International Jury

Mercedes Álvarez
Born in 1966, Mercedes Álvarez is a graduate from Barcelona’s Universidad Pompeu Fabra. She has been teaching there since 1998. She was the editor of José Luis Guerín’s documentary En Construction (2001). She has shot the short film El Viento Africano in 1997 and the feature documentary El Cielo Gira (Le Ciel tourne) in 2004, Grand prize Cinéma du Réel 2005, distributed in France by ID distribution.

Sabine Lancelin
Born in 1959, cinematographer, Sabine Lancelin worked, among others, with Manoel De Oliveira (Je rentre à la maison, O Quinto Impero), Chantal Akerman (La Captive, Demain on déménage), Philippe Grandrieux (Sombre), Michel Piccoli (La Plage noire, Ce n’est pas tout à fait la vie dont j’avais rêvé).
She also worked on numerous documentary films, including jérôme Prieur’s Le Réveil d’Apollon (2004) and Chantal Akerman’s Avec Sonia Atherton (2003).

Oussama Mohammad
Born in 1954, Oussama Mohammad is a graduate from Moscow’s VGIK. After his short films Today and everyday (1981) et Step by Step (1978), He shot the feature length fiction films Stars in Broad daylight (1988, Cannes The Filmmakers Fortnight) and Sacrifices (2002, Cannes Un certain regard). He has also co-written Mohammad Malas’ The Night (1992) and co-filmd, with Omar Amiralay and Mohammad Malas, the documentaries Light and Shadows (1994) and Mouddarres (1996).

Jacques Deschamps
Born in 1956, graduated from Idhec, Jacques Deschamps has shot six short films and a dozen documentary films including: La Ville d’Hugo (1986), Le Regard ébloui (1987), L’Espace d’un regard (1988), Canova mutilé (1992), Assise vers 1300 (2002) and Paris 1824 (2003). He has shot two feature length fiction films: Méfie-toi de l’eau qui dort (1996, primé à Venise) et La Fille de son père (2001) and a documented fiction, Don Quichotte ou les mésaventures d’un homme en colère (2005).

Adriano Aprà
The founder in 1967 of Cinema & Film magazine, Adriano Aprà was the director of Pesaro festival, and of the Italian Cineteca Nazionale. He teaches cinema at Rome’s university. André Bazin’s translator and a specialist of Roberto Rossellini cinema, he was an actor for Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huilllet (Fortini/Cani, Othon). He has shot, among other films, Rossellini visto da Rossellini (1992) and published a great number of book on cinema, including, for the centre Pompidou : Korean Cinema (1993), Naples and the cinema (with Jean A.Gili, 1994). His book Roberto Rossellini, la télévision comme utopie was publushed byr les Cahiers du Cinéma et l’Auditorium du Louvre en 2001.

The international jury will award

Cinéma du Réel Grand Prize, with the support of la Procirep, 8 000 euros.
Scam International Award, 4 600 euros.
Best Short Film Award, 2 500 euros.
Joris Ivens Award, 2 500 euros.