1999), by Peter Peake
Canal
+ Film People’s Choice Award for Short Film:
Uma história de futebol (Brazil, 1999), by Paulo Matchline
Eixo
Atlántico Award for Short Films:
14 segundos e um tico, no caminho para a escola (Portugal,
1999), by Marco Martins
TRIBUTES
A
TRIBUTE TO FERNANDO ARRIBAS
One of the most prestigious directors of photography in Spanish
cinema. Ourense Film Festival paid him a tribute with the
occassion of his presence at the longlegth films jury. A selection
of the films he cinematographed was part of this tribute:
• Divinas
palabras / Divine words
(Spain, 1987), by José Luis García Sánchez
• La
casa de Bernarda Alba / The house of Bernarda Alba
(Spain, 1987), by Mario Camus
• Tirano
Banderas / Banderas the Tyrant
(Spain, 1993), by José Luis García Sánchez
• Memorias
del ángel caído / Memories of the fallen angel
(Spain, 1997), by Fernando Cámara & David Alonso
A
TRIBUTE TO MANUEL MUR OTI
Keeping
the tradition of this Festival in paying tributes to Galician
cinema professionals, this year the figure of Manuel Mur Oti,
who was born in Vigo, was recovered. He was one of the most
personal and polemical film directors in Spanish cinema. The
tribute included the edition of a book — which was co-ordinated
by José Luis Castro de Paz and Jaime Pena —, and
the projection of several of his most representative works:
• Cielo
negro / Black Sky
(Spain, 1951)
• Orgullo
/ Pride
(Spain, 1955)
• Fedra
(Spain, 1956)
• Morir...
Dormir... Tal vez soñar / To die... To sleep... Perchance
a dream
(Spain, 1976)
