ARCHIVE / 1969

THIRD INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF RED CROSS AND HEALTH FILMS


Varna, 11 – 20 August 1969


Prize Winners

A. Short and medium-length films

The Gold Ship Grand Prix of the President of the Bulgarian Red Cross: “Pyelonephrite” (FRG)
Grand Prix of the League: “And the Work Goes on…” (Finland)
Gold medals in the tree subgroups: “Relief Operation” (ICRC), “Dura Mater”(Bulgaria), “Heart Functions”(Poland)
Silver medals in the three subgroups: “Absorption”(Canada), “Not Only Gruel”(USSR), “The Child”(Sweden)

B. Full length feature films

Grand Prix: “The Degree of Risk”(USSR)
First Prize - Gold Medal: “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter”(USA)
Prize for the best direction: Leonide Moguy (France)
Prize for the best script: acad. Nikolay Amosov (USSR) and Thomas Reyan (USA)
Prize for the best actor: Boris Livanov (USSR) for his role in “The Degree of Risk”, and Apostol Karamitev (Bulgaria) for “The White Room”
Prize for the best actress: Elizabeth Hartman (USA) for Her role in “A Patch of Blue”

C. Television films on Health subjects

Grand Prix: “Seven Old Men and a Young Girl”(USSR)
Gold Medals in the three subgroups: “Can You Hear Me”(USA), “Why Don’t They Shoot People”(Ireland), “A Day for Playing”(Bulgaria)
Silver Medals in the three subgroups: “Nightmare”(Hungary), “A Case of Drowning”(Czechoslovakia) and “Healthy Teeth and the Care Them”(Yugoslavia)