This year eleven films were awarded prizes.  The prize money is altogether 56.500 Euro.
See all jury statements on our website!

Echo

Best Film: VFF YOUNG TALENT AWARD

Sponsor: German Royalty Collecting Company of Film & TV Producers Ltd. (VFF), Prize: € 7.500

ECHO directed by Magnus von Horn
(PWSFT, Lódz, Poland)

The jury:”A huge topic in a small form.”

Particularly looking forward to “Introduction to General Linguistics” and “London Transfer”, went to the screening of the last program. Left the cinema highly impressed by “The Death of One”.

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Want to watch the films from IFFH 2009 a second time or haven’t made it to the festival? Fortunately, the internet is an inexhaustible treasure trove and, in this case, the largest cinema in the world.

Watch the animation film Hardcover and Paperpack by Uri Alonim and Moshe Servatka from Israel here.

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Five beer spots are competing for the König Ludwig Trophy this year, amongst those Sanne Kurz’ charming fairy tale “1,2,3″ about a prince feeling uncomfortable sleeping on beer bottles, and an inspiring yoga lesson by Collin John d’Cunha.

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Tears of the Son

The program started with Dean Threadgold’s comedy “Tears of the Son”, a well done action film spoof. The setting is professional and the characters are complex and elaborated. One would only wish that Josh, the little boy with the huge ears who wants to cure cancer with the tears of action star Buck Harris, had more time for his personal development than the 15 minutes of a short film.

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Containing movies like the animation “Tess has a stain on her dress” and the feature “Janna & Liv” program #9 is another highlight of the festival. It will be screened again tomorrow, November 20th at 17:30 pm.

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In this program some very impressing movies were shown, such as Benjamin Freidberg’s “Guided Tour”, Aiden Prewett’s “Me, Myself and iPod” and Emma de Swaef’s “Soft Plants”. If you have missed it: sorry, no chance to watch it again at the festival. Anyway, here is a short overview.

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Program #2 includes five portraits concerning loneliness. All movies deal with it differently in story and style. Like all the others the block is mixed and contains diverse genres: two documentaries, two fictions and a clay animation. Weiterlesen

Anyone for Candy

The program started with a German road movie: “Anyone for Candy” by Karl-Hagen Stötzer looks at two guys from Berlin going to Poland to buy smoke-bombs they want to throw during the next football game. They have the grandmother coming with them as she needs a new permanent wave. On their way back the old woman almost dies from a candy in her windpipe, and the friendship of the two young men takes a turn. “I know lots of people who are like these two guys and I wanted to show that they’ve got their stories, too, that they have to be taken serious,” Karl-Hagen says.

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Starting with “Iron & Butterfly”, followed by “My four inch precious” and “After Everything” this film block made a strong impression on the audience. Across the board the films shown were elaborate and convincing. The program will be screened for a second time on Thursday, November 19th at 19:30 pm.

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