Horror Genre Winners

Best Picture Mini-Short: “A.W.O.L.”

Director: Jack Swanstrom

 

Honorable Mention: “Seekers”

Director: Jon Jorgensen

 

and “The Dollhouse”

Director: Mark Degaetani

 

Best Picture Short: “Zombie Love”

Director: Yfke Van Berckelaer

 

Honorable Mention: “Tree,”

“Lily”

Director: Daniel Boneville

 

Best Picture Feature: “Book Of Lore”

Director: Chris Lamartina

 

Honorable Mention: “Portal”

Director: Geoff Schaaf

 

“Day Of Darkness”

Director: Jake Kennedy

 

Best Actor: - Horror: David Morse For “A.W.O.L”

Director: Jack Swanstrom

 

Honorable Mention: Thomas Calabro For “Chill"

Director: Shaun Kurtz

 

Peter Facinelli For “Lily”

Director: Daniel Boneville

 

Best Actress: - Horror: Robin Hathaway For “Chains”

Director: Chris France

 

Honorable Mention: Axelle Grelet For “Killing Ariel”

Director: Danuta Tomzynski

 

Science Fiction Genre Winners

Best Picture Mini-Short: “Eight Thirty Two”

Director: Ben Mcdaniel

 

Honorable Mention: “A Thousand Words”

Director: Sean Kennedy

 

and “Genesis Antipode”

Director: John Robinson

 

Best Picture Short: “Deployment Strategy”

Director: Mark Cheng

 

Honorable Mention: “Gunmen”

Director: Evan Sempler

 

Best Picture - Feature: “It Came From Another World”

Director: Christopher Mihm

 

Honorable Mention: “Decaying Orbit”

Director: Tim Pyle

 

Best Actor: - Sf/Fantasy: John Soares For “Gauntlet Of Sorrow”

Director: John Soares

 

Honorable Mention: Andy Allen For “Decaying Orbit”

Director: Tim Pyle

 

Best Actress: Osa Wallander For “Decaying Orbit”

Director: Tim Pyle

 

Fantasy Genre Winners

Best Picture Mini-Short: “Folklore”

Director: Parker Briscoe

 

Honorable Mention: “Lucifer”

Director: Ray Griggs

and “Tyrants Of Nazca”

Director: Ben Beames

 

Best Picture Short: “Vanished Acres”

Director: Adam Bolt

 

Honorable Mention: “Gauntlet Of Sorrow”

Director: John Soares

 

Rising Star Award: Christina Barlas For “The Dollhouse”

Director: Mark Degaetani

 

Fujifilm Award: “God Of Vampires “

Director: Rob Fitz

 

Avid Editing Award: “Folklore”

Director: Parker Briscoe

 

Gorilla Software Awards: “Chains” And “Gauntlet Of Sorrow”

Director: John Soares

 

Production Pro Budgeting Award: “Tree,”

“Lily

Director: Daniel Boneville

 

and “Cecilia Rose”

Director: Judd King

 

Digital Hotcakes Awards: “Gunmen”

Director: Evan Sempler

 

“Vanished Acres”

Director: Adam Bolt

 

Creative Cow Award: “Consciousness”

Director: Addison Bhuyan

 

“Noesis”

Director: Alexander Berezovsky

 

“Genesis Antipode”

Director: John Robinson

 

“Jamie Hit Single”

Director: Chris Duke

 

“Diabolical Tales 2”

Director: Brandon Kane

 

Director's Choice – “God Of Vampires”

Director: Rob Fitz

 

Larry Stanley Best "B" Movie: “Brain Dead”

Director: Kevin Tenney

Prizes for the International Competition were chosen by the jury which was made up of: Hasumi Shigehiko (President), Pedro Costa, Alanis Obomsawin, Kidlat Tahimik and Apichatpong Weerasethakul

 

The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize): "FENGMING A Chinese Memoir"

Directed by: Wang Bing (CHINA)

 

The Mayor’s Prize: "Encounters"

Directed by: Pierre-Marie Goulet (PORTUGAL, FRANCE)

 

Runner-up Prizes: "Potosi, the Journey"

