IL GIARDINO by Michael Ester winner of
exground filmfest 22’s German short film contest
Pressrelease 22.11.2009 as PDF for download
Closing of exground filmfest 22
On Sunday, November 22, 2009, exground filmfest finished successfully. In the past ten days, the films from all over the world found huge acclaim with the international audience who travelled to the Hessian state capital Wiesbaden for the 22nd time already – for the most important platform for the German independent film. This year, the festival lured around 2.000 viewers more into the cinemas than last year. exground filmfest had a total of 14.000 guests, 11.000 of which visited the film screenings.
German short film contest
In two screenings, the audience decided on this year’s winners of the GERMAN SHORT FILM CONTEST. The final vote took place on Sunday in the sold-out Caligari FilmBühne. The first prize went to Michael Ester’s film IL GIARDNIO. The award is endowed with 3.000 Euros and sponsored by the Cultural Office of the state capital Wiesbaden. BOB by directors Jacob Frey and Harry Fast reached the second place, endowed with 2.000 Euros, sponsored by the BEWEGTE ZEITEN film production GmbH. The third prize went to JUDAS AND JESUS. Directors Olaf Encke and Claudia Romero received 1.000 Euros, again sponsored by the Cultural Office of the state capital Wiesbaden.
In the course of the award ceremony, the winners of the other exground contests were announced as well.
youth days – International youth film contest
The jury of the international youth film contest gave the only feature film award of exground filmfest to the US entry MY SUICIDE by David Lee Miller. (…)
International ON-VIDEO contest
The international ON-VIDEO CONTEST was won by Dutch cartoon NOTEBOOK (NOTEBOEK) by Evelien Lohbeck. (…)
Wiesbaden-Special – Short film contest
(…) In the course of the award ceremony, director Kolja Erdmann was honoured for his film DREISSIG. (…)
Betting On Shorts
(…) In every city, a jury elected the winner, while the audience could place bets on their favourite. In Wiesbaden, the British film SECTION 44 by Daniel Wilson was the winner, while MEMOTECH by Marianna Mørkøre & Rannvá Káradóttir from the Faro islands was the winner of the international contest.
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