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Winner of exground filmfest 24
DEUTSCHER KURZFILM-WETTBEWERB
(Audience award, Prize money sponserd by Culturel Department of Wiesbaden
and Wiesbadener Kinofestival e.V.)
1. Prize // INTERVIEW
by Sebastian Marka
2. Prize // THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT
by Till Nowak
3. Prize // VIKI FICKI
by Natalie Spinell
Winner of Pille Filmgeräteverleih-Prize
(Non-cash prize for video and film technology, Jury award, sponserd by Pille Filmgeräteverleih)
THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT
by Till Nowak
INTERNATIONALER ON-VIDEO-WETTBEWERB
(Jury award, Prize money sponserd by exground-Freundeskreis)
THE STRANGE ONES
by Lauren Wolkstein and Christopher Radcliffe
WIESBADEN-SPECIAL – KURZFILM-WETTBEWERB
(Audience award, Prize money sponserd by Wiesbadener Kurier and Non-cash "Filmsound Special" Award by KlangBezirk)
HERZDAMEN
by Alexandra Fox, Claudia Münch and Stefanie Jaehde
youth days – INTERNATIONALER JUGENDFILM-WETTBEWERB
(Jury award, Prize money sponserd by Culturel Department of Wiesbaden)
JITTERS
by Baldvin Zophoníasson
Special mention
JESS & MOSS von Clay Jeter
Best short film (Jury award)
I AM A GIRL!
by Susan Koenen
WIESBADENER JUGENDFILM-WETTBEWERB
(Audience award, Prize money sponserd by Hessian State Agency for Political Education)
COUNTDOWN
by Leon Kaczmarczyk
exground-GONG-SHOW: Goldene exground-Gurke
(Jury award, Prize money sponserd by exground filmfest)
DER INTERRATIONALE FRÜHSCHOPPEN
by Linus Secker
Wiesbaden, November 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE
INTERVIEW wins German Short Film contest // JITTERS wins Youth Film contest // THE STRANGE ONES wins ON-VIDEO contest
exground filmfest 24 celebrates successful festival closing
On Sunday, November 20, exground filmfest 24 celebrated its festive festival closing in the Caligari FilmBühne. Over ten days the festival had presented highlights from the international independent film scene in Wiesbaden. Numerous international guests had travelled to the state capital of Hessen to present their films in person to the audiences who turned up in huge numbers. exground filmfest is happy to announce another record number of visitors: More than 14 000 participated in this year’s festival events.
German Short Film contest in sold out Caligari FilmBühne
The German Short Film contest is exground filmfest‘s most established contest. In two screenings the audience decided on this year’s winner films and chose INTERVIEW by Sebastian Mark aas the winner film on Sunday, November 20, in the sold out Caligari FilmBühne. The first prize of the German Short Film Contest is endowed with 3000 Euros and sponsored by the Cultural Offices of the state capital Wiesbaden. THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT by Till Nowak came in second, endowed with 2000 Euros sponsored by the Wiesbaden Kinofestival e.V. this year. VIKI FICKI by Natalie Spinell landed on place three, endowed with 1000 Euros and also presented by head of Cultural department of the state capital Wiesbaden, Rose-Lore Scholz. For the first time, the Pille Filmgeräteverleih GmbH sponsored an additional non-cash prize worth 2000 Euros, for video and film technology. A jury of five representatives from the company decorated THE CENTRIFUGE BRAIN PROJECT by Till Nowak.
In the course of the festive award ceremony – following the 2nd screening of the German Short Film contest on Sunday, November 20, - the winners of exground filmfest 24’s other contests were decorated as well in the Caligari FilmBühne.
exground youth days – 8th international youth film contest
The youth jury of the 8th international youth film contest within the exground youth days gave the award for best feature film to the Icelandic entry JITTERS by Baldvin Zophoníasson. The jurors explained their decision as follows: „A 16 year old boy is confronted with his homosexuality and needs to learn to be himself in a world full of obstacles. Impressive images do not only transport his fate but his friend’s and parents’ as well. The story is never exaggerated which lends a true credibility to the film“. The prize money for the winner film is 2500 Euros, sponsored by the state capital Wiesbaden.
