
Awards of the International Competition
Prizes awarded by the International Jury
Members of the International Jury:
Catherine David (France), Kodwo Eshun (UK), Olia Lialina (Russia), Jennifer Reeder (USA), Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania/France)
Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen (DM 15,000): Fremde, Kathrin Resetarits, Austria, 1999
Main Prize of the City of Oberhausen (DM 7,000): Flowergirl, Cate Shortland, Australia, 1999
Main Prize of the City of Oberhausen (DM 7,000): Entretanto, Miguel Gomes, Portugal, 1999
Prize of the City-O.-Management amounting ex aequo, for a contribution that shows an outstanding approach to the themes of urbanity, landscape, and environment (DM 5,000): La derive, Philippe Welsh, France, 1998, Noski bol'shogo goroda, Andrej Ushakov, Russia, 2000
Honorary Mention of the International Jury: Dolmen, Masanori Tominaga, Japan, 1999, Ameriga, Igor and Gleb Alejnikov, Russia, 2000
Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs and Urban Development, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia along with premium of DM 5,000
for a film dealing particularly with the conflict between new media and art
Members of the Jury:
Theda Kluth (Düsseldorf), Barbara Fischer-Rittmeyer (Münster), Klaus Gronenborn (Köln), Christiane Heuwinkel (Bielefeld), Yvonne Spielmann (Köln)
Prize of the Jury (DM 5,000): The Architecture of Reassurance, Mike Mills, USA, 1999
Prize of the FIPRESCI (Jury of International Film Critics):
Members of the Jury:
Janina Jentz (Hamburg), Andres Maimik (Estonia), An Cha Flubacher-Rhim (Switzerland)
Prize of the Jury (DM 3,000): Alter Egaux, Sandrine Dryvers, Belgium, 1999, Honorary Mention of the FIPRESCI, Noski bol'shogo goroda, Andrej Ushakov, Russia, 2000
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Members of the Jury:
Elisabeth Aeberli (Switzerland), Heiko Brink (Netherlands), Manfred Koch (Bamberg), Wolfgang Luley (Frankfurt/M.), Roland Wicher (Berlin)
Prize of the Jury (DM 3,000): Home, Morag McKinnon, Great Britain, 1998
Honorary Mention of the Ecumenical Jury: Summertime, Anna Luif, Switzerland, 1999, 41 Shots, Sherry Millner, Ernest Larsen, USA, 2000
Prize of the Cinema Jury goes to a short film particulary suited for theatrical release. The prize consists of a recommendation of purchase by the KurzFilmVerleih Hamburg
Members of the Jury:
Rosa Maino (Switzerland), Karl-Heinz Schmid (Bremen), Martin Schmidt (Berlin)
Prize of the Jury: Love Is All, Oliver Harrison, Great Britain, 1999
Prize of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (DM 1,000): Regression, John Smith, Great britain, 1999
Awards of the German Competition
Prizes awarded by the Association of German Film Critics
Members of the Jury:
Adrienne Braun (Stuttgarter Zeitung), Stefanie Mergehenn (Solinger Morgenpost, Rheinische Post), Sven von Reden (Stadt Revue Köln)
Prize for the best contribution to the German Competition (DM 10,000): Sportfrei, Anna Klamroth,2000
Second Prize of the German Competition (DM 5,000): 4 min 3 sec, Carolin Schmitz,1999
The 3sat-Promotional-Award goes to a young filmmaker and includes the offer to purchase the award-winning short film/video for broadcast on 3sat: Raus aus seinen Kleidernl, Corinna Schnitt, 1998/1999
Awards of the Children's Films Competition
(Children Jury: Jonas Feike, Jens Freund, Vivian Lisa Jäger, Julia Kaiser, Frederik Plucinski; Youth Jury: Ahmed Akkar, Sarah Allenstein, Sonia Corbo, Simon Mracse, Christine van den Mond)
Prize of the Children's Short Film Competition (5 to 10 year old), amounting to DM 2,000, donated by Kinderkanale ARD/ZDF En djevel I skapet, Lars Berg, Norway, 1998
Prize of the Children's Short Film Competition (11 to 14 year old), amounting to DM 2,000, donated by Kinderkanale ARD/ZDF: Gelée Précoce, Pierre Pinaud, France, 1999
Honorary Mention of the Jury for programmes for 11 to 14 year olds: Tactikk, Eva F. Dahr, Norway, 1998
Award for the Best German Music Video
Members of the Jury:
Mark Webber (UK), Georg Seeßlen (Germany), Dagie Brundert (Germany)
First Prize of the MuVi (ex aequo), amounting toDM 2,500 each,
donated by the Sparkassen-Bürgerstiftung Oberhausen: Der Mond, Svenja Rossa, Germany, 1999, Prowler, Mark Sikora, Germany, 1999
Third Prize of the MuVi amounting to DM 2,000, donated by the Sparkassen-Bürgerstiftung Oberhausen: Ping Pong, Sebastian Kaltmeyer, Germany, 1999