Awards of the International Competition
Prizes awarded by the International Jury
Members of the International Jury:
Nicole Gingras (Canada), Haile Gerima (USA), Slava Laima (Latvia), Anne Roquigny (France), Pimpaka Towira (Thailand)
Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen (DM 15,000): Teekond nirvaanasse, Mait Laas, Estonia 2000
Two Main Prizes (DM 7,000): Chance, Monica Rubio, Great Britain 2000, Nest of Tens, Miranda July, USA 1999
Arte Prize for a European Short Fillm (DM 5,000): Afta, Kornel Mundruczó, Hungary 2000
Special Mention of the International Jury: Mahkom, Mehdi Boostani, Iran 2000, Wtorek
Michal Gazda, Poland 2000, Sea Song, Richard Reeves, Canada 1999, Helpless Maiden Makes an "I" Statement, Thirza Cuthand, Canada 1999
Prize of the Jury of the North Rhine Westphalia Government Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sports for a contribution showing a particular artistic development
Members of the Jury:
Egon Bunne (Cologne), Klaus Gronenborn (Cologne), Gudrun Holz (Berlin), Theda Kluth (Düsseldorf), Angela Zumpe (Berlin)
Prize of the Jury (DM 5,000): Nest of Tens, Miranda July, USA 1999
Special mention of the Jury of The North Rhine Westphalia Government Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sports: Mama, Oksana Auruskeviciene, Lithuania 2000, Hostage: The Bachar Tapes, Souheil Bachar, Lebanon/ USA 2000
Prize of the FIPRESCI (Jury of International Film Critics)
Members of the Jury:
Hugo Bélit (France), Ingeborg Bratoeva (Bulgaria), Andrzej Kolodynski (Poland)
Prize of the Jury (DM 3.000): Yorokobi, Hiroyuki Matsumura, Japan 1999
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Members of the Jury:
Julia Helmke (Munich), Manfred Koch (Bamberg), Horst Kottke (Kassel), Lucienne Lanaz (Zurich), Stefan Stiglbauer (Vienna)
Prize of the Jury (DM 3.000): Mahkom, Mehdi Boostani, Iran, 2000
Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury: Le chapeau, Mich?le Cournoyer, Canada 1999, Afta, Kornel Mundruczó, Hungary 2000
Prize of the Cinema Jury for a short film particularly suited for cinema release. In connection with a buying option on the awarded work by the Short Film Agency Hamburg
Members of the Jury:
Andreas Döhler (Berlin), Dr. Medard Kammermeier (Regensburg), Katia Rossini (Brussels)
Prize of the Jury: Boldino Fall, Alexander Rogozhkin, Russia 1999
Prize of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DM 1,000): Hello Ingmar, Gunilla Josephson, Canada 2000
Awards of the German Competition
Prizes awarded by the Association of German Film Critics
Members of the Jury:
Elena Kounadis (Berlin), Nikolaj Nikitin (Bochum), Herbert Schwering (Cologne)
Prize for the best contribution to the German Competition (DM 10,000): Mexico City, Christiane Lilge, German 2000
Special Mention of the German Jury: Der Handstand, Ruth Olshan, Germany 2000, Die Vorstadt der Gefühle, Vanessa Oppenhoff, Germany 2000
The 3sat-Promotional-Award, amounting to DM 5,000 goes ex aequo to contributions with a particularly innovative approach. In addition the prize includes a buying option on the awarded work which will then be broadcast on 3sat: Fucked,Paul Leyton, Germany 2000, Walk Don't Walk, Thomas Struck, Germany 2000
Awards of the Children's and Youth Film Competition
Prize of the Children's Short Film Competition for the programmes of the 5 to 10-year-olds, donated by Kinderkanal ARD/ZDF
Members of the Jury:
Tristan Bernert, Swenja Gohla, Arkadiusz Goralski, Sebastian Gottschalk, Saskia Ziegler
Prize of the Jury (DM 2,000): Tro, h?b og Batman, Linda Krogs?e Holmberg, Denmark 2000
Prize of the Children's Short Film Competition for the programmes of the 11 to 16-year-olds, donated by Kinderkanal ARD/ZDF
Members of the Jury:
Marlow Castor, Bastian Kamps, Anna Morley, Ruth Schiemanowski, Janina Dorothy Wösthoff
Prize of the Jury (DM 2,000): Cappy Leit, Marie Kreutzer, Austria 2000
Award for the Best German Music Video
Members of the Jury:
Russell Curtis (Great Britain), Jem Cohen (USA), Arezu Weitholz (Great Britain)
1st Prize amounting to 5,000 DM, donnated by the Sparkassen-Bürgerstiftung Oberhausen: Why
2 nd Prize amounting to 3,000 DM, donnated by the Sparkassen-Bürgerstiftung Oberhausen: Do Dekor
3rd Prize ex aequo, amounting to 1,000 DM each: Kontra, What Is It With you
MuVi Online Audience Award: Lifechange