Winners 2024

JURY AWARD

3 MWh

Director: Marie-Magdalena Kochová
Length: 12:00 min.
Country: Czech Republic
A nuclear power plant worker has set a limit on how much electricity he wants to consume.
His lifetime energy dwindles, forcing a decision on its final use. 3 MWh is a film poem about
degrowth and the denial of anthropocentrism. Digitally damaged 16 mm footage reflects the
man-reality relationship.

VISUAL & CINEMATOGRAPHY

TWIN TURBO

 
Directors: Raul Esko, Romet Esko
Length: 30:00 min.
Country: Estonia
When an extremely dangerous nuclear twin-turbo engine is stolen from the harbour twins sister super cops Nana and Lulu enter the world of illegal street racing in hopes of turning their lives around.

AUDIENCE AWARD ( < 15 min.)

Detlev

Director: Ferdinand Ehrhardt
Length: 12:50 min.
Country: Germany
A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this in a bizarre ritual, because it’s the only thing that warms him in his daily life. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces.

AUDIENCE AWARD ( > 15 min.)

How To Please

 
Director: Elina Talvensaari
Length: 27:24 min.
Country: Finnland
In How to Please Iraqi Wed Al-Asadi tells his story how he got stuck in the Finnish asylum
system. He tries his best to get through the bureaucratic maze but realizes getting out
becomes even more difficult than getting in.

TEAM AWARD

How To Please

Director: Elina Talvensaari
Length: 27:24 min.
Country: Finnland
In How to Please Iraqi Wed Al-Asadi tells his story how he got stuck in the Finnish asylum
system. He tries his best to get through the bureaucratic maze but realizes getting out
becomes even more difficult than getting in.