The Czech-Slovak short film Asteríon from Francesco Montagner was awarded the Golden Horseman Best Short Film, in addition to receiving a special mention from the Youth Jury in the International Competition at the 35th Filmfest Dresden international short film festival.
The Golden Horseman Best Short Film in the National Competition went to Mother Prays All Day Long from Hoda Taheri, who also went on to receive a special mention from the Jury of the “fully political” – Short Film Award for Democratic Culture.
The Golden Horseman of the Audience in the National Competition went to Mudhole (Moddergat) from Job Antoni Schellekens. In the International Competition, the audience awarded the French production Skinned (Écorchée) from Joachim Hérissé.
The Saxon Film Promotion Prize went to NEZOON for Lake Of Fire. Jorge Cadena was a double winner: his work Flores Del Otro Patio (Switzerland/Columbia) garnered both the “fully political” – Short Film Award for Democratic Culture, as well as the Youth Jury Golden Horseman in the International Competition.
The new Central German Competition Jury Award was garnered by Mona Keil for her animated work Juice, and The Land of Milk & Honey from Isabelle Nouzhas (Belgium 2022) went on to win the ARTE Short Film Prize.
Award Winners of the 35th Filmfest Dresden
Golden Horsemen International Competition
Golden Horseman Animated Film International Competition
IT’S RAINING FROGS OUTSIDE (AMPANGABAGAT NIN TALAKBA HA LIKOL) by Maria Estela Paiso (Philippines 2021)
Special Mention:
TIGER STABS TIGER (HU DE JU BU) by Jie Shen (China 2022)
Golden Horseman Short Film International Competition
ASTERÍON by Francesco Montagner(Czech Republic / Slovakia 2022)
Golden Horsemen of the Audience International Competition
ÉCORCHÉE (SKINNED) by Joachim Hérissé (France 2022)
Golden Horseman of the Youth Jury International Competition
FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO by Jorge Cadena (Switzerland / Colombia 2022)
Special Mention:
ASTERÍON by Francesco Montagner(Czech Republic / Slovakia 2022)
National Competition Awards
Golden Horseman Animated Film National Competition
THE WAITING by Volker Schlecht (Germany 2023)
Special Mention:
THE SCENT OF BEETROOT AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE FOREVER by Petra Stipetić, Maren Wiese (Germany 2023)
Golden Horseman Short Film National Competition
MOTHER PRAYS ALL DAY LONG (MADAR TAMAME ROOZ DOA MIKHANAD) by Hoda Taheri (Germany 2022)
Special Mention:
HOMESICK (HEIMWEH) by Maja Bresink (Germany 2022)
Golden Horseman of the Audience National Competition
MODDERGAT (MUDHOLE) by Job Antoni Schellekens (Germany 2022)
Golden Horseman Youth Jury National Competition
URBAN SOLUTIONS by Minze Tummescheit, Luciana Mazeto, Vinícius Lopes, Arne Hector (Germany 2022)
Special Mention:
HOMESICK (HEIMWEH) by Maja Bresink (Germany 2022)
Saxon Film Promotion Prize
LAKE OF FIRE by NEOZOON (Germany 2022)
DEFA Promotion Prize Animation
WIND WHISPERER (TESTIGO DEL VIENTO) by Fernanda Caicedo (Germany/Ecuador 2022)
Award in the Central German Competition
Golden Horseman Central German Competition
JUICE (SAFT) by Mona Keil (Germany 2022)
Cross-Competitive Awards
ARTE Short Film Prize
THE LAND OF MILK & HONEY by Isabelle Nouzhas (Belgium 2022)
“fully political” – Short Film Award for Democratic Culture
FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO by Jorge Cadena (Switzerland / Colombia 2022)
Special Mention:
MOTHER PRAYS ALL DAY LONG (MADAR TAMAME ROOZ DOA MIKHANAD) by Hoda Taheri (Germany 2022)
Golden Horseman Sound Design
MULIKA by Maisha Maene (Congo 2022), Sound: Don Zilla, Jack Moran, Rey Sapienz
THE SCENT OF BEETROOT AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE FOREVER by Petra Stipetić,
Maren Wiese (Germany 2023)
LUCA Film Award for GenderEquality
LOïE FULLER – THE ELECTRIC SPRITE by Betina Kuntzsch (Germany 2022)
Dresden Short Film Award of the German Film Critics Association
HEART FRUIT by Kim Allamand (Switzerland 2022)
Special Mention:
INFANTARIA (INFANTRY) by Laís Santos Araújo (Brazil 2022)