An honorary mention went to the US contest entry JESS + MOSS by Clay Jeter. The youth jury’s explanatory statement: „We especially liked the camera work, the images of the Confederate States and the realization of the director’s ideas. The director himself says: The film breathes. We say: It is breathtaking.“
The youth jury also decorated the best supporting film of the youth days: I AM A GIRL! by director Susan Koenen, who addresses the rarely discussed subject of transsexuality with the example of her 13 year old protagonist Joppe. This award is undoped.
Already on Saturday, November 12, the audience had decided on the winner of the Wiesbaden Youth Film contest. The short feature film COUNTDOWN by Leon Kaczmarczyk won the vote and the director received the prize money of 450 Euros, sponsored by the Hessian State Office for Political Education. (...)
Press release Nov 20, 2011 as PDF for download
More Highlights – Program on Saturday, Nov 19, 2011
EMPIRE ME – DER FALL CHODORKOWSKI – REMINGTON AND THE CURSE OF THE ZOMBADINGS and many more
On the second festival weekend, exground filmfest launches a cinematic fireworks: „News from Germany“ are represented by the politically explosive documentary DER FALL CHODORKOWSKI (KHODORKOVSKY) about the former richest Russian and by now the country’s most famous inmate, by director Cyril Tuschi who will be a guest at the festival (Caligari, 8pm), and by KIEZKICK UND PUNKROCK by Wiesbaden director Tim Gorbauch, who approaches the fans of the 1. FC St. Pauli soccer club in his latest documentary, taking them on a musical journey (Murnau Filmtheater, 6pm).
From Russia, the festival presents the moving documentary MINER'S DAY: SANYA UND SPARROW about former miners by Andrey Gryazev, who won the Russian national award „Bay Twig“ for best debut film (Kulturpalast, 6pm), and the Philippines bring us the in-your-face horror-trash-comedy REMINGTON AND THE CURSE OF THE ZOMBADINGS, in which little Remington receives a bizarre curse because he makes fun of gays (Kulturpalast,10pm). Another film you should not miss is the documentary cum road movie EMPIRE ME by Austrian director Paul Poet about the smallest self-determined and self-governed states in the world (Caligari, 5.30pm).
The retrospective dedicated to Israeli director Eyal Sivan, who is known as a resolute critic of Israel’s settlement politics, closes today with THE SPECIALIST, in which the documentary filmmaker retraces the trial against Adolf Eichmann, who - following Hitler’s orders -deported millions of innocent people to the concentration camps (Murnau Filmtheater, 3pm).
The whole program of Nov 19, 2011
Friday, Nov 18, 2011 – Today’s Highlights
ON-VIDEO-CONTEST – SENSATION – THE CINEMA HOLD UP and many more
On Friday, exground filmfest presents part 2 of the international ON-VIDEO-Contest, which takes place for the tenth time already (Caligari 5:30pm, 2nd screening on Saturday, November 19, Kulturpalast, 8pm).
In addition, exground filmfest offers several German premieres today: The Mexican feature film debut by Iria Gómez Concheiro THE CINEMA HOLD UP (MurnauFilmtheater, 10pm), the cheerful production AU PAIR, KANSAS from the USA (Murnau Filmtheater, 8pm), as well as GUILTY OF ROMANCE, part 3 of the „Hatred“-trilogy by Japanese enfant terrible Sion Sono, director of LOVE EXPOSURE and COLD FISH (Caligari, 10:15pm).
The festival also presents SENSATION, an Irish-Dutch attack at the laughing muscles about love and sex (Caligari, 8pm).
All of today’s films
Day 7 // exground filmfest on Thursday Nov 17, 2011
ON-VIDEO-CONTEST – READING – FILMS, FILMS, FILMS
Today, exground filmfest celebrates a small jubilee: For the tenth time, the festival presents the international ON-VIDEO-Contest, in which 20 films from 16 countries compete for the jury award endowed with 1,500 Euros. The program is split into two parts and begins this Thursday with part 1 (Caligari, 5:30 pm; 2nd screening on Friday, Nov 19, Kulturpalast, 8 pm).
