The Winners Are!
by Becky Tan

There were 17 prizes, many with juries, some chosen by the audiences. Winners came from the USA, the Ukraine, Great Britain, Australia, Germany, Denmark, France, Armenia, Israel, and the Czech Republic. There is an International section, but international films also show up in other capacities such as short films of famous directors or the category Sports or the three-minute competition. I am not sure what the requirements are for showing in the international section or somewhere else.

International competition to
Joel Wanek for Sun Song

Liberté Audience Prize to
Max Ksjonda (Ukraine) for The Way

NoBudget competition to
Jodie Mack for Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project

Audience prize to
Richard Tuohy for Dot Matrix

German competition to
Susann Maria Hempel for Sieben Mal am Tag beklagen wir unser Los und nachts stehen wir auf um nicht zu träumen

Pilsner Urquell Hamburg Nacht to
Lina Paulsen for Waldgrenze

Three-minute competition (Flotter Dreier) to
Volker Heymann for Drei Experten drehen auf

ARTE prize to
Matthias Müller and Christoph Girardet  for Cut

Young people’s prize to
Michael Graversen for Ingenmandsland
Martin Clark and Cara Connolly for Exchange and Mart

Children’s prizes to
Marcel Barelli for Vigia
Deryxa D. Durmaz for Ziazan

Gib mir Fünf (High Five) to
Olivia and Onno Sawitzki for Tanz der Helden
Paulikids for Pepe und Dörte
Hynek Forqacek, Matous Hruby and Bruno Socolic for 2513