Winners Tricky Women 2017

The Jury – Mitsuko Okamoto (Prof. for Animation / Tokyo University of the Arts), Vanja Andrijević (Filmmaker, Producer / Bonobostudio, HR) und Elsy Lahner (Curator for contemporary art / Albertina Vienna, AT) - came to a decision.

Kurzinhalt und Jurybegründungen der Preisträgerinnenfilme:

Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth, 4.000 Euro:

Кукушка / Kukuschka

Dina Velikovskaya

2016,

08'45

Kukuschka is a bird who follows the sun. It seems to her as if she can already touch it, but the sun is still far away. Suddenly she is not alone anymore, but for two it’s even more difficult to keep going so fast. She will reach the sun, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after.

Jury's statement:

The award winning film convinced us because of its technique, its content and emotionaly. The very skillful stop-motion-film works with simple but effective means creating a very unique atmosphere. One can identify with the leading character, who lives for her passion. Something - or someone - that seems like a big handicap at the beginning, is turning out to share her passion and even being an important addition to her life.

3-month scholarship to live and work at Q21/MQ under the Artist-in-Residence Program

Figury niemozliwe i inne historie II / Impossible figures and other stories II

Marta Pajek

2016,

14'40

A woman trips and falls while rushing around the house. She gets up, only to discover that her home has unusual features – it is built from paradoxes, filled with illusions and covered with patterns.

Jury's statement:

A film with simple yet expressive design, which confidently takes us to a startling journey through psychedelic mazes, in constant motion and ever changing perspectives of physical space and mind of a woman who is fragile and strong at the same time.

NeoTel Award worth 2000 Euro, donated by NeoTel Telefonservice GmbH & Co KG

The Empty

Dahee Jeong

2016,

09'30

I want to question humans’ being and loss by reflecting on the traces left in a room and its elements – walls, door, windows, things.

Jury's statement:

This film expresses how it feels to lose something very important. We can share this feeling of loss by watching the impressive images of furniture, traces of dust, books. The film will remain in your mind as a sensitive and beautiful memory.

Jury Special Mentions:

Cipka / Pussy

Renata Gasiorowska

2016,

08'00

A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have a sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan.

Mamie

Janice Nadeau

2016,

06'00

Mamie lives in Gaspésie in a house that faces away from the sea. When the old woman receives an expropriation notice, her cloistered world crumbles. Her granddaughter witnesses this uprooting and starts to question the lack of real ties between them.

Sredi chernyh voln / Among The Black Waves

Anna Budanova

2016,

11'00

According to an ancient northern legend the souls of the drowned turn into sea animals. A hunter steals a seal-girl’s skin so that she can’t turn back into an animal. She becomes his wife, but often looks out to the sea.

Sawczynski Audience Award worth 1,000 Euro

Cipka / Pussy

Renata Gasiorowska

2016,

08'00

A young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have a sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan.

Hubert-Sielecki-Award for an Austrian Austrian Animation, worth 500 Euro

Mexico Recyclers

Nikki Schuster

DE/AT/MEX

2016,

06'50

Small creatures and constructions, created from found litter, come to life in the urban niches of the city.

Lomography Audience Awards for an Austrian Animation

YOGALAXY

Therese Schnöll, Beeke Waldeck

2016,

01'51

In a galaxy far, far away … What do aliens do to stay in shape?

Festival 5 - 9 March, 2025