Directed by:Ron Havilio (ISRAEL, FRANCE)

 

"M"

Directed by: Nicolás Prividera (ARGENTINA)

 

Special Prize: "Tarachime birth/mother"

Directed by: Kawase Naomi (JAPAN)

 

New Asian Currents Awards were chosen by a jury that included Byun Young-joo and Nakazato Isao

 

Ogawa Shinsuke Prize: "Bingai"

Directed by: Feng Yan (CHINA)

 

Awards of Excellence: "The Drown Sea"

Directed by: Yuslam Fikri Anshari (Yufik) (INDONESIA)

 

"Back Drop Kurdistan"

Directed by: Nomoto Masaru (JAPAN, TURKEY, NEW ZEALAND)

 

Special Mention: "Somewhere over the Cloud"

Directed by: Hsiao Mei-ling (TAIWAN)

 

Citizens’ Prize: "Mr. Pilipenko and His Submarine"

Directed by: Jan Hinrik Drevs, René Harder (GERMANY)

 

"Back Drop Kurdistan"

Directed by: Nomoto Masaru (JAPAN, TURKEY, NEW ZEALAND)

 

Community Cinema Award: "Bingai"

Directed by: Feng Yan (CHINA )

Official Competition Awards:

 

Docúpolis Award Best Documentary: "Welcome Europe" Directed By: Bruno Ulmer (France)

Prize: 6.000 euros

 

Special Mention by the Jury of Best Documentary: "The Mother’s House"

Directed By: François Verster (South-Africa)

 

Best First Documentary Award ex aequo:" Encounter Point "

Directed By: Julia Bacha and Ronit Avni (USA)

and "A verdade do gato" (The truth of the cat)

Directed By: Jeremy Hammers (Belgium)

 

Best Short Documentary Award Gran Angular: "ShantyGARDENtown"

Directed By: Cagla Zencirci and Guillaume Giovanetti (France)

 

OFF DOCÚPOLIS Award: "Roaming Around"

Directed By: Brigitte Maria Bertele (Germany)

 

Honorific Prices :

 

Best Documentary Concerning Human Rights: "A Walk to Beautiful"

Directed By: Mary Olive Smith (USA)

 

Best Latin-American Documentary: "Descaminhos" (Dead End)

Directed By: Marilia Rocha, Luis Felipe Fernández, Alexandre Baxter, Joao Flores, Maria de Fátima Augusto, Leandro HBL, Armando Mendz and Cristiano Abud (Brazil).

 

Best Experimental Documentary Award Tercer Ojo: "A Ilha da boa vida"

Directed By: Merces Tomaz Gomez (Portugal)

 

Audience Award: "Djiarama"

Directed By: Chus Barrera and Alícia Fernández Carmena

Animal Behavior (Sponsored by NHK Japanese Broadcasting Corporation): "The Queen of Trees"

Deeble & Stone Productions, NHK, Thirteen/WNET

Granada International, BBC, ZDF

 

Children's (Sponsored by Lunchbox Lessons): "Extreme Animals: Sports Stars"

BBC-Natural History Unit

 

Best Achievement in Sound (Sponsored by Dolby Laboratories): "Raptor Force"

NATURE/Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

Sound Design: Geof Thurber and Raul Rosa

Rerecording Engineer: Greg McCleary

Sound Editor: Jim Ohm

 

Earth Sciences (Sponsored by Marco Polo Films): "Crude"

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

 

New Media (Sponsored by Footage Bank HD): "Our Oceans, Ourselves"

American Museum of Natural History

Podcast and Website

 

Limited Series (Sponsored by Conservation International): "Nature Tech"

MR-Film Production for ORF, Austrian Broadcasting Corporation

 

CGI/Animation (Sponsored by Nature/WNET): "Ocean Odyssey: Secrets of the Deep"

Impossible Pictures, BBC, Discovery Channel

Visual Effects Producers: Lorna Paterson and Joanna Nodwell

Lead Animators: Adam Burnett, Richard Smith, Nigel Rafter, Angela King, Peter Clayton, and Theo Facey

 

