The 3rd Olympia International Film for Children & Young People was held in Pyrgos, from December 2 to 9, 2000. Within the framework of the Festival there were Nikos Koundouros and Valery Priemykhof retrospectives, as well as an art exhibition entitled «Children in Greece of 2000»

INTERNATIONAL JURY AWARDS

Best Feature Film: «Maternal Love» by Kamal Tabrizi - Iran

Best Short Film: «Ghobi and God» by Vaggelis Maderakis - USA

Best Feature Film Direction: «Who else If Not Us? » by Valery Priemykhof - Russia

Best Feature Film Screenplay: Ulf Stark for the film «Tsatsiki, Mom and the Policeman» by Ella Lemhagen - Sweden

Best Child Actors in a Feature Film: shared by Yevgeni Krainov for the film «Who else If Not Us? » by Valery Priemykhov - Russia, and Houssein Soleimani, for the film «Maternal Love» by Kamal Tabrizi - Iran

Best Original Music for a Feature Film: Dimitris Papadimitriou for the soundtrack in the film «Fading Llight», by Vassilis Douros - Greece

SPECIAL MENTION

Best Animated Film: «At the Ends of the Earth» by Konstantin Bronzit - France

Best Documentary: « Holiday for Orphan» by Galina Adamovitch - Byelorussia

For the film «Sophie’s World» by Eric Gustavson - Denmark, Norway, Sweden, for the adaptation of the internationally acclaimed novel of the same name, to an extremely educational film

For Thea Sofie Rusten and Jian Tore Kristoffersen for the film «Only Clouds Move the Stars» by Torun Lian - Norway

The film «Some Birds Can’t Fly» by Petar Lalovich, Yugoslavia

The film «The Girl in the Sneakers» by Rassul Sadr Ameli, Iran

The film «Scratches in the Table» by Ineke Hutman, Holland

CHILDREN’S JURY AWARDS

Best Feature Film: «Only Clouds Move the Stars» by Torun Lian - Norway

Best Short Film: «No stress» by Jean-Luc Goossens - Belgium