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German Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nFollowing the screening of the German Short Film Competition, audience members voted for their favourites, ultimately selecting PINKY PROMISE <\/strong>by Sophie Linnenbaum (who placed 2nd<\/sup> in 2018 with RIEN NE VA PLUS) <\/strong>as the winning film. First prize, which includes 3,000 euros in prize money, was once again endowed by the State Capital of Wiesbaden. Second prize went to EARLY BIRDS <\/strong>by Benjamin Kempf-Siemens and Rainer Binz, who also took home 2,000 euros in prize money, endowed by the Wiesbaden-based company Magenta TV Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft. Felix Karolus <\/strong>was honoured with third prize (1,000 euros, endowed by the State Capital of Wiesbaden) for his film MENUETT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nFor EARLY BIRDS<\/strong>, Benjamin Kempf-Siemens and Rainer Binz also received a film equipment rental package valued at 2,000 euros from Pille Filmger\u00e4teverleih for the production of their next film. The competition\u2019s other non-cash prize, a \u201cgrading special\u201d package from Magenta TV Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft valued at 1,500 euros, went to JUPITER<\/strong> by Benjamin Pfohl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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International Short Film Competition: Director Thomas Johnson (middle) and co-director Ivana Bo\u0161njak received the award for their film IMBUED LIFE, chosen by the international jury (Brunna Laboissi\u00e8re and Burkhard Althoff). \/ Photo: Peter R. Fischer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nInternational Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn the International Short Film Competition, the international jury chose the Croatian production IMBUED LIFE [UDAHNUT ZIVOT]<\/strong> by Ivana Bo\u0161njak and Thomas Johnson as the winning film and handed over prize money of 2,000 euros, endowed by the exground Circle of Friends. Jury members Burkhard Althoff (editor at \u201cDas kleine Fernsehspiel\u201d from Mainz), Christy Garland (documentary filmmaker from Toronto\/Canada) and Brunna Laboissi\u00e8re (director and producer from S\u00e3o Paulo\/Brazil) explained their choice with the following statement: <\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe Award for Best International Short Film goes to IMBUED LIFE. This poetic animated film manages to create fascinating spaces for association and interpretation with highest quality cinematography. By blurring the boundaries between the perception and consciousness of humans and animals, the film addresses in a surprising and original manner one of humanity\u2019s most pressing questions: our problematic relationship to nature. In doing so, IMBUED LIFE creates images that continue to affect us long after the film has concluded.\u201d<\/em>
<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nA Special Mention was given to WOMAN WITHOUT A CHILD [MUJER SIN HIJO] <\/strong>by Eva Saiz from Spain. The jury also released a statement explaining this choice:
<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe jury would like to give a Special Mention to WOMAN WITHOUT A CHILD. Humorously and laconically, the film tells the story of a middle-aged woman living on her own who rents out a room to a young man. With precise staging and great love for her characters, the director brings us very close to her unusual protagonist while also advocating for the possibility of unusual friendships. We would have loved to move in too.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nDAS BRETT \u2013 Inmate Jury Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nFor the fourth year running, the award DAS BRETT was presented in the \u201cMade in Germany\u201d section by a jury composed of inmates of Wiesbaden\u2019s primary correctional facility. From the seven nominated productions, the five jurors chose RELATIVITY <\/strong>by Mariko Minoguchi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe inmate jury from the JVA Wiesbaden correctional facility has chosen to award DAS BRETT 2019 to RELATIVITY by Mariko Minoguchi. The film touches on a whole range of emotions, though always with great sensitivity and never with a heavy hand. It has action, it has drama, it has love, it has grief, it even has a little bit of eroticism, and still it manages to combine them into one seamless piece. The five jurors were impressed by the distinctive cinematography and excellent performances \u2013 from the leads actors down to the smallest supporting roles. The film alternates masterfully between different timeframes and moods, and the camera captures the characters in such a way that the viewer can get very close to them without it becoming intrusive. Above all, however, the film doesn\u2019t take the easy route when it comes to the question of what a perpetrator really is.\u201d <\/em>
<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe award is endowed with prize money of 1,500 euros, sponsored by \u201cDie WERFT \u2013 Kulturb\u00fchne in der JVA Wiesbaden\u201d, a cultural organisation operating in Wiesbaden\u2019s correctional facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The jurors gave a Special Mention to the production HEAD BURST <\/strong>by Sava\u015f Ceviz:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cThe Special Mention goes to HEAD BURST by Sava\u015f Ceviz, which is also devoted to the difficult question of what it means to be a perpetrator. As the final decision was very close, it quickly became clear that this film also deserved to be singled out for praise. The jury was fond of the \u2018disgusting tension\u2019, the great acting performances and the fact that it had never seen anything quiet like it before. Above all, the jury was impressed by the courage of the film, which relates the story of a paedophilic man without causing the viewer to turn away instantly.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nexground youth days<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe youth jury in the International Youth Film Competition<\/strong> gave the award for the best feature-length film this year, in a tie, to YOUR TURN [ESPERO TUA (RE)VOLTA] <\/strong>by Eliza Capai and THE ORPHANAGE [PARWARESHGAH] <\/strong>by Shahrbanoo Sadat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cFor us, the film YOUR TURN earned first place for its highly compelling depiction of the student protests in Brazil. The documentary is electrifying and very affecting with its quick cuts and personal stories. The director transports viewers to the midst of the protests as the narrative unfolds from the perspective of those involved. The film manages to capture the spirit of a generation in which activism has once again become the lived reality of many individuals.