Newcomer (Sponsored by Discovery Channel): "Wolverines - Hyenas of the North"

Oliver Goetzl

Studio Hamburg Pruduktion GmbH/NDR Naturfilm, Parthenon Entertainment

 

Nonbroadcast (Sponsored by Save Our Seas Foundation): "How to Save the World"

Cloud South Films

 

Cinematography (Sponsored by Film/Video Equipment Service Company): "Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole"

BBC-Natural History Unit, The Discovery Channel, JVP, NHK, BBC-Worldwide

Cinematography by the Planet Earth Camera Team

 

People and Animals (Sponsored by National Geographic): "Saving Luna"

Mountainside Films

 

Original Musical Score (Sponsored by Sony Electronics): "Christmas in Yellowstone"

NATURE/Thirteen/WNET

Composed by Lenny Williams

 

Short (Sponsored by National Geographic): "Showdown at Elk Town"

BBC-Natural History Unit, Animal Planet, BBC Worldwide

 

Theatrical (Sponsored by Sony Electronics): "Deep Sea 3D"

Howard Hall Productions

 

Editing (Sponsored by Apple): "Paranormal Pigeons"

Icon Films, Animal Planet, Channel Five

Edited by Matt Meech

 

Environmental (Sponsored by Environmental Defense): "Crime Scene Wild: Sharks"

Cicada Films, Animal Planet International

 

Writing (Sponsored by Animal Planet): "The Queen of Trees"

Thirteen/WNET

Granada International, BBC, ZDF

Written by Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone

 

Presenter Led (Sponsored by Amphibico): "True Adventures of the Ultimate Spider Hunter"

Granada Wild, Thirteen/WNET

Presented by Martin Nicholas

 

Interactive (Sponsored by Apple): "Water's Journey: Everglades"

Design by Jade Carter

Internet Video by Jack Penland

 

Special Jury Award: "In the Valley of the Wolves"

Thirteen/WNET, National Geographic Television

Bob Landis

 

Special Jury Recognition Award: "Crude"

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

 

Grand Teton Award (Sponsored by Panasonic Broadcast): "Galapagos: Born of Fire"

BBC-Natural History Unit, National Geographic, BBC Worldwide

 

Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Sylvia Earle

 

Legacy Award: Roy Disney

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: SHORT FILMS

 

Best Short Film: "FRANZ KAFKA INAKA ISHA"

Director: Koji Yamamura (Japan, 21’)

 

Second Prize Short Film: "LE PRINTEMPS DE SANT PONÇ"

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: SHORT FILMS

 

Best Short Film: "FRANZ KAFKA INAKA ISHA"

Director: Koji Yamamura (Japan, 21’)

 

Second Prize Short Film: "LE PRINTEMPS DE SANT PONÇ"

Director: Eugenia Mumenthaler and David Epiney (Switzerland, 20’)

 

Third Prize Short Film: "NIJUMAN NO BOREI"

Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot (France, 10’)

 

Special Mentions: "ADJUSTMENT"

Director: Ian Mackinnon (UK, 6’)

 

"FLEISCH"

Director: Katarzyna Kijek (Poland, 3’)

 

Audience Award / Best Children's Short Film: "EIN SONNIGER TAG"

Director: Gil Alkabetz (Germany, 6’)

 

Best Spanish Short Film: "VIOLETA, LA PESCADORA DEL MAR NEGRO"

Director: Marc Riba and Anna Solanas (9’)

 

Special Mentions (Spanish Short Films): "LA CHANSON DE SATIE"

Director: Florence Henrard and Carles Porta (4’)

 

"HEZURBELTZAK, UNA FOSA COMÚN"

Director: Izibene Oñederra (5’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: FULL LENGTH FILMS

 

Best Full Length Film: "RENAISSANCE"

Director: Christian Volckman (France-UK-Luxemburg, 105’)

 

Special Mention: "JEDNÉ NOCI V JEDNOM MESTE"

Director: Jan Balej (Czech Republic, 69’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: TV PROGRAMS

 

Best TV Program: "CHARLIE AND LOLA"

