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The resume of the International Rights Film Festival “Steps”-2007
The statistics of the film festival
More than 400 films from over 30 countries of the world have been sent to the address of the festival.
Total amount of the films participating in the festival: 73
- The amount of the feature films: 7
- The amount of the documentaries: 35
- The amount of the short films: 19
- The amount of the animations: 4
- The amount of the music videos: 8
The amount of the films participating in the competitive program: 63
The amount of the films out-of-competition: 10
Total amount of the Ukrainian films: 15
The amount of the Ukrainian films participating in the competitive program: 13
The amount of the Ukrainian films out-of-competition: 2
The amount of the participating countries: 20
Pertinent cinemas: 1 (2 halls)
The amount of viewers: over 10 000
The amount of world premieres:5
More than 80% of the films were demonstrated at first time on the territory of Ukraine.
The Winners of the International Rights Film Festival “Steps”
All winners got the golden statuette of festival "Free thinker"
Nomination “Best feature film”, category “Human rights” – “Execute never pardon”, director Aleksey Kozirev (Russia).
Nomination “Best feature film”, category “Animal rights” – “The story of the guard dog”, director Vladimir Khmelnitskiy (Ukraine).
Nomination “Best documentary”, category “Human rights” – “Grandma and grandpa”, director Gedre Beynorute (Lithuania).
Nomination “Best documentary”, category “Animal rights” – “The Witness”, director James LaVeck (USA).
Nomination “Best documentary”, category “Protection of nature” – film of Al Gore “An Inconvenient Truth”, director Davis Guggenheim (USA).
Nomination “Best short film”, category “Human rights” – “Before dawn”, director Balint Kenyeres (Hungary).
Nomination “Best animation”, category “Protection of nature” – “Delivery”, director Till Nowak (Germany).
Nomination “Best music video”, category “Human rights” – “Following the Sun”, Padi, Indonesia.
Nomination “Best music video”, category “Animal rights” – “Bear”, Sergey Babkin (Ukraine).
Nomination “Best music video”, category “Protection of nature” – “Sweet dreams”, Michael Opolev (Ukraine).
Nomination “Best director work of the documentary” – Arkadiy Kordon, film “This damnable Kolima…” (Russia).
Nomination “Best director work of the short film” – Taras Tomenko, film “Slaughterhouse” (Ukraine).
Special jury prize is awarded to:
Feature film “A place on the Earth”, director Arthur Aristakisyan (Russia).
Short film “Patches of the lilac sun”, director Eugene Bedarev (Russia).
Short film “Resurrection”, director Peter Zabelin (Russia).
Documentary “Animal”, director Angel Mora (Spain).
Documentary “Earthlings”, director Shaun Monson (USA).
Documentary “A lesson of Belorusian”, director M.Dembinski (Poland).
Documentary “Non-violence includes animals”, director Ingrid E. Newkirk (USA).
Special jury prize in nomination “Rights protection activity” is awarded to the following organizations:
WSPA – World Society for the Protection of Animals (Great Britain).
PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Great Britain).
"VITA" - Center for Animal Rights Protection (Russia).
Animal Aid (Great Britain).
VIVA! (Great Britain).
CIWF - Compassion in World Farming (Great Britain).
Special prize for the contribution into rights protecting, nature protecting and peacemaking movement on the Earth is awarded to:
- sir Paul McCartney
- Anna Tchmil (the head of the State Service of Cinematography of Ukraine)
- Yoko Ono
- Brigitte Bardot
- Nikita Jighurda
Special jury prize in nomination “Rights protecting activity” is awarded to:
OTB, the TV-channel, for film “Victims of political repressions” (Ukraine).
Cinema-press club “First, debut, young” (Russia).
Prize of audience sympathy is awarded to:
Film “Azhal”, director Kanagat Mustafin (Kazakhstan).
“Scania”, “Thea” and “VIKO” companies and UNESCO department “Philosophy of human communication” presented prizes for the festival participants.
All participants have received festival diplomas.
We express our gratitude to the Ministry of Tourism and Culture of Ukraine for the help in organization and conducting of the festival. We express our gratitude to Savchenko Boris (the chairman of the National Union of Cinematography of Ukraine) for the help in organization and conducting of the festival.
We express our gratitude to Grechanovskiy Sergey (the director of the Cinema House) for the help in organization and conducting of the festival.
We express our gratitude to Ilona Gansovska (Riga, Latvia) for the organization and conducting of the picture exhibition.
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