Award Winning Films 2022
YOUKI presents six awards including trophies and prize money in the international film competition. These are this year's winning films.
Main Award 13 - 17 Years – 700 Euro
Cocoon by Yeo-wo Lee, Han-seul Ryu, Ha-rin Seo
Republic of Korea 2022, 09:07 min.
JURY STATEMENT:
Some people tend to hide when anxious and overwhelmed. In those difficult times compassion and kindness go a long way. The film portrays how an unexpected friendship helps transform both individuals. The captivating animation and beautiful character design lead us through apartment complexes where it is easy to ignore your neighbours. Thanks to the carefully crafted Anime style the audience shares the urge of the protagonist to not look away. The empathic and vibrant storytelling sends out a signal of hope for a more mindful community.
Main Award 18 - 22 Years – 1100 Euro
The Cabbage Statue by Megan Lim En
Singapore 2021, 11:48 min.
JURY STATEMENT:
This award-winning film takes on the very daring genre of comedy. It instantly grabs the viewer by its hilarious setting and combines it with the heart-warming topic of teenage friendship. The director shows great empathy for her characters and lets us feel the importance of having a friend by your side. Cause we all have our personal cabbage to bear, right?
Main Award 23 - 27 Years – 1500 Euro
Doll+: Body Transmigration in its Ideal Fantasy by Ran Zhou
Canada 2022, 13:22 min.
JURY STATEMENT:
In a very sensitive and creative way, the filmmaker manages to combine elements of film, media and music. They create an impressive virtual world and send us on a journey in which not only draws attention to current social grievances, but also focuses on the individual, an ever-changing and redefining body which is transmigrating again and again. Transience and change beyond the given norms of a society unfold into an audio-visual spectacle.
Innovative Film Award – 800 Euro
Things That Won’t Die by Manuela Gutiérrez Arrieta
Spain 2022, 14:27 min.
Age Category 18 - 22 years
JURY STATEMENT:
A very brave, a very intimate film that reaches many people, especially in its personal approach. Because it tells the story of many. The filmmaker asks herself: What if she had dared to share her worries with others earlier? Would she then have had the strength to avoid abuses in time? Perhaps. It takes courage to open up to others about one's intimate world. But one will notice that it is precisely the personal that binds all worlds. And that silence often separates us more. It was perhaps the clearest jury decision because this film touches and it stays. We would have loved to see this film as teenagers, and we hope many teenagers will still see it.
Austrian Award sponsored by KINO VOD CLUB – 400 Euro
Taubenglas by Manoa Mersich, Frodo Pernusch, Manuela Pernusch, Paul Pippan
Austria 2021, 08:12 min.
Age Category 18 - 22 years
JURY STATEMENT:For its authentic portrayal of a fringe group that often gets looked at only from the outside but hardly from within, combined with an editing language that manages to not only show the hardships of this group of characters but also the funny moments, philosophical arguments, hopes and fears in an exciting and often visually surprising polyphonic cacophony the jury awards tTaubenglas as the best Austrian film of the competition program.
Audience Award – 600 Euro
Only Child by Ibrahim Muhammad
United Kingdom 2021, 09:09 min.
Age Category 18 - 22 years