The members of the Children's Jury Generation Kplus
Antonia Appel
Johan Bauch
Jakob Götz
Sophia Greiwe
Klara Hirseland
Joshua Krüger
Jonas Mileta
Zoë Noack
Elsa Rother
Gwendolyn Yma June Weber
Iwan Zinkovski
give the following awards:
Crystal Bear for the Best Film: Shui Yuet Sun Tau
by Alex Law, Hongkong / China 2009
With its loving attention to detail, atmospheric lighting and emotional music, this film succeeded in creating a special atmosphere. The excellent actors gave us deep insight into a moving story about two brothers.
Special Mention: This Way Of Life
by Thomas Burstyn, New Zealand / Canada 2009
A window opens to a wonderful different kind of world: A happy family living freely in nature. Respect for life and joy of being are what count in this film.
Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film: Franswa Sharl
by Hannah Hillard, Australia 2009
We couldn’t help laughing when we saw this charming and funny story based on a true story. Non stop fun! For a moment we forgot the world around us. The actors were simply great.
Special Mention: Indigo
by Jack Price, Great Britain 2009
We were captivated by this fantastic and complex story about a boy’s special gift, in just 18 minutes.
The members of the International Jury Generation Kplus
Margret Albers
Kylie Du Fresne
Philippe Falardeau
Hana Makhmalbaf
Rowan O’Neill
give the following awards:
Grand Prix of the Deutsche Kinderhilfswerk for the Best Feature Film, worth 7,500 Euro: Boy
by Taika Waititi, New Zealand 2010
With a genuine voice and a remarkable spirit, the winner is a film with bold direction, a fearless risk-taker. It tackles difficult subject matter not with preaching, sentimentality or self-pity but with humour, often treating tragedy and comedy simultaneously. Because it’s so enjoyable it is easy to underestimate the depth of this film. It is a rich mix of ideas which strike and collide to create poetic moments that speak, despite the remote location, to all of us today. With fantastic charismatic performances all around, including a striking moustache on the director.
Special Mention: Yeo-haeng-ja
by Ounie Lecomte, Republic of Korea / France 2009
Starting from a perfectly balanced screenplay which deftly avoids the pitfalls of melodrama, this film pushes us into the perspective of an unhappy little girl undergoing terrible change and confusion. The sure, precise direction and the subtle, affecting performances allow us to share the young girl’s struggle as she confronts adversity not with passive acceptance, but with a raging life-force; an urge to die, yet a will to live. This jury was deeply moved by this film.
Special Prize of the Deutsche Kinderhilfswerk for the Best Short Film, worth 2,500 Euro: Apollo
by Felix Gönnert, Germany 2010
The winner is a delightfully unpredictable film which playfully creates two coherent worlds using simple yet dense imagery. Technically brilliant it is stylishly cinematic and results in a unique vision giving the viewer a completely satisfying experience.
Special Mention: The Six Dollar Fifty Man
by Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland, New Zealand 2009
Featuring powerful performances throughout the cast, our special mention is driven by a lead actor who is a real force of nature. With confident direction which re-energizes a familiar story, subverting expected outcomes, the film positively bubbles with emotion, anger and ultimately a small boy’s triumph.
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