Main award – International Competition
The main prize of 2.000 Euros was awarded to the director of best film in the International Competition by a jury of five. The members of the international jury were Marco Antoniazzi (I/A), Alexandra Gramatke (D), Gabriele Mathes (A), Frank Moens (B) and Christian Schulte (D/A). As in the previous years, the Golden Shorts trophy was designed by gabarage upcycling design.

VIENNA SHORT FILM AWARD

14 by Asitha Ameresekere (UK)

Jury statement:
"The film depicts the threatening atmosphere within a family situation which is hinted at by subtle innovative use of cinematographic techniques. The constantly changing camera point of view remains with the characters, thus  involving us, as spectators, and drawing us into a hidden drama. The jury appreciates the courage of the director to deal with the subject beyond familiar ways of storytelling."

HONOURABLE MENTION (INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION)

Josh by Govinda van Maele (France/Luxembourg)

Jury statement:
"In 15 minutes the film manages to explain backgrounds, pasts and futures of the characters without explicitly mentioning them. In a situation without any perspective of a better tomorrow the use of humor to sketch a racist atmosphere is a seldom seen accomplishment. The perfect directing and great performances by the teenage actors serves as the cherry on top of this great short film."

HONOURABLE MENTION (INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION)

Told You So by Cecilia Lundqvist (Sweden)

Jury statement:
"The precision and ingenuity of this 2-minute animation impressed the judges. The film cuts right to the chase of rigid communication patterns from 1000 years of patriarchy in laconic brevity."

 

Audience award – International Competition
This non cash prize worth 500 Euros was awarded to the directors of the film that received the most votes (by percentage) in all six competition programmes. Donated by Hoanzl.

Manon sur le bitume by Elizabeth Marre and Olivier Pont (France)

 

Audience award – Austrian Panorama
This non cash prize worth 1.000 Euros was awarded to the director of the film receiving the most votes (by percentage) in the three Panorama programmes. Donated by ray Filmmagazin.

Angelica Fuentes, The Schindler House by Sasha Pirker (Austria)

 

The prize money of 500 Euros went to the filmmaker of an artistic experimental short or animated film from Austria. Donated by Hubert Sielecki.

Walzerkönig by Adnan Popović (Austria)

Statement:
"This animated music video stands out owing to its ingenuity and creative freshness. The musical structures make for many surprising twists in the visual composition. The elaborately animated and imaginative post-it-art, the lip-synching singer sketched on a post-it-pad, the depiction of text incorporated into the pictures, as well as the audio level, by use of multicoloured paper clips, or numbers of a calculator – and much more – make this animation film a congenial work of art."

 

Audience award – Airbed Movies
This non cash prize worth 300 Euros went to the directors of the film receving the most votes in the Airbed Movies programme. Donated by Hoanzl.

Der Conny ihr Pony by Robert Pohle and Martin Hentze (Germany)

 

Audience award – Très Chic Programme
This honorary award consisted of a trophy designed by gabarage upcycling design and went to the director of the film that the audience felt displayed the most abysmal sense of humour.

Das grüne Schaf by Carsten Strauch (Germany)