Prize for the best contribution to the German Competition ex aequo, along with 2,500 euros each

n.n.
Michel Klöfkorn
Germany 2009, 11 min, DV, colour

Statement:
n.n. takes elements of a technoid cultural landscape and animates them to create an equally funny and scary motion spectacle in the shape of a growing swarm of ant-like creatures that gleefully shred the set pieces of our civilisation to bits. The world only comes to rest in the uninhabited eternal ice.

Prize for the best contribution to the German Competition ex aequo, along with 2,500 euros each

Please Say Something
David OReilly
Germany 2009, 10 min, DV, colour

Statement:
A classic scenario forms the starting point of some exuberant explorations on film: Please Say Something takes a modern look at an ancient problem: how to reconcile love and creativity. The question triggers subtle and original visual fireworks full of references. At the centre: cat and mouse. Forever.

3sat-Promotional-Award

(2,500 euros) for a contribution with a particularly innovative approach.
In addition the award includes a buying option on the awarded works to be broadcast on 3sat. Ex aequo for:


Rebeca
Gonzalo H. Rodríguez
Germany 2009, 24 min, Beta SP, colour

Statement:
Various cinematic means are employed in the course of this fragile, searching movement: a buried life is circled in images, writing and sound, in visual associations, mimetic adaptations, by means of documents and fragments of interviews. Approaches are tried and abandoned. There is no certainty at the end; the search continues. It’s this experience that counts.