Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (EUR 1,500)

Members of the Jury:
Julia Helmke (Germany), Gudrun Hohenberger (Austria), Vanessa Weinert Locke (Germany), Natalie Resch (Austria), Eberhard Streier (Germany)


Elefantenhaut
(Elephant Skin)
Severin Fiala and Ulrike Putzer
Austria 2009, 34,5 min, 35 mm, colour

Statement:
Although the film shows people in miserable surroundings, they prove themselves to be loving, strong and caring. It takes a contemporary view of a current topic and draws our attention to possibilities of life we believed lost.

Special Mention

The Conservatory
Matilda Tristram
Great Britain 2008, 2,5 min, Beta SP, colour

Statement:
In a short and humorous way the film shows how the unspoken takes on form, inflicts injury and is overcome.