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The Lüdia goes to:
Jakob’s Brother, Daniel Walta, 2007
(Production: Thomas Schmidt Film and TV Production Company / NDR)
The Lüdia is a bronze statue and is endowed with 10,000 euros plus subtitling of the winning film, support for foreign distribution and presentation at the partner festival “13th Berlin and Beyond” in January 2008 in San Francisco. The Lüdia is an audience award.
The prize for the best film music goes to:
Thomas Mehlhorn for Blind Flight, Ben von Grafenstein, 2007
(Production: Film Academy Baden-Württemberg / HR / ARTE)
The prize for the best film music is endowed with 2,500 euros, donated by Jürgen and Andrea Skok, and is being awarded for the first time.
Reasoning:
In the tragicomedy „Blind Flight“, Thomas Mehlhorn succeeds in creating a coherent collage of score, singer/songwriter and classical music that complement one another excellently in their differences. In the emotional situations, the film does not lapse into trivial sentimentality. Rather, it maintains the balance between situational comedy and melancholy. The protagonists’ feelings are gently supported by the compositional elements.
The Rocket for the best children’s film goes to:
Racing Pig Rudi Rüssel 2, Peter Timm, 2007
(Production: Relevant Film Production / WDR / Senator Film Production)
The Rocket is a glass sculpture and is endowed with 3,000 euros, donated by Lünen families. The Rocket is an audience award.
The „First Aid“ Short Film Prize for a short film under 20 minutes goes to:
15 Minutes of Truth, Nico Zingelmann, 2006, 18 min
(Production: Film Academy Württemberg)
The „First Aid“ Short Film Prize is awarded to a short film with a length of under 20 minutes and is endowed with 1,600 euros, donated by Lünen pharmacies, plus subtitling of the winning film, sponsored by Holland Subtitling and German Films, and presentation at the partner festival „13th Berlin and Beyond“ in January 2008 in San Francisco. The „First Aid“ Short Film Prize is an audience award.
The „First Gear“ Short Film Prize for a short film over 20 minutes goes to:
On the Line, Reto Caffi, D/CH 2007, 30 min
(Production: KHM Academy of Media Arts / Blush Films / Swiss Television)
The „First Gear“ Short Film Prize is awarded to a short film with a length of over 20 minutes and is endowed with 1,600 euros, donated by Lünen restaurateurs. The „First Gear“ Short Film Prize is an audience award.
The Berndt Media Prize for the best film title goes to:
The White Man with the Brown Bread, Jonas Grosch, 2007
(Production: Doni Doni Film, Berlin)
The Berndt Media Prize is endowed with marketing services worth 5,000 euros, donated by the Bochum Berndt Media publishing house.
The Unna District Student Film Prize 16+ goes to:
We Say You! Darling, Marc Meyer, 2006
The Student Film Prize 16+ is endowed with 2,500 euros, donated by District Administrator Michael Makiolla, and is awarded by a jury of students from the Unna district aged 16 and up to a film from the competition for the Lüdia.
Unna District Student Film Prize 10+:
Mr. Bello, Ben Verbong, 2007
The Student Film Prize 10+ is endowed with 2,500 euros, donated by District Administrator Michael Makiolla, and is awarded by a jury of students from the Unna district between the ages of 10 and 15 to a film from the competition for the Rocket.
The Future Prize goes to:
TRUST.Benefit, Eicke Bettinga, 2007, 60 min
(Production: kamitz.filmproduktion, Berlin)
Since a conspicuously large number of the submitted films deal with the subject area of society and the future, a program with eight films on the topic was put together this year. The prize goes to the film with the most convincing vision of the future and is endowed with 1,000 euros, donated by Britta Imdahl, Wally Ahrweiler (actors’ agents) and Brit Possardt (producer), who at the same time form the jury. The Future Prize is being awarded once in 2007.
Reasoning:
Director Eicke Bettinga has succeeded with stylistic assurance in telling a love story complexly and with stylistic assurance within 60 minutes using the means of the science fiction genre. The jury was convinced by the acting power of the protagonists to the same degree as the outstanding camera and production design, which anchored the images in the present day with great confidence.
The prize for the best sports film goes to:
Project Gold, Winfried Oelsner, 2007
(Production: FSL Film Production, Frankfurt/M.)
The prize for the best sports film is an audience award presented in cooperation with Ruhr Nachrichten. It was determined from the voting cards purchased by the audience for 1 euro each. A total of 360 cards were submitted; Ruhr Nachrichten increases the prize money to 500,- euros. The prize for the best sports film is being awarded once in 2007.
