Award Winners 2009
Award winners 2009
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INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Jury: Asitha Ameresekere, Chris Bohn, Jing Haase, Urszula Skassa, Pim Zwier
Hamburg Short Film Award
International Competition Jury Award
Endowed with EUR 3.000,-
Lost World
Gyula Nemes, Hungary 2008, 20:05 min., documentary
Jury statement: Within the flow of a repetitive rehearsal we pass through many layers. A local community is washed away by a tide of change. The rhythm of life correlates to the rhythm of the editing and the grain of the film.
The director’s use of his cameras’ mechanical flaws adds to the texture of the images, evoking passing worlds being replaced by the new.
François-Ode-Award
Jury Award for special humanitarian expression
Endowed with EUR 1.500,-
The wooden Carpet
Abdolrahman Mirani, Iran 2008, 19:15 min., documentary
Jury statement: The François Ode Award goes to a film that in a poetic way tells a story of a seemingly impossible task being accomplished through a herculian shared effort of an entire community.
In a direct registration, filmmaker Abdolrahman Mirani’s film follows the construction of a bridge.
International Competition Audience Award
International Competition Audience Award
Endowed with EUR 1.500,-
Kings of London
Sean Conway, England 2008, 24:15 min., short fiction
NO BUDGET COMPETITION
Jury: George Barber, Neil Beloufa, Jared Katsiane
NoBudget Jury Award
NoBudget Jury Award
Endowed with EUR 2.000,-
Black and White Trypps Number Three
Ben Russel, USA 2007, 11:55 min, experimental documentary
Jury statement: We chose Black & White Trypps (No 3) by Ben Russell unanimously for its intensity, simplicity and hypnotic qualities. The one shot gave a feeling of a tribal ritual where people are lost in their own needs and dreams beyond society. The young crowd are intimate yet simultaneously miles apart.
Special Mentions
Herspace
Ina Wudtke, Germany 2008, 12:58 min., experimental film
Jury statement: For its satire and ambiguous view of DJ-ing.
Painting Paradise
Barbara Hlali, Germany 2008, 5:30 min., experimental film
Jury statement: For its strange reinventing of typical Baghdad news footage.
Oracle
Sebastian Diaz Morales, Netherlands/Argentinia 2007, 11:30 min., experimental film
Jury statement: For its pure visual quality and non-verbal strength.
NoBudget Audience Award
NoBudget Audience Award
Endowed with EUR 1.500,-
Muto
BLU, Italia/Argentinia 2008,
6:52 min., animation film
GERMAN COMPETITIONS
Jury: Katharina Dufner, Torsten Frehse, Heiner Ross
German Competition Jury Award
Natural American Spirit Audience Award
Hamburg Competition Jury Award
Hamburg Audience Award presented by Pilsner Urquell
German Competition
German Competition Jury Award
Endowed with EUR 2.000,-
The death of one
Patrick Doberenz und Philipp Enders, Germany 2009, 31:00 min., documentary
Jury statement: An innovative examination of the process of dying and all it entails in a visually abstract and aesthetically well-presented environment. Captured from a special angle, the film manages to strip off cultural conventions and tells the story with great sympathy for its characters - gripping and with great emotional density. Going beyond traditional narrative techniques and false sentimentality, this film puts the protagonist to bed with a pick-axe and shovel.
Natural American Spirit Audience Award
Natural American Spirit Audience Award
Endowed EUR 1.500,- sponsored by Natural American Spirit
Fly
Piotr J. Lewandowski, Germany 2009, 26:00 min., short fiction
Hamburg Competition
Hamburg Competition Jury Award
Dotiert mit EUR 2.000,-
Wagah
Supriyo Sen, Germany 2009, 12:00 min., documentary
Jury statement: "Wagah" is a parable on the absurdity of artificial borders and the resulting separation of neighbours and relatives. Through a daily ceremony, Indians and Pakistanis take over Wagah as a political space and absurdify reality in a performative transformational act.
The film explores the almost surreal event from both sides of the border and adds a layer of irony and profound political insight. Wagah is great cinema!
Hamburg Audience Award
Hamburg Audience Award presented by Pilsner Urquell
Endowed with EUR 1.500,- sponsored by Pilsner Urquell
Wagah
Supriyo Sen, Germany 2009, 12:00 min., documentary
THREE-MINUTE QUICKIE COMPETITION
Audience Award Three-Minute Quickie 2009 - Human error
Endowed with EUR 1.000,-
The Other One In Heaven
Philipp Hartmann, Germany 2009, 3:00 min., documentary
arte-SHORTFILM AWARD
arte-Shortfilm Award
6000 Euros - acquisition of screening rights and broadcast as part of the short film programme on arte.
Jury: Sabine Brantus
Jerrycan
Julius Avery, Australia 2008, 13:15 min., short fiction
Jury statement: This Australian short film examines the subject of growing up with extraordinary simplicity and precision. Ties amongst men, tests of courage and existential decisions are brilliantly mastered by young actors, underlined by visual and acoustic strength, which makes „Jerrycan“ a special cineastic delight.
