More than 90 productions have been send in for the HEINRICH, the filmfest's audience award for European debut and second films. But only ten can enter the competition.
The prize money of 10.000 Euro is sponsored by Volkswagen Financial Services AG and is equally devided between director and distribution. German subtitling of the participating films is supported by Titelbild, Berlin.
The prize will be awarded on November 15th in the Braunschweig state theatre's big hall.
The ten films in competiotion are:
BAD DAY TO GO FISHING, Director: Alvaro Brechner, Spain/Uruguay 2009
BOLLYWOOD HERO, Director: Diederik Van Rooijen, Netherlands 2009
LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS, Director: Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany 2009
NIGHT OF THE FIGHTER, Director: Dushan Gligorov, Russia 2009
MENSCH KOTSCHIE, Director: Norbert Baumgarten, Germany 2009
BE GOOD (Sois sage), Director: Juliette Garcias, France/Danemark 2008
THE CLOWN (Pa-Ra-Da), Director: Marco Pontecorvo, Italy 2008
THE WISH TREE (Soovide Puu), Director: Liina Paakspuu, Estonia 2008
THE DAMNED UNITED, Director: Tom Hooper, GB 2009
WRONG ROSARY, Director: Mahmut Fazil Coskun, Turkey 2009
More about the films soon in our "programme" section.

