Prize of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (EUR 500)

Burning Palace
Mara Mattuschka
Austria 2009, 32 min, Beta SP, colour

Statement:
This year we chose a film in which physical and emotional borders are transgressed and re-defined in an equally breathtaking, intelligent and spectacular manner. We would like to draw attention to the consistent cinematic adaptation of a stage play with a cast of impressive dancers. Sound, image and montage have a sensual quality whose intelligent opulence impressed us all.