ZDFdokukanal-AWARD
Prize for the best documentary
1000 Euros - acquisition of screening rights and a broadcast on ZDFdokukanal.
Jury: Andrea Windisch, Angelika Hoffmann
Cuddling with Politicians
Christian 3 Rooosen, Germany 2008, 4:51 min., experimental documentary
Jury statement: Never have politicians been closer to the citizens, never caresses so public and somehow sticky. Christian 3 Rooosen brings together what belongs together but is actually rarely combined, at least, not in this particular way and in public: politicians and voters. Christian 3 Rooosen has showered the world with love. Cuddling with Politicians – a witty concept and a touching film!
MUSIC in a SHORTFILM AWARD
Jury: Bryony McIntyre, Sylvia Prahl, Anton Waldt
MUSIC in a SHORTFILM Award National
MUSIC in a SHORTFILM Award International
MUSIC in a SHORTFILM Award National
MUSIC in a SHORTFILM Award National
Sponsored by the Gema-Foundation and presented by RockCity Hamburg e.V., endowed with EUR 2.000,-
Six Apartments
Sound design/Director: Reynold Reynolds
Germany 2008, 12:34 min, experimental documentary
Jury statement:
The German ‘Music in shorts’ Award goes to Reynold Reynolds for the sound design of ‘Six Apartments’. The soundtrack intensifies the atmospheric images and offers new meaning, expanding the range of interpretations.
MUSIC in a SHORTFILM-Award International
MUSIC in a SHORTFILM-Award International
sponsored by the Gema-Foundation presented by RockCity Hamburg e.V. endowed with EUR 2.000,-
Running Sushi
Sound design: Andreas Berger
Directors: Mara Mattuschka/Chris Haring, Austria 2008, 28:00 min, experimental film
Jury statement: The international ‘Music in shorts’ Award goes to Andreas Berger for the sound design of ‘Running Sushi’, as the soundtrack competes with the actors and eventually gets the upper hand in giving meaning to the action, adding a further level of interpretation.
MO&FRIESE CHILDREN'S SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
The 11th Mo&Friese Children's ShortFilmFestival, which takes place in the course of the International ShortFilmFestival Hamburg, has ended on 7 June 2008 with its awards in the zeise cinema.
Two prices has been awarded: the Friese-Award for the films of the programmes 4+ and 6+ and the Mo-Award for the films of the programmes 9+ and 12+. Both one are worth EUR 1.250,-.
Friese-Award
Jury: Lilli Beyer, Flora Catharina Engel, Ben Himmelmann, Anton Matthäi und Benita Schuett
Jury Award
Endowned with EUR 1.250,-
sponsored by Springer Bio-Backwerk
Rif (Das Riff)
Eric Steegstra, Netherlands 2008, 12:00 mins, animation film
Jury statement: WOW! Great! Eric Steegstra’s movie ‚Rif’ is particularly exciting and well designed. It must have been very difficult to create the whole thing from fabric. Everything looks authentic, the puppets seem so real, you can empathise with the little fish. The music is emotional and matches perfectly. The soundscape makes you believe to be right in the middle of the ocean. We loved the puppets’ motions. While watching ‚Rif’ you feel the magnificence of the sea.
Mo-Award
Jury: Marlon Jost, Jacob Schamerloh, Maja Lena Schellhammer, Rosa Sonntag und Alina Anna Katharina Wäbs
Jury Award
Endowned with EUR 1.250,-
sponsored by GEOlino
Varde (Steinhaufen)
Hanna Larsen, Norway 2008, 15:30 min., short fiction
Jury statement: This film convinced us by its gripping plot and two strong main characters to empathise with. You can easily feel the emotions in a situation that is very common among today’s youths, although this presented in a quite extreme way. The film is impressing due to its great tension, a precise use of light, as well as the spooky music and sounds. A perfect setting and a happy ending – a wonderful movie!
High Five! – Competition
Three awards with the total value of EUR 600,- sponsored by GEOlino with support of BINGO – the lottery to the benefit of the environment and nue presented by the Mo- and Friese-Jury.
1. Prize: EUR 300,-
The Arctic is melting
Pia Genz, Germany 2009, 4:20 min., short fiction
Jury statement: A very inventive and cheerful movie. A fondly designed setting, great sound and the idea to let rats play the parts convinced us to give this prize to ‘The Arctic is melting.’
2. Prize: EUR 200,-
HOT
Edvard Granum Dillner, Norway 2009, 3:54 min., animation film
Jury statement: "Realising a serious topic in a funny way" – this may have been the producers’ notion when they created the film. This short is an easily understandable animation with lovely designed plasticine characters. In order to acknowledge the film’s playful ideas such as the ‘iFreeze’, ‘Hot’ is given our second prize.
3. Prize: EUR 100,-
Recycling – A Matter of Today and Tomorrow
Clemens Fröde und Philipp Will, Germany 2009, 3:34 min., documentary
Jury statement: This short convinced us as it is a very well presented, outstanding documentary film. It provides interesting interviews and offers a solution for waste separation in schools.
