Jury of the International Competition 2008
Alessio Cavallaro, curator, Australia; Shai Heredia, curator, India; Mihnea Mircan, curator, Romania; Keith Sanborn, media artist, theorist and curator, USA; Zelimir Zilnik, filmmaker, Serbia
Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen (EUR 7,500)
Chainsaw
director: Dennis Tupicoff
Australia 2007
Statment:
For its masterful synthesis of social commentary, formal experimentation, and its exploration of bareback riding both within the rodeo arena and beyond.
Principal Prize (EUR 3,500)
Alexandra
director: Radu Jude
Romania 2007
Statement:
For revealing an honest image of the complex emotional terrain of family life through a rigorous and understated use of cinematic means.
Principal Prize (EUR 3,500)
Kak stat stervoi
director: Alina Rudnitskaya
Russia 2008
Statement:
For its poignant reflections on the reconstruction of femininity in post-communist Russia.
ARTE Prize for a european short film (EUR 2,500)
Kempinsky
director: Neil Belouta
France 2007
Statement:
For its disquieting evocation of a world emerging from the shadows of a kidnapped future.
Special Mention of the international Jury
Running Sushi
director: Mara Mattuschka and Chris Harring
Austria 2008
Special Mention of the international Jury
Jai
director: Anocha Suwichakornpong
Thailand 2007