2008 / prizes

The jury of professionals, the children’s jury in Antwerp and the children’s jury in Bruges will select the best feature film and best short film of 2008. The jury of professionals will present a distribution award to the best feature film. This film will be distributed by Jekino Distribution. Furthermore, the children’s jury in Bruges will present the Province of West Flanders award. This award consists of a distribution cash prize and will be presented to the film’s distributor. Finally, the audience will have the opportunity to vote for and select the best feature film. The winning film receives an honourable mention.

PRICE OF THE PROFESSIONAL JURY
Best feature film: Hoppet (Petter Naess, Sweden)
Best short film: My happy End (Milen Vitanov, Germany)

PRICES OF THE CHILDREN'S JURIES
JURY ANTWERP
Best feature film: Max Minsky (Anna Justice, Germany).
Best short film: The monstrous Toilet (Het monsterlijk toilet, Simone Van Dusseldorp, The Netherlands)

JURY BRUGES
Best feature film: Maharal (Pavel Jandourek, Czech Republic)
Best short film: Rebelle (Marc Levie, Belgium)

PRICES OF THE AUDIENCE
The price of the audience in Antwerp: Radiopirates (Stig Svendsen, Norway)
The price of the audience in Bruges: Maharal (Pavel Jandourek, Czech Republic)

Six festival awards were made: six unique cowboys, racing on horseback through the prairie. The awards refer to Muybridge’s animal locomotion. Muybridge is often called the father of the motion picture and for this festival, artist Bram Verstraeten has transformed his theory into a cowboy locomotion, referring to the universal ‘cowboys and Indians’ game.