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International Competition Shorts
(Film and video)
NOT (MISERY) NORMAN 2003
Because a wellknown transport company has denied to endowe the shortfilm and video award NORMAN 2003 we call all big and small donators to help us the Not (Misery) NORMAN 2003.
„How I became a cave painter“ (Germany 2001) by Jan Peters
Statement of the Jury
„The Jury awards the Not-Norman 2003 to Jan Peters, a filmmaker with his own very personal style. His film HIBACP is a mix of documentary , experimental and diary film, questioning the meaning of life and what it is to be an artist . Jan Peters is the quintessential independent film maker who throughout his oeuvre has cultivated the idea of the artist working al on his own. In his films he manages to skilfully present and disguise the illusionary capacities of cinema. HIBACP gives the viewer the feeling to be with Jan Peters in his cave while at the same time allowing him on outsiders view on his life. The introspections he provides are both humourous and endearing. The jury wants to thank Jan Peters for finding and sharing the joy that is in details that surround us.“
Honorable Mention:
Sami Hantula from Finland, who has various videos in the shortfilm competition:
Statement of Jury
„The jury thinks that with Sami Hantula the Stuttgarter Filmwinter has discovered a young and promising talent. His film are ironic views on the futile attempts of mortal men trying to come to terms with nature, grandmothers, flying saucers or wathever comes their way. His use of music gives his work an almost childish innocence. In his references to cinema history he show both his fascination and a critical distance. The jury is looking forward to see the next films of this up and coming filmmaker.“
TEAM-WORK-AWARD
The Hoppe-Ritter Art Foundation endows 2.000 € to a film or video work, which has been realized by a team, i.e. at least two persons have to be conjointly responsible for conception and realization.
„Happy Problem“ (France 2002) by Eva Koennemann
Statement of the Jury
„Having a special price for a team achievement in a festival is in itself already quistioning the idea of authorship in art. We therefore found it suitable to give the Team-work-Award to a film wich is, in its own way dealing with the issue of teamwork and authorship in art. Happy Problem is a film in wich we see the strategies of the filmmaker mirrored in the strategies of the subject of the film. the film has many layers in wich perceptions and perspectives are established and destroyed, identities are created both in front of the camera and behind the camera. It is ironic that Happy Problem receives the Stuttgarter FilmWinter award after they have split up as a collective. We wish the individual members of Happy Problem the best of luck on the paths they have choosen and hope they will devide the money connected to this price without major arguments.“
JURY FILM/VIDEO
Arjon Dunnewind, festival director of the Impact Festival (Utrecht), annette hollywood, video artist and performance artist (Braunschweig), Paul Marion, director of the Academy Machinima Arts & Sciences (New York)
DASDING-AUDIENCE AWARD (FILM/VIDEO)
The DASDING-Audience Award (film/video) amounting 1000 € was given by the audience by vote. DASDING is the programme of the SWR for a young audience (radio, internet, television).
„Swapped“ (Switzerland, Great Britain 2001) by Pierre Monnard
WAND 5 GROUNDING-PRIZE AND HONORARY-AWARD
Wand 5 Honorary-Award
„Imitations of Life“ (Canada 2001) by Mike Hoolboom
Wand 5 Grounding-Prize
„Soldat Soldat“ (Germany 2002) by Stefan Moeckel
International Competition New Media
(Media installations, internet, and CD-ROM/DVD-ROM)
AWARD OF THE STATE CAPITAL STUTTGART FOR NEW MEDIA
Two awards endowed with 4000 €, donated by the state capital Stuttgart, will be bestowed to independently produced art works using CD-ROM, DVD-ROM or internet technology.
The new media jury has decided to give up the division between internet and CD-ROM/DVD-ROM, because both fields are merging. Instead the Award of the State Capital Stuttgart for New Media goes to three works in the internet and CD-ROM
„Silent Movie For Deaf Persons“ (Germany 2002) by Michael Brynntrup
statement of the jury:
„The didactic tendencies of this piece work towards a restructuring of language and humor. This piece, in its simplicity of form and message, succeeded inholding the attention and interest of the jury. By avoiding an overly complex use of the technology this work actually exists as a kind of foil to the technologically deterministic nature of many of the works being produced by artists today.“
„Grey Area“ (USA 2002) by Frederike Paetzold
statement of the jury:
„This work functions as a document of pseudo scientific art research. Grey Area examines aspects of the psychology and actions of everyday life in a humorous and poignant fashion. The work, as self-portrait divided into three categories: want, consumption, and fulfilment, critically attempts to examine the position of the individual as structure.“
„The Missing Corpse“ (KOREA/USA 2001) by Eunjung Hwang in connection with her installation „Monsters of Time“
Statement of the jury:
„These works both involve the viewer through the intensiveness of the personal artistic image world. Both works feature child-like drawings transformed into testaments to beauty and the poetics of life. This artistic effectively utilizes the potentials of the digital to create works of uncommon power, simplicity of form and meaning.“
MILLA & PARTNER AWARD FOR MEDIA IN SPACES
The competition for installations is endowed with 2000 €, donated by Milla & Partner
The Milla&Partner Award for Media in Spaces will be splitted and donated to two media-artists:
„Heroes“ (Germany 2001) by „Oliver Pietsch“
Statement of the jury
„‘Heroes‘is formally very simple. In just one shot filmed (and with two minimal steps braught into shape postproductively) the video projection develops an enormous wake. The viewer is pulled through a world of balloons into a frenzy of bloodlust, at first sight an analogous comment to ego-shooter-games. Today at this festival , two, three weeks before the next war about oil, for the jury this seems to be an explicit comment of a video-artist to our creeping routine towards war and the preparation of war at the moment.
„G.G. Moebius“ (Canada 2002) by Matthew Evans
Statement of the jury:
„Very different towards that is the artistic attitude of Matthew evans in the parallel projection ‚G.G. Moebius": the very gentle piece as am audio visual happening, poetic and contemplative, the power which lies within the concentration and devotion, apart from the loud materias and materials. The art of Sebastian Bach and Glenn Gould will be transformed with the loops by Matthew Evans towards an inner freedom.“
JURY NEW MEDIA:
Joseph Delappe, installation artist (Reno, USA), Ulrike Gabriel, media and performance artists (Berlin), Johannes Milla, CEO of the company Milla & Partner
DASDING-AUDIENCEAWARD (INTERNET)
The DASDING-AUDIENCEAWARD has taken place by online voting.
The most votings received:
„This Is A Magazine“ (Italy 2002) by Andy Simionato, Karen Ann Donnachie