The 34th Filmfest Dresden announced the award winners of the National, International and Regional Competitions with the Saxon Film Promotion Prize going to First Work, Then Play from Brenda Lien. The Brazilian-German co-production It Is Not the Brazilian Homosexuals Who Are Perverse but the Situation in Which They Live from Eduardo Mamede, Leandro Goddinho and Paulo Menezes won both the LUCA GenderDiversity Film Award and the Dresden Short Film Award of the German Film Critics Association.
Handbook from Pavel Mozhar (Germany/Belarus) garnered two awards: the Golden Horseman Short Film in the National Competition, as well as the “fully political” – Short Film Award of the Saxon State Centre for Political Education.
The Golden Horseman of the Audience in the National Competition went to Marleen Valien’s work Not The 80s. In the International Competition, the audience chose the Czech-Slovak co-production MilyTati (Love, Dad) from Diana Cam Van Nguyen. In the Regional Competition (Regional Film Night), the audiences were wooed by and awarded Alison Kuhn’s short fiction film Fluffy Tales.
Sierra from Sander Joon (Estonia 2022) went on to win the ARTE Short Film Prize, in addition to receiving a Special Mention from the Youth Jury in the International Competition.
Complete list of Award Winners of the 34th Filmfest Dresden
Golden Horseman Animated Film International Competition
ANXIOUS BODY by Yoriko Mizushiri (France/Japan 2021)
Special Mention:
TERRA INCOGNITA by Pernille Kjaer, Adrian Dexter (France / Denmark 2021)
Golden Horseman Short Film International Competition
HELTZEAR by Mikel Gurrea (Spain 2021)
Special Mention:
ORTHODONTICS by Mohammadreza Mayghani (Iran 2021)
Golden Horsemen of the Audience International Competition
MILY TATI (LOVE, DAD) by Diana Cam Van Nguyen (Czech Republic / Slovakia 2021)
Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury International Competition
TECHNO, MAMA by Saulius Baradinskas (Lithuania 2021)
Special Mention:
SIERRA by Sander Joon (Estonia 2022)
National Competition Awards
Golden Horseman Animated Film National Competition
NIGHT by Ahmad Saleh (Germany / Jordan / Qatar / Palestine 2021)
Special Mention:
TO THE LAST DROP (BIS ZUM LETZTEN TROPFEN) by Simon Schnellmann (Germany 2021)
Golden Horseman Short Film National Competition
HANDBOOK (HANDBUCH) by Pavel Mozhar (Germany/Belarus 2021)
Special Mention:
LET’S KILL (LASS MÖRDER SEIN) by Max Gleschinski (Germany 2022)
Golden Horseman of the Audience National Competition
NOT THE 80IES (NICHT DIE 80ER) by Marleen Valien (Germany 2022)
Golden Horseman Youth Jury National Competition
THAT DIVINE CADAVER (DIESER GÖTTLICHE KADAVER) by Leonhard Hofmann (Germany 2021)
Special Mention:
TO THE LAST DROP (BIS ZUM LETZTEN TROPFEN) by Simon Schnellmann (Germany 2021)
Saxon Film Promotion Prize
FIRST WORK, THEN PLAY by Brenda Lien (Germany 2022)
DEFA Promotion Prize Animation
KLIMAX by Bea Höller (Germany 2021)
Award in the Regional Competition
Regional Competition/Regional Film Night: Audience Award
FLUFFY TALES by Alison Kuhn (Germany 2021)
Cross-Competitive Awards
ARTE Short Film Prize
SIERRA by Sander Joon (Estonia 2022)
“fully political” – Short Film Award of the Saxon Centre for Political Education
HANDBOOK (HANDBUCH) by Pavel Mozhar (Germany/Belarus 2021)
Special Mention:
CHERRY BONES (KIRSCHKNOCHEN) von Evgenia Gostrer (Germany 2021)
Golden Horseman Sound Design
VADIM ON A WALK (VADIM NA PROGULKE) by Sasha Svirsky (Russia 2021), Music/Sound: Alexey Prosvirnin
LUCA Film Award for GenderEquality
IT IS NOT THE BRAZILIAN HOMOSEXUALS WHO ARE PERVERSE BUT THE SITUATION IN WHICH THEY LIVE by Eduardo Mamede, Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes (Brazil / Germany 2021)
Dresden Short Film Award of the German Film Critics Association
IT IS NOT THE BRAZILIAN HOMOSEXUALS WHO ARE PERVERSE BUT THE SITUATION IN WHICH THEY LIVE by Eduardo Mamede, Leandro Goddinho, Paulo Menezes (Brazil / Germany 2021)
Special Mention:
AFTER A ROOM by Naomi Pacifique (United Kingdom / Netherlands / Switzerland 2021)