![]() ![]() ![]() Joseph Wilson - I can see the sun but I can’t feel it yet HAMBURG SHORT FILM CANDIDATE FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS: An omnipresent green screen appears and disappears as we move through the film a reminder of the trauma that we carry with us as individuals." The film takes us from the studio to the ruined city showing us the process of making, collaboration, memory and trust between the two individuals. In this film, producer Douwe and Abdi work together to recreate scenes from Abdi’s hometown of Mogadishu. ![]() Jury Statement: "We would like to give the Deframed award to Neighbour Abdi, a film that presents a harsh reality in a unique and unconventional way. In a time in which the violence and scars of wars seem to swallow every hope, the film makes us realize that the appearance of beautiful flowers growing out of ruins on an old videotape can mean the world." What seems rather simple at first sight opens up different layers of memories, both personal and collective, as well as a longing for family and home, all overlapping like the petals of the eponymous flower. Jury Statement: "We would like to give the main award ex aequo to a film that touched us with a dialogue between a daughter and a father about a video he recorded thirty years ago documenting the traces of war at the family’s house. The Best Short Film of the competition goes to Alpha Kings : an observational film that skilfully presents the dichotomy between the Masters and their subs in their transactional relationship and the loneliness in the everyday life of some American teenagers." Through online videos, live streams and hand-held camera moments, themes like sexuality, hyper masculinity, erotic labor, power dynamics and gender performativity are addressed in a very agile and delicate way. The filmmakers are bringing us into the world of online financial domination without judgment while maintaining a healthy and critical distance from their protagonists. Jury Statement: "We would like to give the main award ex aequo to a film that depicts emptiness without artifice in a very new contemporary setting. Jury: Nawar Al Qassimi, Patrick Holzapfel, Adina Pintilie, Emilie Poirier, Yulia SerdyukovaĮnrique Pedráza-Botero, Faye Tsakas - Alpha Kings We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 39th Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg! ![]()
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