Bratislava International Film Festival

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Bratislava International Film Festival
Location Bratislava, Slovakia
Established1999

The Bratislava International Film Festival (also known as Bratislava IFF) is an international film festival established in 1999 and held annually in Bratislava, Slovakia.

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Apart from the international competition programme, it also regularly features renowned authors' film retrospectives, a European film program, independent film programmes and various theme programmes.

Awards

Awards are presented in the following categories:

Award winners

Grand Prix

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country
1999 The Red Dwarf Le nain rouge Yvan Le Moine Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2000 Ratcatcher Lynne Ramsay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
2001 Daughters of the Sun دختران خورشید Maryam Shahriar Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
2002 Japan Japón Carlos Reygadas Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
2003 Bored in Brno Nuda v Brně Vladimír Morávek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
2004 Or (My Treasure) Or (Mon trésor) Keren Yedaya Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
2005 The Cave of the Yellow Dog Die Höhle des gelben Hundes Byambasuren Davaa Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia , Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2006 4:30 Royston Tan Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
2007 Blind Mountain Mang shan Li Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2008 Mid-August Lunch Pranzo di ferragosto Gianni Di Gregorio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2009The Day God Walked AwayLe jour où Dieu est parti en voyage Philippe Van Leeuw Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
2010 The Four Times Le Quattro Volte Michelangelo Frammartino Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
2011 Las Acacias Pablo Giorgelli Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
2012 The Towrope La Sirga William Vega Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2013 Class Enemy Razredni sovražnik Rok Biček Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2014 Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger, Samuel Theis Flag of France.svg  France
2015 Land and Shade La tierra y la sombra César Augusto Acevedo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
2016 Tramontane Vatche Boulghourjian Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon ,Flag of France.svg  France ,Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar ,Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
2017 Men Don't Cry Muškarci ne plaču Alen Drljević Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina ,Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia ,Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia ,Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

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