Awards & Winners

ONE-FUTURE-PRIZE

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ONE-FUTURE-PRIZE 2018

Award winner

A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT
Director: Roya Sadat

Jury Statement: A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT is a moving, utterly sophisticated film that tells of the contradictions in the Afghan legal system and the inequality of men and women ten years after the official withdrawal of the Taliban. This film tells the story of an unflinchingly strong woman who, in spite of all adversity and deeply rooted patriarchal structures, is prepared to stand up for her own freedom as well as for that of other women. An immediate, convincing story given lots of atmosphere, written dramatically, acted and directed superbly, and told in the sensitive images of classical narrative cinema, A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT tells of one woman's struggle against deeply rooted prejudice and overpowering patriarchal structures. Her integrity and her courage to resist are an example to us all. All this is told by the equally brave young Afghan director Roya Sadat, the first female practitioner of her craft in the post-Taliban era.

Video Message from Roya Sadat >>

Honorary Mention

WELCOME TO SODOM
Directors: Christian Krönes & Florian Weigensamer 

Jury Statement: This film tells of a dystopia that has long been part of our globalized reality. "Sodom" is a place that concerns all of us, a global topic that raises the most pertinent questions about environmental politics as well as about social and cultural issues. The film is impressive on the aesthetic level of cinema, since it does not avail itself of the classical forms of the documentary film genre, but rather approaches its topic very sensitively, not just in terms of content but also of cinematography. We are of the opinion that in its poignancy, WELCOME TO SODOM will lead the audience to a quite immediate reassessment and that the film is therefore highly prizeworthy and relevant. Or as Alain Resnais said: films may not be able to change the world, but they can get people to contemplate things.

Gerd Baumann (University of Music and Performing Arts Munich) will receive a SPECIAL AWARD. His inimitable sound has strongly influenced the world of German soundtracks. Baumann himself is now a university professor in the area of "composition for film and media".

International Jury

- Navina Neverla, film director and performance artist (India)
- Verena Marisa, musician and soundtrack composer (Brazil, Germany), recipient of the Deutscher Filmmusikpreis in 2014 and Franz-Grothe-Filmmusikpreis in 2016
- Tomasz E. Rudzik, film director and scriptwriter (Poland), recipient of the Bavarian FIlm Award in 2015 (best new director for AGNIESZKA)
- Dr. Peter Marinković, director of the Interfilm Academy

A surprise guest will deliver a laudatory speech. The award will be presented to musical accompaniment by Radmila Besic on classical guitar (www.radmilabesic.com).

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