The Jury of the Festival de Cinema Politic 2006 was composed by director Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland), producer Paco Poch (Spain), director Alain Guiraudie (France), actress Aina Clotet (Spain) and writer Flavia Company (Argentina).

Awards of the second Festival de Cinema Politic:

Best Feature Film:
Sleeper (Germany/Austria) by Benjamin Heisenberg

Special Jury Mention:
Gypo (UK) by Jan Dunn

Best Short Film:
Mardi matin, quelque part (Canada) by Hélène Belanger-Martin

Audience Award:
The right of the weakest (France/Belgium) by Lucas Belvaux.

International Competition - Feature Films  

Come into the light - Alla luce del sole - Itàlia – 2005 – 90 min
Director: Roberto Faenza.
Cast: Luca Zingaretti, Alessia Goria, Corrado Fortuna
Go west – Bosnia – 2005 – 97 min
Director: Ahmed Imamovic.
Cast: Mario Drmac, Tarik Filipovic, Rade Serbedzija
Gypo – Regne Unit – 2005 – 97 min
Director: Jan Dunn
Cast: Pauline McLynn, Chloe Sirene, Paul McGann, Rula Lenska
Sleeper – Schläfer - Àustria/Alemanya - 2005 - 100 min
Director: Benjamin Heisenberg
Cast: Bastien Trost, Mehdi Nebbou, Loretta Pflaum
The call of the toad - Wrózby Kumaka – Polònia – 2005 – 94 min
Director: Robert Glinski
Cast: Krystyna Janda, Mathias Habich, Dorothea Walda
The gaze – Negah - Iran/França – 2006 – 93 min
Director: Sepideh Farsi.
Cast: Hamid-Reza Danechvar, Fariba Kowsari, Behnaz Jafari
The right of the weakest - La raison du plus faible - França/Bèlgica – 2006 - 116 min - OPENING FILM
Director : Lucas Belvaux.
Cast: Lucas Belvaux, Eric Caravaca, Claude Semal

International Competition - Short Films

Ieri - Itàlia – 2006 – 11 min
Director: Luca Scivoletto
Lucia y las cosas - Argentina – 2005 – 15 min
Director: Paula Abramovich Gullco & Andres Riva
Mardi matin, quelque part - Canadà – 2005 – 6 min
Director: Hélène Belanger-Martin
Offside - Israel – 2006 – 7 min
Director: Erez Tadmor & Guy Nattiv
Smile by order - Ucraïna – 2006 – 7 min
Director: Dmitry Nepochatov
Sur - Espanya – 2005 – 11 min
Director: Manuel Garcia Roman
United we stand - Estats Units – 2005 – 12 min
Director: Rick Floyd

Images of the World

En la piel de Jacques Chirac - Dans la peau de Jacques Chirac - França – 2006 – 90 min
Director: Karl Zero + Michel Royer
Cast: Jacques Chirac, François Mitterand, Nicolas Sarkozy
Garpastum - Rússia – 2005 – 116 min
Director: Alexsey Guerman Jr.
Cast: Yevgeni Pronin, Danil Kozlovsky, Dmitri Vladimirov
Hostage – Omiros - Grècia/Turquia – 2005 – 100 min
Director: Constantine Giannaris
Cast: Statis Papadopoulos, Theodora Tzimou, Yannis Stankoglou
Looking for comedy in the Muslim world - Estats Units – 2005 – 98 min - CLOSING FILM
Director: Albert Brooks
Cast: Albert Brooks, John Carroll Lynch, Sheetal Shet
Reefer Madness - Estats Units / Alemanya – 2005 – 109 min
Director: Andy Fickman
Cast: Kristen Bell, Christian Campbell, Alan Cumming, Neve Campbell
Solidarnosc, solidarnosc... – Polònia - 2005 – 113 min
Director: Andrzej Wajda, Feliks Falk, Krzysztof Zanussi, Juliusz Machulski, Andrzej Jakimowski, Jan Jacub Kolski, Filip Bajon, Jerzy Domaradzki, Piotr Trzaskalski, Robert Glinski, Jacek Bromski, Ryszard Bugajski, Malgorzata Szumowska
Cast: Lech Walesa, Krystyna Janda, Marek Kondrat
The Europeans - Les Européens – França – 2005 – 99 min
Director: Jasmin Dizdar, Saara Saarela, Solveig Anspach, Gerard Stembridge, Emmanuel Finkiel
Cast: Michael Prelle, Alice Dwyer, Anna Fischer
Time has come - Voici venu le temps – França – 2005 – 96 min
Director: Alain Guiraudie
Cast: Eric Bougnon, Guillaume Viry, Pierre Louis-Calixte
Winter soldier – 1972 – Estats Units – 95 min - documental
Director: Winterfilm Collective (19 directors americans)
Zozo – Suècia – 2005 – 103 min
Director: Josef Fares
Cast: Imad Creidi, Antoinette Turk, Elias Gergi, Carmen Lebbos

Tribute to István Szabó

Colonel Redl - Oberst Redl - 1985 – 144 min
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Hans Christian Blech, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mephisto - 1981 – 144 min
Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer, Krystyna Janda, Ildikó Bánsági
Relatives – Rokonok - 2006 – 109 min
Cast: Sándor Csányi, Ildikó Tóth, Erika Maroszán
Sunshine - 1999 – 181 min
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle
Taking Sides - 2001 – 108 min
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu
The father – Apa - 1966 – 98 min
Cast: András Bálint, Miklós Gábor, Dániel Erdély

