Prize of the Children Jury (EUR 1,000)

Koest!

director: Simone van Dusseldorp

Netherlands 2007

Statement:

This film is funny, but it has a serious background. A boy behaves like a dog to recover his parents' attention. We think that unfortunately this is the everyday life in many families. The strong acting also convinced us.

Children Jury 2008:

Max Komes, Jasper Marten Köster, Hannah Mendrina, Fabian Spickeneder, Linnéa Doberstein

Animatou

director: Claude Luyet

Switzerland 2007

Statement:

The cat and the mouse were animated in various ways. The film shows the technical and artistic possibilities and represents a "journey through time", from pencil drawings to computer animation.

Prize of the Youth Jury (EUR 1,000)

Pajerama

director: Leonardo Cadaval

Brazil 2008

Statement:

Urbanity - ignorance - the rain forest. This fast-paced animated story of a Brazilian native Indian starts with a harmless hunt. The film manages, without words, to depict the conflict between civilisation and nature in fascinating animated pictures. The tension between the cultures is underlined by an intelligently adapted noise and sound design. An audiovisual masterpiece, produced almost single-handedly by the director.

Youth Jury 2008:

Deborah Tabea Luhnau, Ruth Lange, Sebastian Busch, Jannik Süselbeck, Kim Werth

Special Mention of the Youth Jury

The Sound of People

director: Simon Fitzmaurice

Ireland 2007

Statement:

"The day I die the Internet arrives." The director manages to find an impressive and poetic visual language to convey his philosophical reflections on life and death.