The winner at the Porsche Awards 2008 comes from Germany
Students
were honoured last
night for their contributions at the fifth “Porsche International
Competition for Young Film Makers” at the Baden-Würt-temberg Film
Academy in Ludwigsburg. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has
been the main and title sponsor of the competition since 2004. The top prize went to “Pure Performance” by Mario Zozin from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Second place has even been awarded two times by the international top-class jury of experts, to Thilo Ewers for his commercial “They Will Come To Town” and to Aleksander Bach for “I Love You”, both also from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. Third place went to Galed Hamed from the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, Amsterdam, with ”Children”. A special award went to Adrian Jäschke, Gregor Türk and Katja Wörz from the Akademie U5, Munich/Germany for the particularly original contribution “Sakromat”.
Apart from the overall artistic impression, the jury also based their judgement on the interplay of idea, script, direction and camera work. All four winners received a “David” trophy and a certificate. In the spirit of the classic “Porsche 911” sports car, the top three young filmmakers also received cash prizes of EUR 3,911, EUR 2,911 and EUR 1,911. The fourth prizewinner received a flight voucher for EUR 1,000 from the co-sponsor, Germanwings. By presenting the “David” as a trophy in the form of a slingshot – in gold, silver, bronze and natural stone – Porsche aims to pass on its philosophy to the young filmmakers, namely that you can successfully hold your own as a so-called David against the Goliaths of this world if you have courage and the right tools.
The winners of the PORSCHE AWARD 2008, from left to right:
First prize: Simon J. Buchner and David Skrotzki (Producer, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Absent: Mario Zozin, director) for PURE PERFORMANCE, second prize: Aleksander Bach (Regie, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) for I LOVE YOU and Thilo Ewers with Franziska Specht (director and producer, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) for THEY WILL COME TO TOWN, third prize: Galed Hamed (director, Netherlands Film and Television Academy, Amsterdam) for CHILDREN.
“You have all impressed us with your contributions – your creative power and your technical skills. You all deserve special recognition,” commented Stefan Büscher, Head of Marketing/Communications at Porsche AG, regarding the ten candidates who made the shortlist.
In all, 81 commercials were entered in the contest this year by students from film, design and art colleges in ten countries. In the preselection process for the shortlist, the jury chose the following “Top Ten”:
1. “Recycle”, director: Juliet Lashinsky-Revene, Columbia University, USA
2. “Sakromat”, directors: Adrian Jäschke, Gregor Türk, Katja Wörz, Akademie U5, Munich, Germany
3. “The Museum”, director: Austin Formato, UCLA, USA
4. “Monster”, director: Scott Pickett, Australian Film Television and Radio School, Australia
5. “Pure Performance”, director: Mario Zozin, Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany
6. “I Love You”, director: Aleksander Bach, Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany
7. “They Will Come To Town”, director: Thilo Ewers, Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany
8. “Busballet”, director: Milo Christian Mielmann, Baden-Württemberg Film Academy, Germany
9. “Stop Thinking”, director: Michiel Rummens, Netherland Film and Television Academy, Netherlands
10. ”Children”, director: Galed Hamed, Netherland Film and Television Academy, Netherlands
