BEST FILM
FUCKING DRAMA
Director: Michael Podogil
Country: Austria
Duration: 17:01
Synopsis: A young couple admits to see an off theater play in a mysterious dark basement. The play begins as ‘arty’ as expected – some people film it amused with their phones. But the mood changes, when Manfred Amour, the author of the play enters the cellar.
BEST DIRECTOR
FUCKING DRAMA
Director: Michael Podogil
Country: Austria
Duration: 17:01
Synopsis: A young couple admits to see an off theater play in a mysterious dark basement. The play begins as ‘arty’ as expected – some people film it amused with their phones. But the mood changes, when Manfred Amour, the author of the play enters the cellar.
BEST SCREENPLAY
FUCKING DRAMA
Director: Michael Podogil
Country: Austria
Duration: 17:01
Synopsis: A young couple admits to see an off theater play in a mysterious dark basement. The play begins as ‘arty’ as expected – some people film it amused with their phones. But the mood changes, when Manfred Amour, the author of the play enters the cellar.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Aqua Mamas
Director: Zara Zerny
Country: Denmark
Duration: 28:00
Synopsis: A hybrid short film about motherhood based on real experiences – with one actress and a group of real mothers playing themselves within a fictive storyline. Pernille is pregnant and filled with joyful expectations to her new life as a mother. But when her son arrives her world is turned upside-down. The idyllic dream of motherhood is shattered and replaced by the reality of a crying baby. She seeks support and comfort from a group of far more experienced mothers, whom tries to help Pernille the best way they can. But how can one become a great mother?
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Skógafoss
Director: Niels Bourgonje
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 10:00
Synopsis: While on vacation with his girlfriend, Gijs receives a phone call from his mother, that reveals her troubled mental state and their complex relationship.
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
The Victory of Charity
Director: Albert Meisl
Country: Austria
Duration: 24:14
Synopsis: Szabo is a musicologist devoted to collecting archives of Austrian pop music. When the original stage outfit of a 1960s Viennese beat group ends up at the charity shop, Szabo will do whatever it takes to get it back.
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Horns Out
Director: Andy Sarjahani
Country: United States
Duration: 12:33
Synopsis: Maurice Horn, an aging, 77 year old Montana climber grapples with sense of place and identity through the past loss of his childhood ranch and the imminent loss of his replacement for that ranch – climbing.
BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
Sand
Director: Arjan Brentjes
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 04:48
Synopsis: You get up at five, eat your vitamins, take some water with your coffee, work for a few hours, eat your omegas and flavonoids, work a little more, get some exercise and then take a shower. But don’t bother trying to wash the sand out of your hair.
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
Flatman
Director: Philipp Bürge
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 14:04
Synopsis: Flatman – a drawn character – comes to life, flees from his illustrator and falls in love with Caramelle. His longing for freedom clashes with the will of his creator. But is the designer’s will really as free as he believes? The boundaries between creator and creature fall apart and suddenly nothing is as it seems.
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Ravens
Director: Peter Miller
Country: Australia
Duration: 05:25
Synopsis: Animated portraits reinterpret Edgar Allan Poe. Original music by Peter Miller.
