International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2009

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The director Jörg Wagner
The director and screenwriter Romuald Karmakar

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

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nn , Michel Klöfkorn

Please Say Something , David O'Reilly

3sat promotion award

Rebeca , Gonzalo H. Rodríguez

Cinema jury

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The two best films under ten minutes in the international and German competition

Murphy , Bjørn Melhus

Prize winner: NRW competition

First price

A Taste of Honey , Simon Rittmeier

Second prize

Dial M for Mother , Eli Cortiñas Hidalgo

Honorable Mention

Luft , Natalia Stürz

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

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