Statement of the Jury:
“The Band’s Visit” unfolds its little but universal story with a lot of warmth and fine humour. It tells about different kinds of friendship and loneliness which people of different religions and political systems feel about the same way, and it tells about the universal call to care for other people.
For the Alexandrian Ceremonial Orchestra, a band from Egypt on a visit to Israel, ending up by mistake in a small village in the desert is a kind of catastrophe. But for them and the Israeli inhabitants – and, first of all, for the viewers of the film -, the day and the night they spend there becomes a strong, liberating and entertaining experience.
In addition, the jury awards a Commendation to
Mutum (Mute)
by Sandra Kogut, Brasil/France 2007
Statement of the Jury:
Full of maternal love and tenderness as well as little and simple human desires, “Mutum” gives hope for families living in their limited world by opening a window into the universe of possibilities.
Members of the Jury:
Achim Forst
Author and journalist, editor at the 3sat German television station, Germany
Tetyana Kulykivska
Journalist, script writer and actress, member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Journalists, Publishers and Broadcasters “Novomedia”, Ukraine
Sakarias (Jaan) Leppik
Priest of the Orthodox Curch of Estonia and author of Estonian Broadcasting, Estonia
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