Director: Kitty Taylor (UK, 12’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: ANIMATION SCHOOLS

 

Best Short Film: "LIEBESKRANK"

Director: Spela Cadez (Germany-Slovenia, 8’)

 

Special Mention

"BETON"

Director: Michael Faust (Israel, 6’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: IDENTS

 

Best Ident: "LA PIRADA DE PINZA DE JOHNNY PEGBAR"

Director: Carmen Pérez (Spain, ECAM, 30’’)

 

IV ANIMAMAX MARATHON

 

Winner: "YO COMO TÚ"

Director: Fran Rodríguez Sousa and David Cobo Díaz

Eugenia Mumenthaler and David Epiney (Switzerland, 20’)

 

Third Prize Short Film: "NIJUMAN NO BOREI"

Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot (France, 10’)

 

Special Mentions: "ADJUSTMENT"

Director: Ian Mackinnon (UK, 6’)

 

and "FLEISCH"

Director: Katarzyna Kijek (Poland, 3’)

 

Audience Award / Best Children's Short Film: "EIN SONNIGER TAG"

Director: Gil Alkabetz (Germany, 6’)

 

Best Spanish Short Film: "VIOLETA, LA PESCADORA DEL MAR NEGRO"

Director: Marc Riba and Anna Solanas (9’)

 

Special Mentions (Spanish Short Films): "LA CHANSON DE SATIE"

Director: Florence Henrard and Carles Porta (4’)

 

"HEZURBELTZAK, UNA FOSA COMÚN"

Director: Izibene Oñederra (5’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: FULL LENGTH FILMS

 

Best Full Length Film: "RENAISSANCE"

Director: Christian Volckman (France-UK-Luxemburg, 105’)

 

Special Mention: "JEDNÉ NOCI V JEDNOM MESTE"

Director: Jan Balej (Czech Republic, 69’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: TV PROGRAMS

 

Best TV Program: "CHARLIE AND LOLA"

Director: Kitty Taylor (UK, 12’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: ANIMATION SCHOOLS

 

Best Short Film: "LIEBESKRANK"

Director: Spela Cadez (Germany-Slovenia, 8’)

 

Special Mention: "BETON"

Director: Michael Faust (Israel, 6’)

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: IDENTS

 

Best Ident: "LA PIRADA DE PINZA DE JOHNNY PEGBAR"

Director: Carmen Pérez (Spain, ECAM, 30’’)

 

IV ANIMAMAX MARATHON Winner: "YO COMO TÚ"

Director: Fran Rodríguez Sousa and David Cobo Díaz

International Competition

 

Short Documentary: "A Summer Not to Forget"

Director: Carol Mansour

 

Special Mention: "Wittenoom"

Director: Caro MacDonald

 

Medium Documentary: "Please Vote for Me"

Director: Weijun Chen

 

Special Mention: "My Daughter the Terrorist"

Director: Beate Arnestad

 

Feature Documentary: "Knee Deep"

Director: Michael Chandler

 

Special Mention: "Terra Incognita"

Director: Maria Finitzo

 

New Zealand Competition

 

Short Documentary: "In the Night Kitchen"

Director: Simon Burgin

 

Medium Documentary: "Darling! The Pieter-Dirk Uys Story"

Director: Julian Shaw

 

Feature Documentary: "The Nuclear Comeback"

Director: Justin Pemberton

 

Best Educational Documentary: "Please Vote for Me"

Director: Weijun Chen

The Jury of the KROK International Animated Films Festival head by Igor Kovalyov (USA) and including Sayoko Kinoshita (Japan), Alexandr Boubnov (Ukraine), Valentin Olshvang (Russia) and Rao Heidmets (Estonia) decided to award:

 

In the category “Films up to 5 minutes of running time”

Diploma to the film: "Pole Hole,"

Directed By: Alexey Alexeev, (Hungary)

"For lightness and elegance"

 

Diploma to the film: "Unbreakable Nail-Do"

Directed By: Mikhail Tumelya (Belarusse)

"For brevity and wit"

 

Diploma to the film: "Lapsus"

Directed By: Juan Pablo Zaramella, (Argentina)