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nTHE ORPHANAGE deals with an orphaned Afghani boy growing up in the 1980s who is taken off the street and placed in a communist orphanage. In his time there, he goes through a lot of traumatising experiences that have a lasting influence on him. We liked the story of the boy who dreams of Bollywood films who is thrown into harsh reality as the political situation escalates and he experiences its impact first-hand. The lives of children in war-torn regions like this represent a rather unpopular but highly interesting subject \u2013 especially also considering the political era in which the story takes place.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nThe accompanying prize money of 2,500 euros was endowed by the State Capital of Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, the youth jury chose TRAIN ROBBERS [TOGR\u00d8VERE)] <\/strong>by Martin A. Walther as the best short film at exground youth days. The 500 euros in prize money were endowed by Wiesbadener Kinofestival e. V. The jury gave a Special Mention to YOUNGVODKA <\/strong>by L\u00e9a Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAs best feature-length film, the audience chose PAPICHA <\/strong>by Mounia Meddour, who receives 1,000 euros, endowed by the State Capital of Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition<\/strong>, HEIMAT? <\/strong>by the team from Diakonisches Werk Rheingau-Taunus <\/strong>came out on top in the audience voting. First prize comes with 500 euros, endowed by the Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts. Second prize went to SCHRITTE IN DIE ZUKUNFT <\/strong>by Lena Kr\u00fcger-Lorenzen, who receives a gift certificate to the certified Apple dealer ergo sum valued at 150 euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Director Alexander Conrads won the audience award for his film LIONESS at the Wiesbaden Special \u2013 Short Film Competition. \/ Photo: Peter R. Fischer <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWiesbaden Special \u2013 Short Film Competition<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nIn the audience competition for the best short film with a connection to Wiesbaden, Alexander Conrads\u2019 LIONESS <\/strong>came up victorious. In addition to prize money of 500 euros, endowed by festival media partner Wiesbadener Kurier, the winner also receives the non-cash prize package \u201cFilm Sound Special\u201d, valued at 2,000 euros, which gives the artist two days to take advantage of the technology and know-how of the Wiesbaden sound production studio klangBezirk to produce the final audio mix of his next film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nexground Gong Show<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nTrash is cult \u2013 the participants in the legendary exground Gong Show have proven the statement once again this year. The deserving winners of 50 euros in prize money and the Golden exground Cucumber are Patrik Pezelj and Marius Hofmann for their sensational trailer spoof EXGROUND 32 TRAILER (FREI VON PUNKT PUNKT PUNKT)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSave the date: exground filmfest 33 will take place from 13 to 22 November 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This past Sunday evening, exground filmfest 32 successfully concluded its ten-day celebration of independent cinema with a gala awards ceremony at Wiesbaden\u2019s Caligari FilmB\u00fchne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.5.11","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5540"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5650,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions\/5650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
For EARLY BIRDS<\/strong>, Benjamin Kempf-Siemens and Rainer Binz also received a film equipment rental package valued at 2,000 euros from Pille Filmger\u00e4teverleih for the production of their next film. The competition\u2019s other non-cash prize, a \u201cgrading special\u201d package from Magenta TV Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft valued at 1,500 euros, went to JUPITER<\/strong> by Benjamin Pfohl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the International Short Film Competition, the international jury chose the Croatian production IMBUED LIFE [UDAHNUT ZIVOT]<\/strong> by Ivana Bo\u0161njak and Thomas Johnson as the winning film and handed over prize money of 2,000 euros, endowed by the exground Circle of Friends. Jury members Burkhard Althoff (editor at \u201cDas kleine Fernsehspiel\u201d from Mainz), Christy Garland (documentary filmmaker from Toronto\/Canada) and Brunna Laboissi\u00e8re (director and producer from S\u00e3o Paulo\/Brazil) explained their choice with the following statement: <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Award for Best International Short Film goes to IMBUED LIFE. This poetic animated film manages to create fascinating spaces for association and interpretation with highest quality cinematography. By blurring the boundaries between the perception and consciousness of humans and animals, the film addresses in a surprising and original manner one of humanity\u2019s most pressing questions: our problematic relationship to nature. In doing so, IMBUED LIFE creates images that continue to affect us long after the film has concluded.\u201d<\/em> A Special Mention was given to WOMAN WITHOUT A CHILD [MUJER SIN HIJO] <\/strong>by Eva Saiz from Spain. The jury also released a statement explaining this choice: \u201cThe jury would like to give a Special Mention to WOMAN WITHOUT A CHILD. Humorously and laconically, the film tells the story of a middle-aged woman living on her own who rents out a room to a young man. With precise staging and great love for her characters, the director brings us very close to her unusual protagonist while also advocating for the possibility of unusual friendships. We would have loved to move in too.