Hanna Slak

Vsi verjamemo, da smo dobri, in na tem temelji naša identiteta. Tudi Hanna Slak gradi odnose med materjo in sinom na tej premisi ter pri tem spretno uporablja moč simbolizma. Ta dviga pripoved na višjo raven ekspresivnosti in dokazuje talent režiserke, ki je zmožna pritegniti gledalca v življenja svojih junakov.

Hanna Slak je s pomočjo slovenskih koproducentov Mihe Černeca in Jožka Rutarja v nemškem prostoru in z nemškimi igralci ustvarila izvrstno intimno dramo o materi in sinu, o potlačenih in neizrečenih stvareh, ki čakajo, da privrejo na plano.

angleško: The movie is about mother love, difficulties of generations, of communication, mourning work and finding together in rough surroundings.

tretja nagrada Živojina Žike Pavlovića hrvaško: Rediteljka Hanna Slak napravila je film u maniru uzbudljivog trilera. Zasnovana na istinitim događajima iz dva rata na našem podneblju ova potresna priča ukazuje na to da se tragični događaji nažalost ponavljaju.

angleško: With a precise audiovisual language, El Minero is a work of great narrative rigor. Effective in its structure and with great testimonial value.

Nagrada žirije MicroCosmo - žirija zapornikov iz Verone angleško: Faced with the truth, one cannot hide, in the historical evidence as in the individual experiences that determine it. Knowledge with awareness does not allow for loopholes, on pain of inner suffering; a need for pacification emerges even accepting the price of disadvantages in the immediate. It is a path that begins with recognition of the victims. They wait to be honored, recognized in their dignity. This film leads to linger on the unsolved matters carried inside for some time, both as individuals and as a community. We need to explore our own private wars in order to develop our conscience and put ourselves on the line to build peace: this is liberation. In Rudar, the father's sense of human and emotional responsibility is renewed and takes on new forms in the social commitment of a daughter. And right there, they recognize each other. The path of consciousness from interiority leads to constructive action, for a possible new beginning.

Posebna nagrada Casse Rurale Vallagarine za najboljši film o Alpah. angleško: From the bowels of the mountains emerge individual and collective stories that open up old wounds, in a land that has never dealt with its history. The mountain becomes a therapy for pain and a source of redemption.

Častna diploma nagrade za mir

Hana Slak je pretresljivo zgodbo o rudarju, ki se kot neke vrste novodobna Antigona bori za dostojen pokop žrtev povojnih pobojev, podala z izjemno mero pripovednega občutka. Njen film tako odlikujejo odličen ritem, spretna dramaturška konstrukcija, učinkovita raba glasbenih vložkov in seveda tudi delo z igralci, ki jim je brez velikih besed uspelo pokazati, da so mali posamezniki praviloma največji ljudje.

Za najboljši izbor filmov.

Režiserka kaže svojevrstno senzibilnost, talent za domiselno montažo in kreativen pristop k zvoku, skozi katerega gradi specifično atmosfero, ki daje filmu neobičajen pečat.