AWARDS

1985 – Prize for the best studio video production at the 2nd INTERNATIONAL VIDEO BIENNIAL CANKARJEV DOM, Ljubljana

1986 – ZLATA PTICA (GOLDEN BIRD) award for the best youth video production in Slovenia

1987 – Recognition for the video Os zivljenja (Axis of life) at the VIDEO SUSRETI (VIDEO MEETINGS), Sarajevo

1987 – First prize for the video Os zivljenja (Axis of life) at the 3 rd INTERNATIONAL VIDEO BIENNIAL CANKARJEV DOM,

1987 – The film Doma (At home) was selected as being among the 10 most important film-video productions in Yugoslavia in the 1987 at the ALTERNATIVE FILM VIDEO FESTIVAL, Belgrade

1991 – Video Bilokacija (Bilocation) received the first award at the biennial video manifestation VIDEO SUSRETI (VIDEO MEETINGS), Sarajevo

1992 – Video Tri sestre (Three sisters) received the first award at the video manifestation VIDEONALE 5, Bonn, Germany

1993 – Video Zenska, ki nenehno govori ((THE WOMAN WHO CONSTANTLY TALKS) received a special prize for Experiment at the Ballaton TV festival, Hungary

1993 – Video Labirint (LABYRINTH) received the award to produce a new video work at ZKM in Karlsruhe at the manifestation Deutscher Videokunst Preis 1993 (awarded by ZKM/Karlsruhe & SWF/Baden-Baden)

1993 – Video Labirint (LABYRINTH) was nominated for the Video Dance Creation Awarding at the GRAND PRIX VIDEO DANSE manifestation in Paris

1994 – Video Tri sestre (THREE SISTERS) was a SPECIAL JURY AWARD WINNER at the 37.th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

1994 – Video Labirint (LABYRINTH) received first prize for original music composition at the IL COREOGRAFO ELETTRONICO, Napoli, Italy

1995 – Video LUNA 10 received the award at the 38.th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

1995 – Video Rdeci ceveljcki (RED SHOES) received the award Blue Sole at the 10. FESTIVAL TTVV RICCIONE – THEATER, TV, VIDEO, Italy

1995 – Video LUNA 10 received 2 AWARDS, the first award of the festival 1. INTERNATIONALE VIDEO FESTIVAL IN BUENOS AIRES, Argentina and Grzinic/Smid was awarded as the best women video artists of the festival

1996 – Video Zgodba o metulju I. (THE BUTTERFLY STORY I.) has been named a SILVER SOIRE AWARD WINNER at the 39th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, San Francisco, USA

2000– Video O muhah s trznice (ON THE FLIES OF THE MARKET PLACE) received the first award at the Video festival in Nuremberg, Germany.

GRANTS, SPECIAL INVITATIONS, WORKSHOPS

1985 – Realisation of the video TRENUTKI ODLOCITVE (MOMENTS OF DECISION) in the
             Low band studio of the 2nd International Biennial Video CD 85, Ljubljana
1988 – Grant from International Agency U.S.A. to Marina Gržinić for video art research /
             New York,  Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco…/
1989 – A. Šmid, M. Gržinić participated in the INTERNATIONAL VIDEO COLONY (Convention)
            OHRID 89, Ohrid ; realisation of the video project ZED (Thirst)
1990 – A. Šmid, M. Gržinić resident artists at “A Residency on Border Culture” organised by the
             Art  Studio, The Banff Centre for Arts, Banff, Canada; realisation of the video project
             MOSCOW PORTRAITS (Moskovski portreti);
1997 – ZKM residency, production of the interactive CD-rom