Mara Mattuschka (Austria)

Maria Pallier (Spain)

Ellen Pau (PR China)

Adam Pugh (Great Britain)

Fred Worden (USA)

Madam & Little Boy

Magnus Bärtås

Sweden 2009, 28', HDV, colour

Jury statement:

For the scope of its ambitions, its resourceful enlisting of the powers of cinema; for its unearthing of the fantastical, true-life story of Choi Eun-hee (Madame Choi) and her fated trajectory through both North and South Korean 20th century history; for its scrupulous weighting of the large and the small, the poetic and the political, the terrifying and the familiar; for its seamless weave of specific moments, broad and repeating historical pathologies, plain facts and cinematic epiphanies, the international jury awards the Grand Prize to Madame & Little Boy.

Mur i wieża

Yael Bartana

Israel/Netherlands/Poland 2009, 16', HDCAM, colour

Jury statement:

A surprising approach that exposes and satirises the strategies and style of propaganda films; an engaging, expectation-twisting and mind-opening experience for the viewer, and a masterclass in cultural studies. For providing a heterodoxical point of view on a highly-charged political issue and exposing its extreme complexity in a critical, yet potentially conciliatory way, the other Main Prize goes to Mur i wieża by Yael Bartana.

Monolog

Laure Prouvost

Great Britain 2009, 9', DVCAM, colour

Jury statement:

For its bravura interrogation of authorship and reflexivity, and intellectual generosity in dealing with the conceptual with subversive humour and wilful absurdism, the main prize goes to Laure Prouvost for Monolog.

Flag Mountain

John Smith

Great Britain 2010, 9', DVCAM, colour

Jury statement:

Impressively simple, spot on and as exact as a mathematical formula, Flag Mountain by John Smith draws an accurate caricature of nationalism.

Filmas apie nežinomą menininkę

Laura Garbštienè

Lithuania 2009, 11', 16mm, colour

Jury statement:

Must one suffer in our success-oriented society today, even develop a guilty conscience, if one stays unsuccessful and unknown? In her film about an unknown artist, Laura Garbštienė creates the unforgettable, tragicomical character of an outsider who tries in vain to be part of high society. The film is fresh, authentic and as ingenious as in the first days of cinema.

Travelling Fields

Inger Line Hansen

Norway 2009, 9', 35mm, colour

Jury statement:

For a simple experiment of turning the camera upside down, the film renders a refreshing perspective of rustic architecture and bleak habitat. The tracking of the camera fuses beautifully with nature’s motion to conjure up a monumental horizon for the cinema screen.