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Festival Awards at the 2004 Palm Springs Festival who wrapped last Sunday January 20th

The New Voices/New Visions Award - Pablo Berger for TORREMOLINOS 73

The FIPRESCI International Critics Award for the Best Official ForeignLanguage Film of 2003 - THE RETURN, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev

The John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature or Documentary – to Yann Samuell for LOVE ME IF YOU DARE

The Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature Film - PAPER CLIPS, by Joe Fab and Elliot Berlin

The Audience Choice Award for Best Narrative Feature Film - THE BEST OF YOUTH, by Marco Tullio Giordana
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
TOP 5 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES
1) Paper Clips (USA, Dir. Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab)
2) Queen of the Gypsies: A Portrait of Carmen Amaya (USA, Dir. Jocelyn Ajami)
3) Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (USA, Dir. Richard Schickel)
4) My Architect (USA, Dir. Nathaniel Kahn)
5) The Story of the Weeping Camel (Mongolia, Dir. Byambasuren Davaa Luigi
Falorni)

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
TOP 30 NARRATIVE FEATURES
1) Best of Youth (Italy, Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana)
2) Beat the Drum (South Africa, Dir. David Hickson)
3) Rosenstrasse (Germany, Dir. Margarethe von Trotta)
4) The Twilight Samurai (Japan, Dir. Yoji Yamada)
5) Bonjour Monsieur Shlomi (Israel, Dir. Shemi Zarhin)
6) Latter Days (USA, Dir. C. Jay Cox)
7) Dekada 70 (Philippines, Dir. Chito S Rono)
8) Father and Sons (France, Dir. Michel Boujenah)
9) Captive (Argentina, Dir. Gaston Biraben)
10) Paper Dove (Peru, Dir. Fabrizio Aguilar)
11) The Snow Walker (Canada, Dir. Charles Martin Smith)
12) This Little Life (UK, Dir. Sarah Gavron)
13) Evil (Sweden, Dir. Mikael Hafstrom)
14) Elina (Finland, Dir. Klaus Haro)
15) I’m Not Scared (Italy, Dir. Gabrielle Salvatores)
16) The Barbarian Invasions (Canada, Dir. Denys Arcand)
17) Valentin (Argentina, Dir. Alejandro Agresti)
18) Facing Window (Italy, Dir. Ferzan Ozpetek)
19) The Miracle of Bern (Germany, Dir. Sönke Wortmann)
20) Afterlife (Scotland, Dir. Alison Peebles)
21) Off the Map (USA, Dir. Campbell Scott)
22) Twin Sisters (Netherlands, Dir. Ben Sombogaart)
23) El Alamein: The Line of Fire (Italy, Dir. Enzo Monteleone)
24) Moi Cesar (France, Dir. Richard Berry)
25) The Assassinated Sun (Algeria, Dir. Abdelkrim Bahloul)
26) Love Me If You Dare (France, Dir. Yann Samuell)
27) Fuse (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dir. Pjer Zalica)
28) Torremolinos 73’ (Spain, Dir. Pablo Berger)
29) Chouchou (France, Dir. Mezzak Allouache)
30) Japanese Story (Australia, Dir. Sue Brooks)