A cinematic highlight of the day is the American indie production THE OFF HOURS, whose protagonist is also the star of this year’s exground poster. Director Megan Griffiths and producer Lacey Leavitt will introduce their film in person at exground filmfest (Caligari, 8 pm). Other filmic highlights are the German production TAGE DIE BLEIBEN, which recently won the NDR talent film award (Murnau Filmtheater, 8 pm), as well as two highly personal films by Israeli documentary filmmaker Tomer Heymann: I SHOT MY LOVE (Kulturpalast, 8 pm) and THE QUEEN HAS NO CROWN (Kulturpalast, 10 pm). In addition, exground filmfest presents today the moving documentary NO MORE FEAR, in which director Mourad Ben Cheikh portraits three lives in the middle of the Arabic spring (Murnau Filmtheater, 6 pm).
Great entertainment is also guaranteed by today’s framework program: In line with the country focus on Israel, Oliver Polak holds a reading of his best-seller of the same name ICH DARF DAS, ICH BIN JUDE! (I AM ALLOWED TO DO THIS - I AM JEWISH!).Subtle and full of humor, Polak comments on his mother’s strict Jewish rules and his “double circumcision”. Polak‘s performance in the stand-up-show JUD SÜSS-SAUER received the Kulturnews award „Best Entertainment 2010“ (Kulturpalast, 8 pm).
All of today’s films
exground filmfest on Wednesday Nov 16, 2011
Today exground filmfest takes you on a cinematic trip around the world. Beautiful images of Mexico can be seen in the award-winning film A STONE'S THROW AWAY by Sebastian Hiriart (Caligari, 8pm). A great picture book of Buenos Aires is MEDIANERAS, a humorous film about virtual and urban loneliness (Murnau, 10pm). exground youth days present the US film JESS & MOSS, located in Kentucky's endless tabac fields. Director Clay Jeter and actress Sarah Hagan will be presenting their multi-award-winning film personally in Wiesbaden (Caligari, 5:30pm).
As part of the country focus Israel, exground presents four current short films from the university Tel Aviv in the short film program ISRAEL II, as well as one work from the film faculty of the Sapir College in Sderot in the south of Israel (Murnau Filmtheater, 6pm). The multiple award winning film PRECIOUS LIFE tells the story of Palestine Raida and her 4 months old son, who was born without an immune system (Kulturpalast, 8pm).
All films on Wednesday Nov 16, 2011
exground filmfest on Tuesday Nov15, 2011
On Tuesday, exground filmfest presents a 3-film-program of excellent documentaries in the „News from Germany“ section, among them the essayistic short film TRACES OF AN ELEPHANT by Vanessa Nica Mueller – winner of the German contest of the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen 2011 (Murnau Filmtheater, 6 pm). In another 3-film program, special German short films will be presented in the presence of numerous guests, among them the impressive chamber play BEREDTES SCHWEIGEN by Julia Keller (Caligari, 10:15 pm).
Another German production is Benjamin Cantu's STADT LAND FLUSS in the youth days program, decorated at the International Film festival in Berlin with the „Siegessäule“ award for best feature film (Caligari, 5:30 pm). Further recommendations: The impressive documentary CONCRETE, in which former soldiers of the Israeli army talk about their duty in the Gaza Strip (Kulturpalast, 8 pm), and THE PRIZE (EL PREMIO) by Mexican director Paula Markovitch, whose autobiographical film was decorated with the Silver bear for best camera at the International Film festival in Berlin (Murnau Filmtheater, 8 pm).
In the course of this year's country focus Israel, exground 24 presents a retrospective dedicated to director Eyal Sivan, which starts on Monday with AQABAT-JABER, PEACE OF NO RETURN? (Murnau Filmtheater, 6pm). After the screening, the festival invites you to a film talk with Eyal Sivan. Eyal Sivan is known as a strict critic of Israel's politics. Among his best-known films are THE SPECIALIST (Murnau Filmtheater, 19.11. 3pm), a documentary about the Eichmann trial, and JAFFA, THE ORANGE‘S CLOCKWORK (Murnau Filmtheater, 17.11. 10pm), a documentary about the Israel foundation myth.
exground filmfest also invites you to a film talk about the country focus Israel (Kulturpalast, 10pm). Participants in the panel discussion are our Israele guests Suha Arraf (WOMEN OF HAMAS, director), David Fisher (MOSTAR ROUND-TRIP, director), Noam Levy (CONCRETE, editor), and Eyal Sivan (RETROSPECTIVE). The discussion will be led by Hannes Karnick (AG DOK).
