International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2009
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The 55th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2009 took place from April 30th to May 5th in the Oberhausen Lichtburg . The Unreal Asia theme was curated by Gridthiya Gaweewong and David Teh . Profiles dealt with Matsumoto Toshio , Sarajevo Documentary School , Nicolás Echevarría , Factory of Found Clothes and Herbert Fritsch .
Prize winner: International competition
International jury
Grand Prix of the City of Oberhausen
A Letter to Uncle Boonmee , Apichatpong Weerasethakul ( Thailand )
Grand Prize
two main prizes
Ketamine - Behind the Light , Carsten Aschmann ( Germany )
True Story , Robert Frank ( United States )
ARTE award for a European short film
Bernadette , Duncan Campbell ( United Kingdom )
Honorable Mention
Nora , Alla Kovgan and David Hinton (United States)
Jury of the Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
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A Letter to Uncle Boonmee , Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand)
Honorable Mention
Elefantenhaut , Severin Fiala and Ulrike Putzer ( Austria )
FIPRESCI jury
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Bernadette , Duncan Campbell (United Kingdom)
Ecumenical jury
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Elefantenhaut , Severin Fiala and Ulrike Putzer (Austria)
Honorable Mention
The Conservatory , Matilda Tristram (United Kingdom)
Cinema jury
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The two best films under ten minutes in the international and German competition
Prrrride , Sirah Foighel Brutmann and Eitan Efrat ( Netherlands / Israel )
Honorable Mention
Booo , Alicja Jaworski ( Sweden )
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
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Burning Palace , Mara Mattuschka (Austria)
Prize winner: German competition
Jury of the German competition
Award for the best contribution
ex aequo
Please Say Something , David O'Reilly
3sat promotion award
Cinema jury
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The two best films under ten minutes in the international and German competition
Prize winner: NRW competition
First price
A Taste of Honey , Simon Rittmeier
Second prize
Dial M for Mother , Eli Cortiñas Hidalgo
Honorable Mention
Prize winners: Children's and Youth Film Competition
Children's jury
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Adriaan: Een Kist voor Stippie , Mischa Kamp (Netherlands)
Honorable Mention
The Problem with Pets , Catriona Craig (United Kingdom)
Youth jury
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Ralph , Alex Winckler (United Kingdom)
Honorable Mention
Varde , Hanne Larsen ( Norway )
Prize winners: 11th MuVi Prize for the best German music video
1st Prize
Pasajeros peregrinos pilotos ( Porter Ricks ), Thomas Koener
2nd prize
Egodyston ( Groenland Orchestra ), Xenia Lesniewski
3rd prize
Graf ( Lithops ), Karl Kliem
MuVi online audience award
Born to be a king ( Marteria ), Daniel Franke and Martin W. Maier
More films from the festival
- Medley , Jens Pecho (Germany)
Web links
- review
- Trailer
- Festival catalog ( PDF ; 10.2 MB )