"For humour and harmony of the black and white"

 

Prize and diploma to the film: "Play"

Directed By: George Schwitzgebel, (Switzerland-Canada)

 

In the category “Films of 5-10 minutes of running time”

Diploma to the film: "Rain down from Above"

Directed By: Ivan Maximov, (Russia)

"For creating the moving and surreal world"

 

Diploma to the film: "Dreams and Fantasies – Family Ties" Directed By: Joanna Quinn, (Great Britain)

"For acuteness and expressiveness"

 

Diploma to the film: "The Memory of Dogs"

Directed By: Simone Massi, (France-Italy)

"For the philosophical comprehension of movement in time"

 

Diploma to the film: "Lavatory-Lovestory"

Directed By: Konstantin Bronzit, Russia

"For virtuosity and transparency"

 

Diploma to the film: "The Runt"

Directed By:Andreas Hykade, (Germany)

"For grasping the poetry of the cruel world"

 

Prize and diploma to the film: “Rabbit”,

Directed By: Run Wrake, (Britain)

 

In the category “Films of 10-40 minutes of running time”

Diploma to the film: “Leviathan”,

Directed By: Simon Bogojevich-Narath, (Croatia)

“For the refinement of the apocalyptic vision”

 

Diploma to the film: "Lullaby"

Directed By: Andrey Zolotukhin, (Russia)

“For feeling the fragile link between the real and the conventional.”

 

Diploma to the film: "Printed Rainbow"

Directed By: Gitanjali Rao (India)

"For wisdom and poetry"

 

Diploma to the film: "Apple Pie"

Directed By: Isabelle Favez, Switzerland

"For lightness of the tragicomic story"

 

Prize and diploma to the film: "Franz Kafka Village Doctor"

Directed By: Koji Yamamura (Japan)

 

Prize and diploma to the film: "My Love"

Directed By: Alexander Petrov, (Russia)

 

In the category “Films for children”

Diploma to the film: "Aston’s Stones"

Directed By: Lotta Geffenblad, Uzi Geffenblad, (Sweden) "For the imageable understanding of childish psychology."

 

Prize, diploma and $3000 to the film "The White Wolf" Directed By: Pierre-Luc Granjon, (France)

 

In the category “Applied and Commissioned Animation”

Diploma: "Multi-Russia" ("We Live in Russia")

Directed By: Stepan Biriukov, Alexey Pochivalov

“For the ironic patriotism."

 

Diploma: "Jukebox"

Directed By: Alexey Budovsky, (USA)

"For the brightness of form"

 

Prize and diploma: commercial "Safety of Traffic" Directed By: Alena Oyatieva and Elena Chernova, (Russia)

 

In the category “Film – the part of animation project”

Diploma to the film: "Karelian Lullaby" (part of the project "World Lullabies"), director Lisa Skvortsova, (Russia)

"For the elegance of the lulling design"

 

Diploma to the film "Epistolary Novel" (part of the project "Funny-Balls"),

Directed By: Alexey Gorbunov, Russia

"For the dramatic composition"

 

Prize and diploma to the film: “Zhikharka» (part of the project "Pile of Gems")

Directed By: Oleg Uzhinov, Russia

 

SPECIAL PRIZES:

"For the new interpretation of Prokofiev’s theme" and $3000 to the film "Peter and the Wolf"

Directed By: Suzie Templeton,(Great Britain-Poland)

"For the originality of the cinematic language and visuals”

 

and $3000 to the film "Declaration in Love"

Directed By: Dmitriy Geller, (Russia)

"For the Funniest Film" and $3000 to the film "Brothers Bearhearts"

Directed By: Riho Unt, (Estonia)

 

ALEXANDER TATARSKY PRIZE "THE PLASTICINE CROW" - "Virtuoso Pilot" and $3000 - to the film "Wolf Daddy"

Directed By: Chan Hyung-Yun, (South Korea)

 

GRAND PRIX and $5000 to the film “The Pearce Sisters”, Directed By:Luis Cook, (Great Britain)

The The jury chaired by Mario Brenta, and composed by Francis Bissong, Enrico Ghezzi, Toni Jop, Mark mcIlrath, Guglielmo Monti, Luciano Zaccaria, bestowed Awards to the Winners of Twenty-Sixth Edition of AsoloArtFilmFestival:

 

ASOLO AWARD FOR THE BEST VIDEOART AND COMPUTER ART WORK: “FISH SOUP”

Directed by: Ulu Braun and Alexej Tchernyi (Germany 10’)

Like unaware and candid chefs who contribute to create a global soup, you become also the ingredients of that.