Invited Country: Poland

Ashes and Diamonds - Popiól i diament – 1958 - 95 min
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyzewska, Waclaw Zastrzezynski
Austeria – 1983 - 102 min
Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Cast: Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska, Wojciech Standello
Camouflage - Barwy ochronne – 1976 - 96 min
Director: Krzysztof Zanussi
Cast: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul-Podlasky
Chance – Przypadek – 1981 - 122 min
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Death like a crumb of bread - Smierc jak kromka chleba – 1994 - 116 min
Director: Kazimierz Kutz
Cast: Mariusz Benoit, Roman Jasinski, Roman Gancarczyk
Escape from Liberty Cinema – Ucieczka z kina “Wolnosc” – 1990 - 87 min
Director: Wojciech Marczewski
Cast: Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska
Hands up! - Rece do góry – 1967 - 76 min
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Cast: Bogumil Kobiela, Alan Bates, Joanna Szczerbic
Man of Iron - Czlowiek z zelaza – 1981 - 147 min
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania
Man of Marble - Czlowiek z marmuru – 1976 - 156 min
Director: Andrzej Wajda
Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Lomnicki
Mother of the Kings - Matka Królów – 1982 - 127 min
Director: Janusz Zaorski
Cast: Magda Teresa Wójcik, Bozena Stryjkówna, Janusz Dziubinski
Passenger – Pasazerka – 1963 - 60 min
Director: Andrzej Munk, Witold Lesiewicz
Cast: Aleksandra Slaska, Anna Ciepielewska, Jan Kreczmar
Pearl In the Crown - Perla w koronie – 1971 - 111 min
Director: Kazimierz Kutz
Cast: Franciszek Pieczka, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Lucja Kowolik
Sauna – 1992 - 92 min
Director: Filip Bajon
Cast: Henryk Bista, Piotr Machalica, Marek Kondrat
Shivers – Dreszcze – 1981 - 101 min
Director: Wojciech Marczewski
Cast: Tomasz Hudziec, Teresa Marczewska, Zdzislaw Wardejn
The interrogation - Przesluchanie – 1982 - 111 min
Director: Ryszard Bugajski
Cast: Krystyna Janda, Adam Ferency, Janusz Gajos

Short Films

1 Tapez 2 - França – 2001 – 4 min - animació
Director: Patrick Volve
Aluap - Argentina – 1998 – 17 min
Director: Hernan Belon & Tatiana Mereñuk
B is for bomb - Sud-àfrica /Estats Units – 2005 – 10 min
Director: Carey Mc Kenzie
Bellum Letale - Estats Units / Polònia – 2002 – 1 min
Director: Jacek J. Kolasinski
Black day to freedom – Regne Unit – 2005 – 4 min - animació
Director: Rob Chiu
Burka Boogie Woogie - Països Baixos – 2006 – 5 min - animació
Director: Sietske Tjallingli
Civitas – Estats Units/ Polònia – 2004 – 7 min
Director: Jacek J. Kolasinski
Dark Night - Israel – 2005 – 30 min
Director: Leon Prudowski
Debout les frileux de la Terre - França – 2003 – 12 min
Director: Christophe Le Borgne
Der Große Duden - Estats Units / Polònia – 2001 – 1 min
Director: Jacek J. Kolasinski
Double crossin little rat! - França – 2005 – 3 min
Director: Patrick Volve
Get the rabbit back - Bulgària – 2005 – 7 min
Director: Mitovski & Kalev
Gevurah – Estats Units/ Polònia – 2002 – 1 min
Director: Jacek J. Kolasinski
La révolution des crabes - França – 2005 – 5 min – animació
Director: Arthur de Pins
Les oiseaux en cage ne peuvent pas voler - França – 2000 – 3min – animació
Director: Luis Briceno
Liberté Conditionnelle - Canadà – 2005 – 10 min
Director: Constant Mentzas
Ministry Messiah - Letònia – 2005 – 3 min – animació
Director: Gints Apsits
Riza Kaptan - Suïssa/Turquia – 2005 – 10 min
Director: Tolga Dilsiz
Saddam Hussein is alive and well and he lives in Brussels - Bèlgica – 2005 – 7 min
Director: Jean-Marie Buchet
Solidarity - Estats Units – 2005 – 22 min
Director: Joan Stein
The invisible grand machine - França – 2006 – 4 min
Director: Luis Briceno & Anna Recalde Miranda
Un beau matin - França – 2005 – 13 min - animació
Director: Serge Avedikian
Versus - França – 2005 – 6 min - animació
Director: François Caffiaux, Romain Noel, Thomas Salas
Virgin red – Estats Units/Suïssa – 2005 – 9 min
Director: Edouard Getaz
Yellow Ox Mountain - Estats Units/Xina – 2006 – 27 min
Director: Miao Wang

Guest Directors

István Szabó, Jan Dunn, Mehdi Nebbou (actor), Robert Glinski, Sepideh Farsi, Lucas Belvaux, Karl Zero, Michel Royer, Jacek J. Kolasinski.