The Golden Puffin - RIFF competition category, New Visions
Ulrich Thomsen is the President of the 2011 Jury. He had his
breakthrough with The Celebration (1998), for which he received a
European Film Award nomination for Best Actor. Ulrich more recently
starred in The International with Clive Owen and Duplicity with Julia
Roberts.
Irene Bignardi was the film critic for the Italian daily La repubblica for fifteen years and later the director of the Locarno Film Festival.
Tudor Giurgiu is a Romanian film director. He was the president of the Romanian National Television and is currently the president of the Transilvanian Film Festival.
The Church of
Iceland Award
The Church of
Iceland presents its award for the sixth time this year to one of the films in
the New Visions category.
The Jury:
Sr. Árni Svanur
Daníelsson, project manager and member of Deus ex cinema.
SR . Elína
Hrund Kristjánsdóttir, pastor at Reykhólar and member of Deus ex cinema
Guðni Már
Harðarson, Pastor in Lindakirkja
Margrét Rós
Harðardóttir, Visual Artist
Fipresci Award
Fipresci is an International Federation
of Film Critics. It is active in over fifty countries and presents awards at
numerous films festivals around the world.
The Jury:
Alison
Elizabeth Frank
Nicole Santé
Susanne Schütz
The Best
Icelandic Short - award in the memory of Thor Vilhjalmsson
For the best
short playing in Icelandic Panorama this year, the first grant from the Thor
Vilhjálmsson Fund will be awarded. The Fund was founded by RIFF to honour the
memory of the Icelandic author Thor Vilhjálmsson.
The Jury:
Árni Ólafur
Ásgeirsson, film director
Ásgeir H .
Ingólfsson, critic
Silja
Hauksdóttir, film director
Environmental
Award
RIFF's
Environment Award is presented for the third time to one of the gREENdocs.
The Jury:
Hrönn
Kristinsdóttir, producer
Ósk
Vilhjálmsdóttir, visual artist
Þorfinnur
Guðnason, filmmaker