CATEGORY 10-14 Years | 700 Euro
> GOBI COMES <
Laurin Steinhuber
Animation, 5min, AT 2018
An extraterrestrial being comes to Earth. Here it is welcomed with open arms, finds food and a place to eat. And yet, there’s someone with a weapon waiting – someone, who has terrible things on his mind.
CATEGORY 15-20 Years | 1100 Euro
> NINJA MOTHERFUCKING DESTRUCTION <
Lotta Schwerk
Spielfilm, 12 min, DE 2017
Three girls in their late teenage years struggle with love, sex and their bodies. United in their insecurities and love for life they form a unique friendship that is both passionate and hesitant. Ninja Motherfucking Destruction gives the viewer a glimpse of an intimate atmosphere between young women like few other films do.
SPECIAL MENTION
> SOUL FOR SALE <
Anna Belenkiy, Shira Salimi, Romy Granot (Animation, 11 min, ISR 2018)
CATEGORY 21-26 Years |1500 Euro
> VALENTIN <
Olga Kosanovic
Dokumentary, 11 min, DE 2017
„I don’t like the concept behind it.“ A brother to his older sister, who’s a filmmaker. Valentin is a portrait of this brother, about the generation 2000, about family pressure, being fifteen, money and world domination. A portrait about Valentin, who, like so many others, lets so many people in and at the same time keeps so much of them out.
SPECIAL MENTION
> THE MESS <
Dorothy Allen-Pickard (Dokumentary, 4min, GBR 2017)
>BIOTOPE <
Paul Scholten (Dokumentary, 12min, DE 2018)
INNOVATIVE FILM AWARD | 800 Euro
> THE GREY AREA <
Katie Clark
Animation, 4 min, GBR 2018
An animated exploration of manipulated consent. Drawing from personal experiences the film maker uses 2D animation and voice- over to process her sexual assault and pose questions, to herself and the audience, about what led to the events of that night dissect the idea of a grey area of consent.
AUDIENCE AWARD | 800 Euro
> MISHKO <
Hanis Bagashov
Fiction, 16 min, MKD 2018
Angel, a quiet and withdrawn boy, goes with his friend Mishko to pick apples, in order to sell them later. But, as the day passes, Angel is increasingly facing the cruelty of Mishko and his own parents. Mishko is the story of a boy being torn between two of the only male rolemodels in his life and how much more difficult it is if somehow both options don’t seem fair.
REGIONALPREIS
> THE SHORE OF UNSPOKEN <
Jasmina Huynh
Experimental, 3 min, AT 2017
We all struggle sometimes. But we still want to succeed in what we are passionate about. The female protagonist is a young, ambitious dancer who struggles with lots of insecurities despite having the strong urge to fulfill her dream. Aiming to maintain her individuality, she swims against the stream and dares to be different from the broad mass. The hybrid video deals with sociocritical themes such as social exclusion, dissatisfaction and peer pressure.
SACKERLAWARD
> MARLEN DESIGN <
The winner gets 1000 individual designed bags sponsered by EUROPACK.