 

ASOLO AWARD FOR THE BEST SCHOOL OF CINEMA PRODUCTION: “PLATZ IM SCHATTEN”

Directed by: Sophie Narr (Germany 15’)

The award is given for the perspicacity with which the kid’s world is drawn, a world that, through vibrant metaphor, it can become a drama..

 

ASOLO AWARD FOR THE BEST ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN WORK ex-equo to “MEMORIAE CAUSA”

Directed by: Riccardo de Cal (Italy 68’)

MEMORIAE CAUSA The film succeed to take out and exalt, from the Carlo Scarpa’s work, the connection of measurements and rhythm that architecture and music have in common.

 

and to “GLASS HOUSE”

Directed by: Chi Jang Yin (USA 9’)

GLASS HOUSE It’s great the completeness of the architectural process’ definition, with a rigorous use of images, without talks.

 

ASOLO AWARD FOR THE BEST ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY: “LE NOTTI DI ROSALBA”

Directed by: Dario Zanasi (Italy 18’)

The interview to the progeny of Arcangeli’s family succeed to unveil originally a world not only artistic but also feminine and domestic.

 

ASOLO AWARD FOR THE BEST ART FILM: “OLTRE SELINUNTE”

Directed by: Salvo Cuccia (Italy 56’ 30’’)

The Magna Greece become palpable in a film that stimulate more than one sense.

 

INGGRAND AWARD FOR THE BEST WORK OF THE COMPETITION: “ING”

Directed by: Nicole Romine (USA 17’)

It’s a work of strong visual and emotive impact , the director doesn’t protrude the choreography and music too much, rather she imposed her aesthetic and stylistic personality.

 

GIAN FRANCESCO MALIPIERO AWARD FOR THE BEST SOUNDTRACK AND SPECIAL JURY AWARD: “ICONOSTASI”

Directed by: Rodolfo Bisatti (Italy 50’).

The film succeed to treat thought and works of the artist Gigi Carron, in an happy balance between concrete and abstract, between visible and invisible.

 

SPECIAL JURY MENTION: “A6/A9”

Directed by: Johannes Schiensl (Germany 2’ 54’’).

 

The Prize-Giving took place on Saturday 29Th September 2007 at Teatro Eleonora Duse. In this occasion it will be awarded the Prize to Career “Flavia Paulon” to Marco Müller and to Renato Nicolini.

LUCAS Awards:

"Leaps and Bounds"

Director: Petter Næss (Sweden, Norway, Germany 2007)

The Swedish-Norwegian-German Co-Production Hoppet tells the story of the brothers Azad and Tigris who were send by their parents to a country which promises both peace and freedom. Azad loves jumping, and particularly high. In this way he overcomes boundaries, helping in the end to bring together his family under a new constellation.

The film by Petter Naess stands out in high degree due to its humorous dialogues and authentic characters. Moreover, the children act independently and courageously. The deeply felt bond between the two brothers and their unconditional belief in each other are touching. Here, a current and serious issue is authentically told with sympathetic effortlessness. A deeply moving film.

 

"Behind the Clouds"

Director: Jorge Queiroga (Portugal 2006)

Through his curiosity and open mind, Paulo changes the people found in his immediate surroundings, thereby bringing his family together again. By acting independently and courageously, the main character exemplifies the earnestness of children’s desires. With poetic pictures, impressive music and striking panoramas, a magical atmosphere composed of a multi-layered construction of fantasy and reality is shown. Focusing on the essentials, the director's trust in calm cinematic narration is both convincing as well as allowing him to develop its own strength. The audience is taken along. Grand cinema for the whole family.

