Awards for 2016
Audience Award
Best Film
WINNER
Aurora Award
WINNER
Heart of a Dog: Laurie Anderson
"This film is a masterpiece of light and music, and poses many questions while leaving you inspired to pursue freedom in your own way."
IN-COMPETITION
Norwegian Peace Film Award
Peace Film Award
WINNER
Democrats: Camilla Nielsson
"The film shows in an encouraging way the challenging process of writing a new Zimbabwean constitution on the basis of a fundamental democratic approach. (...) With a unique trust and an impressive behind-the-scenes access, the filmmakers bring the audience side by side with representatives from the opposing parties in the constitutional writing process."
FIPRESCI Prize
WINNER
Anomalisa: Duke Johnson,
Charlie Kaufman
"This film's masterful use of animation both acutely represents the protagonist's alienation, and forces us to view the everyday with fresh eyes."
Don Quixote Award
WINNER
The Academy of Muses: José Luis Guerín
"A perceptive, emotional and often very funny work that explores but also blurs the lines between fact and fiction, art and life, truth and hypothesis, this is a film that is thought-provoking, playful, seductive and in every way surprising."