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n For the fourth year running, the award DAS BRETT was presented in the \u201cMade in Germany\u201d section by a jury composed of inmates of Wiesbaden\u2019s primary correctional facility. From the seven nominated productions, the five jurors chose RELATIVITY <\/strong>by Mariko Minoguchi:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe inmate jury from the JVA Wiesbaden correctional facility has chosen to award DAS BRETT 2019 to RELATIVITY by Mariko Minoguchi. The film touches on a whole range of emotions, though always with great sensitivity and never with a heavy hand. It has action, it has drama, it has love, it has grief, it even has a little bit of eroticism, and still it manages to combine them into one seamless piece. The five jurors were impressed by the distinctive cinematography and excellent performances \u2013 from the leads actors down to the smallest supporting roles. The film alternates masterfully between different timeframes and moods, and the camera captures the characters in such a way that the viewer can get very close to them without it becoming intrusive. Above all, however, the film doesn\u2019t take the easy route when it comes to the question of what a perpetrator really is.\u201d <\/em> The award is endowed with prize money of 1,500 euros, sponsored by \u201cDie WERFT \u2013 Kulturb\u00fchne in der JVA Wiesbaden\u201d, a cultural organisation operating in Wiesbaden\u2019s correctional facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The jurors gave a Special Mention to the production HEAD BURST <\/strong>by Sava\u015f Ceviz:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe Special Mention goes to HEAD BURST by Sava\u015f Ceviz, which is also devoted to the difficult question of what it means to be a perpetrator. As the final decision was very close, it quickly became clear that this film also deserved to be singled out for praise. The jury was fond of the \u2018disgusting tension\u2019, the great acting performances and the fact that it had never seen anything quiet like it before. Above all, the jury was impressed by the courage of the film, which relates the story of a paedophilic man without causing the viewer to turn away instantly.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The youth jury in the International Youth Film Competition<\/strong> gave the award for the best feature-length film this year, in a tie, to YOUR TURN [ESPERO TUA (RE)VOLTA] <\/strong>by Eliza Capai and THE ORPHANAGE [PARWARESHGAH] <\/strong>by Shahrbanoo Sadat:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor us, the film YOUR TURN earned first place for its highly compelling depiction of the student protests in Brazil. The documentary is electrifying and very affecting with its quick cuts and personal stories. The director transports viewers to the midst of the protests as the narrative unfolds from the perspective of those involved. The film manages to capture the spirit of a generation in which activism has once again become the lived reality of many individuals.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n THE ORPHANAGE deals with an orphaned Afghani boy growing up in the 1980s who is taken off the street and placed in a communist orphanage. In his time there, he goes through a lot of traumatising experiences that have a lasting influence on him. We liked the story of the boy who dreams of Bollywood films who is thrown into harsh reality as the political situation escalates and he experiences its impact first-hand. The lives of children in war-torn regions like this represent a rather unpopular but highly interesting subject \u2013 especially also considering the political era in which the story takes place.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n The accompanying prize money of 2,500 euros was endowed by the State Capital of Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition, the youth jury chose TRAIN ROBBERS [TOGR\u00d8VERE)] <\/strong>by Martin A. Walther as the best short film at exground youth days. The 500 euros in prize money were endowed by Wiesbadener Kinofestival e. V. The jury gave a Special Mention to YOUNGVODKA <\/strong>by L\u00e9a Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As best feature-length film, the audience chose PAPICHA <\/strong>by Mounia Meddour, who receives 1,000 euros, endowed by the State Capital of Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition<\/strong>, HEIMAT? <\/strong>by the team from Diakonisches Werk Rheingau-Taunus <\/strong>came out on top in the audience voting. First prize comes with 500 euros, endowed by the Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts. Second prize went to SCHRITTE IN DIE ZUKUNFT <\/strong>by Lena Kr\u00fcger-Lorenzen, who receives a gift certificate to the certified Apple dealer ergo sum valued at 150 euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the audience competition for the best short film with a connection to Wiesbaden, Alexander Conrads\u2019 LIONESS <\/strong>came up victorious. In addition to prize money of 500 euros, endowed by festival media partner Wiesbadener Kurier, the winner also receives the non-cash prize package \u201cFilm Sound Special\u201d, valued at 2,000 euros, which gives the artist two days to take advantage of the technology and know-how of the Wiesbaden sound production studio klangBezirk to produce the final audio mix of his next film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trash is cult \u2013 the participants in the legendary exground Gong Show have proven the statement once again this year. The deserving winners of 50 euros in prize money and the Golden exground Cucumber are Patrik Pezelj and Marius Hofmann for their sensational trailer spoof EXGROUND 32 TRAILER (FREI VON PUNKT PUNKT PUNKT)<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Save the date: exground filmfest 33 will take place from 13 to 22 November 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This past Sunday evening, exground filmfest 32 successfully concluded its ten-day celebration of independent cinema with a gala awards ceremony at Wiesbaden\u2019s Caligari FilmB\u00fchne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.5.11","language":"en","enabled_languages":["de","en"],"languages":{"de":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5540"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5650,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5540\/revisions\/5650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exground.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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