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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Emilio Garcia and Sid Lucero won Best Actor in the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Two actors tied for the first time as the Festival's Best Actor in Thessaloniki International Film Festival 49-year history and it was took home by two Filipinos.

Emilio Garcia and Sid Lucero, lead stars of the indie film “Selda (international title: The Inmate)” was both proclaimed Best Actor during the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival held in Greece, Nov. 23, 2008.

"Selda" is about a young man (Sid) who is imprisoned and develops a close relationship with another prisoner (Emilio).

Paolo Villaluna and Ellen Ramos are co-directors in this film.

Other Winners of the 49th Thessaloniki International Film Festival include:

Best Feature Film Award - Golden Alexander
AAN JA, (Over There)
by Abdolreza Kahani, Iran

Special Jury Award - Silver Alexander
Pescuit Sportiv, (Hooked)
by Adrian Sitaru, Romania / France

Best Director Award
Celina Murga for Una Semana Solos (A Week Alone)
Producers Juan Villegas, Inés Gamarci, Argentina

Best Screenplay Award
Matthew Newton for Three Blind Mice
by Matthew Newton, Producer Ben Davis, Australia

Best Actress Award
ex aequo to Ioana Flora and Maria Dinulescu for Pescuit Sportiv (Hooked)
by Adrian Sitaru, Producers Adrian Sitaru, Marie-Pierre Macia, Juliette Lepoutre, Romania / France

Best Actor Award
ex aequo to Sid Lucero and Emilio Garcia for Selda (The Inmate)
by Ellen Ramos and Paolo Villaluna,
Producer Josephine Saba, Philippines

Artistic Achievement Award
SZABOLCS TOLNAI, for Fövenyóra (Hourglass),
Producers György Durst, Miroslav Mogorovic,
Szabolcs Tolnai, Hungary/Serbia/Montenegro

HUMAN VALUES AWARD
ΤΕΖΑ by Haile Gerima, Germany

THE CINEMA AND THE CITY” AWARD
OF TIME AND THE CITY by Terence Davies, Great Britain

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