German Short Film Contest: DER AUFREISSER [THE PICK-UP ARTIST]
Directed by: Steffen Weinert
Prize: EUR 3,000

2nd Place: RAUSKOMMEN! [COME OUT!]
Directed by: Michael Dörfler
Directed by: Jan Peters
Prize: EUR 2,000

3rd Place: WIE ICH EIN FREIER REISEBEGLEITER WURDE [HOW I BECAME A FREE-LANCE TRAVEL COMPANION]
Directed by: Jan Peters
Prize: EUR 1,000

The international jury of experts for the ON VIDEO contest: PROCRASTINATION
Directed by: Johnny Kelly (UK)
Prize: EUR 1,500

A special mention goes to UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Directed by: Zhenchen Liu (France)

Short Film Contest ex aequo go to:
ELVIS UND ICH [ELVIS AND ME]
Directed by: Michael Sommer
and TRUCK STOP GRILL
Directed by: Daniel Seideneder

"youth days" – International Youth Film Contest: WIE ES BLEIBT [AS IT GOES]
Created By: eight directing students of the Munich Academy for Film and Television
Prize: EUR 2,500

Wiesbaden Youth Film Contest was announced: BLAUPAUSE [BLUEPRINT]
Directed by: Maria Bidian and Fiona Heib
Prize: EUR 450

Goldene exground-Gurke: KETTENSÄGENMAßAKKER [CHAINSAW MASSACRE]
Directed by: Linus Secker
Prize: EUR 50

FAIR TRADE by Michael Dreher wins the German Short Film Competition

The audience in the Caligari FilmBühne in Wiesbaden has chosen FAIR TRADE as winner of the 14th German Short Film Competition of exground filmfest. On behalf of director Michael Dreher, Saskia Hanser-Strecker took the prize money of EUR 3,000 from Rita Thies, Head of Cultural Department of the State Capital Wies-baden. WIGALD by Timon Modersohn came in second place – and was awarded with a prize money of EUR 2,000 sponsored by ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH. The prize money of EUR 1,000 for the third place went to Christine Lang for her short movie DIE BABYSITTERIN.

In the course of the Award Ceremony for the German Short Film Competition, exground filmfest announced the winners of further competitions of the festival: British director Gemma Burditt won the International ON-VIDEO Competition with her short movie NIGHT SHIFT. The prize money of EUR 1,500 is also donated by the Cultural Department of the State Capital Wiesbaden. Furthermore the international jury gave a special mention to Bogdan George Apetri from Romania for his short film A VERY SMALL TRILOGY OF LONELI-NESS. The short documentary BENIDORM by Carolin Schmitz took the audience award for the best film within the "Wiesbaden Special – Short Film Competition". Film journalist Gerd Klee from exground filmfest’s media partner "Wiesbadener Kurier" handed over the cheque with the prize money of EUR 500 sponsored by Wiesbaden’s most important local newspaper.

Last Saturday a youth jury from Wiesbaden published the winner of the "youth days – International Youth Film Competition": director Florian Gaag got the prize money of EUR 2,500 for his feature film debut WHOLETRAIN, sponsored by the Cultural Department of the State Capital Wiesbaden as well. This award ceremony took place within the second Wiesbaden Youth Film Competition. This audience award went to Maria Bidian, Caroline Löw and Fiona Heib for their short film SCHUH WIE DU. Last, but not least Daniel Meinl won the "Golden exground Cucumber": last Wednesday, the exground jury gave him the highest vote and thus the prize money of EUR 50 and the trophy for his moving amateur movie FEELIN’ SAD.