Further film highlights of the day are the internationally decorated youth film BROTHERS by Marcel Rasquin from Venezuela (Caligari, 5.30pm) and the much-discussed film debut by Hagar Ben Asher DIE ZÜGELLOSE [THE SLUT] (Caligari, 10:30pm).
Monday evening: HER MIT DEM TRASH! - the traditional motto of the exground-Gong-Show (Kulturpalast, 10pm). Short films of up to 10 minutes duration can be submitted by everybody between 8pm and 9pm on location. All productions which are not gonged out by the jury will be rated on a ten point scale. The winner film receives the golden exground cucumber and 50 Euros.
Grand opening of exground filmfest 24 – Tonight!
exground filmfest 24 will be opend with EIN SOMMER IN HAIFA (Caligari FilmBühne, 19 h, Israel 2010, OV Germ. ST) by Avi Nesher – as part of this year’s focus on films from Israel.
At 21 h everyone is invited to join the cineastic walk through downtown Wiesbaden.
For the fourth time, the team from A WALL IS A SCREEN from Hamburg is going to illuminate Wiesbaden’s facades. Again, short films from all genres will be projected onto walls. Destination of the cinematic stroll is the Kulturpalast, where the OPENING NIGHT PARTY of exground filmfest 24 will begin at 10 pm.
So, be there or be square!
Be part of exground-Gong-Show
Same procedure as every year: make way for people who want to show their films before an audience. In the age of Facebook and Twitter there is one motto: the main issue is that it’s published – no matter how weird it is! So, just bring your DVD (max length: 10 min.) and hand it in on November 14, 2011, between 8 pm and 9 pm in the Kulturpalast. All films that are not being "gonged out" will be rated by a jury on a ten-point scale. The director with the highest score can be pleased as punch about the "Golden exground Cucumber" and the prize money of EUR 50.
Festivaltrailer is online!
He has an impressive figure and a weightily voice. He is a cinematic fixture in a dark robe – he is: your father! And he tries to prove this in an impressive and very forceful way – against all resistance if necessary.
But: who cares?!? Let’s go to the cinema instead...
The exground circle of friends – sponsors of the award for the ON-VIDEO-Contest
This year, true friends of the festival again have made an invaluable contribution to making the financial foundation of exground filmfest even more solid: Each of them have donated 100 Euros and therewith enabled the endowment of 1500 Euros for the prize money for the international ON-VIDEO-Contest in 2011. We would like to thank you sincerely!
With this generous support, the exground circle of friends has shown – representative of our audience – that it is not only a matter of the heart for us to keep exground filmfest in its ancestral place in the cultural calendar for a long time, and to continue to bring first-class movies to Wiesbaden. And due to the increasing competition regarding the best productions and the resulting higher screening costs, this proves to be more difficult by the year.
Become a member of the exground circle of friends!
Support exground filmfest a member of the exground circle of friends with an annual contribution of 100 Euros. As a member of the exground circle of friends you are invited to the opening and closing events, the festival receptions, and of course to the screening of the ON-VIDEO-Contest in the Caligari FilmBühne.
And to sweeten the time between the festivals, you will be entitled to free entry to the program „exground film of the month“, taking place every last Wednesday of the month at the Caligari FilmBühne.
If you would like to join the exground circle of friends, please write to us at freundeskreis@exground.com or call us at (06 11) 1 74 82 27.
exground 24 Warm-Up-Party
For the first time, there will be a warm up Party for exground filmfest at the Kulturpalast.
Date is Saturday, October 8, 2011, at 10pm. The DJs „One ticket to paris“ (Bastard/Beatbox)
and „I can’t dance“ (xo/Fastbreak) will drive you to ecstasy with groovy Sixties Beats, electrifying
Eighties innovations and absorbing Indie and Trash deluxe.
Plus: The first 60 guests get a free exground T-shirt! WEAR IT!
exground filmfest now on facebook! Visit us at:
www.facebook.com/exgroundfilmfest
Submission of film for exground filmfest 24 is possible as of now.
Deadline August 1, 2011
Submissions of films and videos in the categories main program (American Independents, News from Asia, Neues aus Deutschland, Documentary, International feature- and short films), special program and contests (German short film contest, International ON VIDEO contest, Wiesbaden-Special – Short film contest, youth days – International youth film contest) in the genres fiction, documentary, animation and experimental film. The submission is free of charge.
Submission of film
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