List of films 2020

Audience Award “DER HEINRICH “/ VOLKSWAGEN FINANCIAL SERVICES FILMPREIS for best European first or second feature film

1. Darkdreamers (Germany 2020) by Philipp Klinger 2. Back Home (France 2019) by Jessica Palud 3. Cat in the Wall (Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France 2019) by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova 4. Charter (Sweden, Danmark, Norway 2020) by Amanda Kernell 5. Gold (Netherlands 2020) by Rogier Hesp 6. I Never Cry (Poland, Ireland 2020) by Piotr Domalewski 7. Mosquito (Portugal, France, Brasil 2020) by João Nuno Pinto 8. Rose Stone Star (Italy 2020) by Marcello Sannino 9. Stories from the Chestnut Woods (Slovenia, Italy 2019) by Gregor Božič 10. The Dazzled (France 2019) by Sarah Suco

NEW INTERNATIONAL CINEMA

1. Antigone (Canada 2020) by 2. Hope (Norway 2019) by Maria Sødahl 3. Just 6.5 (Iran 2019) by Saeed Roustayi 4. Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan 2019) by Pawo Choyning Dorji 5. Out in the Open (Spain, Portugal 2019) by Benito Zambrano 6. Pureza (Brasil 2019) by Renato Barbieri 7. Servants (Slovakia, Romania, , Ireland 2020) by Ivan Ostrochovský 8. Slalom (France 2020) by Charlène Favier 9. The Planters (USA 2019) by Hannah Leder, Alexandra Kotcheff 10. Tryst with Destiny (India, France 2020) by Prashant Nair

NEW GERMAN FILMS

1. Al‐Shafaq – When Heaven Divides (Swiss 2019) by Esen Işik 2. Open Season (Swiss 2020) by Sabine Boss 3. Kids Run (Germany 2020) by Barbara Ott 4. Neubau (Germany 2020) by Johannes Maria Schmit 5. Walchensee Forever (Germany 2020) by Janna Ji Wonders

HOME MATCH

1. Live (Germany 2020) by Lisa Charlotte Friedrich 2. Lost in Face (Germany 2020) by Valentin Riedl 3. In My Shadow (Germany 2019) by Victor Gütay 4. Paradise (Germany 2020) by Immanuel Esser 5. Rival (Germany, Ukraine 2020) by Marcus Lenz 6. Sleep (Germany 2020) by Michael Venus

Home match jury Elke Margarete Lehrenkrauss (director, award winner of “The TILDA” and Home Match Award 2019 for „Lovemobil“), Angela Kleinhans, Company Communication/ Head Internal Communication and Sponsoring of Volkswagen Financial Services AG, Gisa Flake (actress, singer)

Short films with reference to the Braunschweig region ‐ Wuqiao Circus (Portugal, Germany, Austria 2020) by Lukas Berger ‐ Meeting (Germany 2020) by Jannis Alexander Kiefer

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARIES

1. Aalto (Finland 2020) by Virpi Suutari 2. Andrey Tarkovsky. A Cinema Prayer (Italy, Russia, Sweden 2019) by Andrey A. Tarkovsky 3. Downstream to Kinshasa (Democratic Republic Kongo, France, Belgium 2020) by Dieudo Hamadi 4. Five Seasons – The Gardens of Piet Oudolf (USA, Netherlands 2018) by Thomas Piper 5. The Euphoria of Being (Hungary 2019) by Réka Szabó 6. To the Moon (Ireland 2020) by Tadhg O’Sullivan

GREEN HORIZONS – Green Horizons Award for best film on sustainability

1. A Living Earth (Belgium 2018) by Luc Dechamps 2. Atomkraft Forever (Germany 2020) by Carsten Rau 3. Wood: Game‐Changers Undercover (Austria, Germany, Romania 2020) by Monica Läzurean‐Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger 4. The Story of Plastic (USA, Belgium, China, India, Indonesia, The Philippines2019) by Deia Schlosberg

Jury: Martin Boudot (director, journalist, Green Horizons winner 2019 with „Green Warriors“), Wolfgang Saam (Klimaschutz Unternehmen e.V., Berlin), Holger Herlitschke (head of Braunschweig’s environment departement)

FOCUS CANADA

1. Antigone (Canada 2020) by Sophie Deraspe 2. Lepage au Soleil: At the Origins of Kanata (Canada 2019) by Hélène Choquette 3. My Dearest Sister (Canada, Japan 2018) by Koyaka Tsukamoto 4. The Devil’s Share (Canada 2017) by Luc Bourdon 5. The Seven Last Words (Canada 2019) by , Ariane Lorrain, , Juan Andrés Arango, Sophie Deraspe, , 6. Who Let the Dogs Out (Canada 2019) by Brent Hodge

Short films Focus Canada:

7. Hip Hop: The New Generation (Canada 2019) by Kathryn Martin 8. Turning Tables (Canada 2018) by Chrisann Hessing) 9. Path Without End (Canada 2018) by Cara Mumford

EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY SHORTS

1. (Fool Time) Job (France 2017) by Gilles Cuvelier 2. A Worthy Man (Danmark 2018) by Kristian Håskjold 3. Black Sun (Turkey, Germany 2019) by Arda Çiltepe 4. Edna – One of Many (North Macedonia, Belgium 2019) by Vuk Mitevski 5. Egg (France, Danmark 2018) by Martina Scarpelli 6. Excess Will Save Us (Sweden, France 2018) by Morgane Dziurla‐Petit 7. Patision Avenue (Greece 2018) by Thanasis Neofotistos 8. Reconstruction (Czech Republic 2018) by Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák 9. The Christmas Gift (Romania, Spain 2018) by Bogdan Muresanu 10. The Tent (Norway 2019) by Rebecca Figenschau

SHORT FILMS

1. All Her Dying Lovers (Germany, Czech Republic2020) by Anna Benner, Eluned Zoe Aiano 2. Any Given Car (Spain 2019) by David P. Sañudo 3. Bad People (Georgia 2019) by Giorgi Tavartkiladze 4. Battlefield (Austria, Germany 2020) by Jannis Lenz 5. Community Gardens (Lithuania2019) by Vytautas Katkus 6. Cover (Iran 2019) by Vahid Alvandifar 7. Cuckoo! (Netherlands 2019) by Jörgen Scholtens 8. Dog (Israel 2020) by Anat Eisenberg 9. Ghost Eye (Belgium 2020) by Wouter Sel, Thijs De Cloedt 10. Hot Dog (France 2019) by Flore Burban, Logan Cameron, Nicolas Diaz, Chloé Raimondo, H. Valin 11. INNdependence (Germany 2020) by Michael Schwarz 12. Little Miss Fate (Swiss 2020) by Joder by Rotz 13. Meeting (Germany 2020) by Jannis Alexander Kiefer 14. Mind Mending (Germany, United Kingdom, Portugal 2020) by Markus Schröder 15. Party Day (Portugal 2019) by Sofia Bost 16. Sad Beauty (Netherlands 2020) by Arjan Brentjes 17. Salsa (Portugal, Argentina2020) by Igor Dimitri 18. Shutdown (France 2019) by Cindy Lartigue, Victoria Durand, Amandine Bouétard, Chloé Gomez 19. The Birthmark (Mexiko, Norway, Danmark, Austria, Germany 2019) by Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen, Bernhard Hetzenauer 20. Timo's Winter (Italy 2020) by Giulio Mastromauro 21. Tooth (Russia 2020) by Simon Lyashenko 22. Wuqiao Circus (Portugal, Germany, Austria 2020) by Lukas Berger 23. Yes‐People (Island 2020) by Gísli Darri Halldórsson

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“The TILDA” – Women Film Award

1. Charter (Sweden, Danmark, Norway 2020) by Amanda Kernell 2. Cat in the Wall (Bulgaria, United Kingdom, France 2019) by Mina Mileva, Vesela Kazakova 3. The Planters (USA 2019) by Hannah Leder, Alexandra Kotcheff 4. Hope (Norway 2019) by Maria Sødahl 5. Slalom (France 2020) by Charlène Favier 6. Walchensee Forever (Germany 2020) by Janna Ji Wonders 7. Al‐Shafaq – When heaven divides(Swiss 2019) by Esen Işik 8. The Euphoria of Being (Hungary 2019) by Réka Szabó 9. My Dearest Sister (Canada, Japan 2018) by Koyaka Tsukamoto 10. The Story of Plastic (USA, Belgium, China, India, Indonesia, The Philippines2019) by Deia Schlosberg

Jury: Prof. Dr. Heike Klippel (University for the ArtsBraunschweig), Dr. Wibke Westermeyer (Georg Eckert Institute), Kirsi Liimatainen (actress, director), Borjana Gaković (film‐ and media scientist)

BRAUNSCHWEIG FILM AWARD

1. Darkdreamers (Germany 2020)  Béla Gábor Lenz Sarah Mahita 2. Darkdreamers (Germany 2020)  Sarah Mahita 3. Neubau (Germany 2020)  Tucké Royale 4. In My Shadow (Germany 2019)  Kristin Braun 5. Live (Germany 2020)  Karoline Marie Reinke 6. Live (Germany 2020) & Anton Spieker

Jury: Klaus Buhlmann (“film friend” from Braunschweig), Dr. Kristina Schippling (media paedagogue), Anna Suk (actress, winner of Braunschweig Film Award 2018)

FRENCH‐GERMAN YOUTH AWARD KINEMA

1. The Dazzled (France 2019) by Sarah Suco 2. Back Home (France 2019) by Jessica Palud 3. Darkdreamers (Germany 2020) by Philipp Klinger 4. Slalom (France 2020) by Charlène Favier 5. Kids Run (Germany 2020) by Barbara Ott 6. In My Shadow (Germany 2019) by Victor Gütay