WINNERS
Best International Film
A Morte Branca do Feiticeiro Negro
Rodrigo Ribeiro
Brazil, 2020 (10min)
Memories of the Brazilian slave past overflow in ethereal landscapes and harrowing noises. Through a poetic visual essay, a reflection on the silencing and invisibility of black people in diaspora, in an intimate and sensory journey.
Best Portuguese Film
Miraflores
Rodrigo Braz Teixeira
Portugal, 2020 (18min)
Three kids searching for a story. A group of friends partying. An unusual church, an abandoned pool and a fallen tree in a roundabout. What is more unwavering about a place: the scenery surrounding us or the memories carved on its corners.
Young Jury's Award
A Morte Branca do Feiticeiro Negro
Rodrigo Ribeiro
Brazil, 2020 (10min)
Memories of the Brazilian slave past overflow in ethereal landscapes and harrowing noises. Through a poetic visual essay, a reflection on the silencing and invisibility of black people in diaspora, in an intimate and sensory journey.
Audience's Choice
An Ocean
Paul Scheufler
Germany, 2021 (19min)
The trembling starts in his neck when Markus is getting closer to the images that have chased him for 49 years. Now he steers his motor home south, as far away from his past as possible. The images come without any warning. First a tingling in the neck, then the trembling spreads through Markus' whole body. The abuse happened over 45 years ago, but only now can Markus put it into words. With his motor home, the 55-year-old always keeps moving, just so he doesn't spend too long thinking. A daily struggle for survival between the past and the view of the ocean horizon.
International Jury's Honorable Mentions
I'm a Fish
Daria Melnikova
Russia, 2020 (5min)
The girl lives in an apartment with a creepy monster who constantly violates her personal boundaries and pesters her with her care. Even in the bathroom, the main character finds no escape from the monster. The girl’s patience ends, and she decides to run away from home.
Uranus
Aya Ahmed Matrabie
Palestine, 2020 (11min)
"When great people die, they turn into a glowing star up in the sky." There is more to this myth. When the dreams of Gazan youth die, they get sent out to a distant, cold planet. However, every night, and from the top of their homes, or even from the seashore. Merna and others like her resuscitate their dreams. They bring “Uranus” to the city “GAZA” with no Visa or travel permission. Uranus, an 11-minute philosophical documentary about space and no space. In this short film, the director Aya Matrabie examines the youth's relationship with the cosmos and takes a closer look at a sacred entanglement between women and the sky; an entanglement grown to be special love to the color blue. Gaza and Uranus, two destinations of one childhood.
Young Jury's Honorable Mentions
An Ocean
Paul Scheufler
Germany, 2021 (19min)
The trembling starts in his neck when Markus is getting closer to the images that have chased him for 49 years. Now he steers his motor home south, as far away from his past as possible. The images come without any warning. First a tingling in the neck, then the trembling spreads through Markus' whole body. The abuse happened over 45 years ago, but only now can Markus put it into words. With his motor home, the 55-year-old always keeps moving, just so he doesn't spend too long thinking. A daily struggle for survival between the past and the view of the ocean horizon.
When You Were Young, You Walked Where You Wanted
Olga Bejm
Poland, 2020 (8min)
Young girl working in a nursing home connects with one of the apathetic patients. Her superior does not approve of that. The Film is an intimate story about a need for understanding and connection between generations.