Last years audience tally of 13,000 was beaten by a large margin, as was the number of international guests.
Films were discussed and cheered, programs, parties and special events were celebrated, and the festival atmosphere was fantastic. 550 films from 55 countries were screened in 16 competition programs and 50 special programs on eight different screens. Prizes were awarded with a total value of € 43.000.
And here they are:

THE WINNERS OF THE 23rd. INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL BERLIN


The Award Winners
The interfilm Short Awards go to:


INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Jury: Sergio Barrejon, Rolf Giesen, Fabrice Marquat, Tommaso Mottola and Roswitha Schreiner


Berlin-Brandenburg Short Film Award - Best Short Film
6.000 € in bar von der
Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg
gehen an:
Simon Ellis
and the Film "Soft"
England, 2006, 14´00 min


Best Animation
Transferral of digital data to 35mm valued at 4.000 € from
TrickWILK
go to:
Claude Cloutier
and the Film "Isabelle au bois dormant / Sleeping Betty"
Canada, 2007, 09´14 min

Best Short Fiction
Post production valued at 7.000 € from
das werk Novalisstrasse
go to:
Guido Thys
and the film "Tanghi Argentini"
Belgium, 2006, 13´13 min

1. Special Mention
to:
Jespers Emmanuel
and the film "Personal Spectator"
Belgium, 2006, 14´30 min

2 . Special Mention
to:
Chris Lavis
and the film "Madame Tutli-Putli"
Canada, 2007, 17´21 min


GERMAN COMPETITION

Jury: Florian Lukas, Veit Helmer, Janin Reinhardt and Thomas Wöbke


Best German Film
Post production, valued at 13.000 € from
das werk Novalisstrasse
gehen an:
Ismet Ergün
and the film "Bende Sira / It´s My Turn"
Germany / Turkey, 2007 10´23 min

Skoda Short Film Prize
2.000 € in cash
von Skoda Auto
go to:
Jim Lacy
and the film "Peters Prinzip"
Germany, 2007 05´18 min


Audience Award
Film material and developing valued at 2.500 € from
Fuji Kine Film und Film+Videoprint
go to:
Steffen Weinert
and the film "Der Aufreißer"
Germany, 2006 13´49 min


1. Special Mention
to:
Kays Khalil
and the film "Hit the Floor"
Germany, 2006 11´40 min



2. Special Mention
to:
Richard Kropf & Marcus Schuster
and the film "Bum Bum"
Germany, 2006 16´00 min



DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Jury: Uli Gaulke, Angelika Krüger-Leißner, Dr. Gabriele Weyand and Marcus Winterbauer

Best Documentary - ZDFdokukanal (Documentary Channel)Prize
Buying and broadcasting a short documentary film, 15 Minutes max. up to 2000 € from
ZDFdokukanal
go to:
Jenifer Malmqvist
and the film "13 lat i 10 Miesiecy / 13 Years and 10 Months
Poland, 2006 09´00 min



interfilm Dokumentary film award

1000 EUR cash from
Bewegliche Ziele e.V.
go to:
Kez Margrie
and the film "The Wrong Trainers"
England, 2006 15´00 min



1. Special Mention
to:
Beni Wülser, Carlo Coppola & Jonas Meier
and the film "Rasende Liebe"
Switzerland, 2006 15´00 min



2 . Special Mention
to:
Anna Deutsch
and the film "Is so"
Germany, 2006 02´03 min



CONFRONTATIONS – FILMS AGAINST VIOLENCE AND INTOLERANCE

Jury: Barbara Kisseler, Bernd Scherer, Jördis Triebel and Dorothee Wenner

Best Film Against Violence and Intolerance - 1. Prize
2.000 € cash
von der
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
go to:
Alessamdro Celli
and the film "Uova / Scrambled"
Italy, 2006 04´40 min



Bester Film gegen Gewalt und Intoleranz - 2. Preis
2.000 € cash
from
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung
go to:
Pablo González
and the film "Hoy es un Dia Distinto / Today is a Different Day"
Colombia, 2006 11´00 min


EJECT – THE LONG NIGHT OF FILMS THAT GO ASTRAY

Audience Award
500 € cash from
Bewegliche Ziele e.V..
go to:
Mischa Leinkauf & Matthias Wermke
and the film "Trotzdem Danke"
Germany, 2006 06´30 min



Kuki – THE CHILDRENS’ SHORT FILM COMPETITION

Jury: Nina Grabowski, Maximilian Brändle, Sam Keogh und Sophie Ella Böcher

KuKi 1st. Place
1.000 € in cash from
Zapf Umzüge
go to:
Ove Sander, Maren Erdmann
and the film " Pauls Opa"
Germany, 2007 19´30 min



KuKi 2nd. Place
500 € in cash from
Branchenbär - Public Data
go to:
Jelmar Hufen
and the film "Voor een paar knikkers meer / For a Few Marbles More"
Netherlands, 2006 11´03 min


KuKi 2nd. Place – Audience Award
500 € in cash from
Branchenbär - Public Data
go to:
Cyril Paris
and the film "Un bisou pour le monde /
A Kiss for the World"
France, 2007 09´40 min


Special Mention
an:
Ismet Ergün
and the film "Bende Sira / It´s My Turn"
Germany / Turkey, 2007 10´23 min




The entire festival overview at www.interfilm.de/festival2007!

The interfilm distribution at www.interfilm.de



The 24th International Short Film Festival Berlin will be celebrated from 4th to 9th of Nov. 2008
We’re so grateful to all our festival partners and sponsors, thank you, thank you, thank you!