Programme Sections and Awards
FESTIVAL AWARDS
The Silver Mirror Award for Best Film in Competition
The Silver Mirror is Film from the South's award. A jury consisting of three persons select a winner among the films in the festival's main Competition. The prize money consisting of 100,000 NOK goes to Norwegian import of the film, and is granted by Film & Kino.
FIPRESCI Award for best film in New Horizons
The FIPRESCI Award is an international critics award selected by three jurors. The jury is approved by the Norwegian Film Critics Association and FIPRESCI International. The winning film is guaranteed support for DVD import and launching. The Norwegian company Platekompaniet will account for the distribution of the winner in this section.
Dok:Sør for best film in the Documentary Competition
The award goes to the best film in the Documentary Competition. Dok:Sør is Films from the South's documentary award. A three-person jury select a winner, which receives Norwegian DVD distribution through Sherpa Distribution.
The NRK Audience Award
All films screened during the Films from the South festival compete for the NRK Audience Award. Voting takes place through Films from South web site. The winner will be acquired for programming at the TV channel NRK, and will be screened on national norwegian television during the following year. The prize is valued at NOK 75,000.
PROGRAMME SECTIONS
Competition 14 features in competition for The Silver Mirror Award.
New Horizons 13 features or documentaries by first or second-time directors. The films compete for the FIPRESCI prize.
Dok:Sør 12 documentaries competing for the Doc:Sør award.
The Critical Room Documentaries and seminars that present current international challenges.
Retrospectives Highlights great artists of world cinema. In 2010 the complete list of restored films by World Cinema Foundation were screened, in 2009 retrospectives on Hiokazu Kore-eda, Carlos Reygadas and Cuban cinema. In 2006 the festival screened the complete works of Abbas Kiarostami, in 2007 a selection of works by Filmphotographer Mark Lee Ping Bing.