 

Laudable Mention:

"Blame it on Fidel France"

Director: Julie Gavras (2006)

Anna doesn't understand the world any longer: over night, the little girl from a good family is wrenched out of her usual surroundings and must now confront the radically altered political views of her parents, which she only step by step begins to learn to understand.

A film which breaks away from usual viewing habits by consistently focusing on the view of the child, thereby also making grown-up audiences experience a certain degree of uncertainty. Its special manner of story-telling, leaves definite strong impressions. A film which consternates and challenges, stimulating exchange in its wake.

 

LUCAS Short Film Award:

"Baluba Runa"

Director: Christian Lo (Norway 2007)

Eight year old Runa has a dream: she wants to become Prime Minister in order to buy a new school bus. However, for this she needs to live in Oslo – a real nightmare for the little girl.

Convincing through human warmth and love towards his figures, the Norwegian director Christian Lo invites the audience to participate in a “What if…”-story with a bizarre sense of humor. Not only has he found the ideal cast with Runa in this successful blend of both reality and dream. “Baluba Runa” is a refreshing film for young and old people.

 

Laudable Mention:

"Working for Living"

Director: Preeya Nair (India 2007)

The 23 minute documentary film accompanies the young Indian girl Quamer in her everyday work life. Unlike German children, she must contribute to the family household and therefore cannot go to school.

The Jury was highly impressed by the power of the film. Far beyond all the usual images of poor Indian quarters, the filmmaker Preeya Nair successfully presents a little girl, who talks authentically and trustingly about her both life and her hopes. In the Jury's view, her great wish of becoming a strong personality has already been fulfilled. Sometimes reality writes the best stories!

 

Prix CIFEJ:

"Behind the Clouds"

Director: Jorge Queiroga (Portugal 2006)

The CIFEJ Jury of LUCAS 2007 is very pleased to give its award to the film Behind the Clouds by Jorge Queiroga.

An original story about a young boy’s struggle to find out the truth about his family and his heritage. This journey is revealed through a warm and poetic script, in which words are used sparingly allowing the underlying emotions to unfold. The cinematography is imaginative in expressing the boy’s quest, both in the present and the magical trips into memory and what have been. A film about discovering and coming to terms with the past but ending with a positive outlook into the future.

“A world in which the older generation can also learn from the young.”

 

Don-Quijote-Award of the FICC:

"Leaps and Bounds"

Director: Petter Næss (Sweden, Norway, Germany 2007)

The film we all loved most, is a universal story about a young boy and his desire to fly. The film succeeds in bringing serious and current themes, in this refugees´ story, in such a way that children are emotionally involved, excited and amazed.

It promotes important values like solidarity, self confidence and the courage to pursue one´s beliefs. Throughout the entire film, we are amazed at the young boy´s presence on camera, giving refugees a real face.

 

FICC Laudable Mention:

"Crow Lake"

Director: Inesa Kurklietyte (Lithuania 2007)

Crow Lake by Inesa Kurklietyte, Lithuania 2007 is an exciting film experiment that shows us, in a creative documentary form, children acting without moral limits.

Latücht Award of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Education, Science and Culture: "Klinika"

Directed By: Tomasz Wolski (Poland 2006)

 

The City of Neubrandenburg Award: "Under Construction" by Zhenchen Liu (France 2007)

 

Award of the Mecklenburgische Versicherungsgruppe: "Over the Hill"

Directed By: Sunny Bergmann (Netherlands 2007)

 

Lobende Erwähnung: "First Elections"

Directed By: Sarah Vanagt (Belgium 2006)

 

Findlings-Preis des Landesverbandes Filmkommunikation Mecklenburg- Vorpommern:"Over the Hill"

Directed By: Sunny Bergmann (Netherlands 2007)

 

Preis der Studentenjury der Hochschule Neubrandenburg: "Vali Asr– Juli 2006"

Directed By: Norman Richter (Germany/Iran 2007)

 

Preis der Studentenjury der Universität Stettin: "Afghan Muscles"

Directed By: Anders M. Dalsgaard (Dänemark 2006)