Winners Tricky Women/Tricky Realities 2019

The juries from the international and Up & Coming competititon announced the winners of Tricky Women/Tricky Realities 2019.

Jury international competition: Olga Bobrowska (StopTrik International Film Festival Maribor & Lodz, PL), Amina Handke (Artist, Writer and Curator, AT) and Yangtong Zhu (Director, Curator of the 7th China Independent Animation Film Forum, CN).

Jury Up&Coming Award: Rachel Gutgarts (Director, TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES Artist in Residence im Q21/MQ, IL) Sandra Nigischer (Sorority, Journalist) and Jin Yu (Director, Professor at the China Academy of Art, CN).

Kurzinhalt und Jurybegründungen der Preisträgerinnenfilme:

TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES Award, worth 4,000 Euro, donated by VdFS (2,000 Euro) and The Grand Post (Post Production Voucher worth 2,000 Euro):

III

Marta Pajek

2018,

12‘

A man and a woman meet in a waiting room and immediately get closer to each other. They commence a game that gradually gets more and more ferocious. Their faces resemble masks while shapes slowly lose their integrity.

Jury's statement:

The film’s synesthetic qualities refer to the core features of animation: to show what’s beyond words. It transgresses the seeming contradictions of ugliness and beauty, of tenderness and cruelty, of generosity and selfishness.

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

Reneepoptosis

Renee Zhan

US/JP

2018,

3‘24

Three Renees go on a quest to find God, who is also Renee. As they traverse the mountains and valleys of Renee, they discover all the great joys, sadnesses, and mysteries of being Renee.

Jury's statement:

The film takes the philosophical & poetic liberty of playing with self-definitions. Its esthetics evolve along with the witty narrative and across stylistic and cultural differences.

NeoTel Award, worth 3000 Euro, donated by NeoTel Telefonservice GmbH & Co KG:

Bloeistraat 11

Nienke Deutz

2018,

9‘41

Two best friends spend the last summer holidays of their childhood together. Gradually their bodies start to morph and shift, making them feel awkward around each other

Jury's statement:

The topic of discovering your desires is portrayed in a very authentic way with sophisticated use of cut out technique.

Special Mention for:

Untravel

Ana Nedeljković & Nikola Majdak Jr.

2018,

9‘20

A film about (local) patriotism, tourism and emigration. A woman lives in a grey, isolated country enclosed by a huge wall. She has never travelled anywhere, but all her life she has dreamt of leaving forever for a perfect world called ‘Abroad’.

Jury's statement:

A strong concept and affecting narrative produce a timeless view on border constructions. Unfortunately this film might remain relevant in the future and it definitely shows the present and the past.

Up&Coming Award:

Augenblicke | A Blink Of An Eye

Kiana Naghshineh

2018,

3’55 (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg)

Three perceptions of only one truth – hers, his and ours.

Jury's statement:

Sexual abuse is a relevant topic in the present, the story is straightforward without any frills, it tells us about the danger women can be confronted with, the fear, the feeling of being powerless and the struggle to fight back which is relevant especially in times of the metoo movement, you’re alone and in need of the help of others. The animation is beautifully crafted and the soundtrack supports the strong emotions the film conveys.

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

Solar mechanix 1.1

Martina Tritthart

2018,

3‘54

An interplay of light and colour. Light phenomena turn into sensual geometric objects that interact with the soundtrack.

Jury's statement:

Im Österreich Panorama des TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES Festivals fällt ein abstrakter Musik-Film auf, den man auch als experimentelles Musikvideo bezeichnen könnte. Zu einem verhaltenen Rhythmus wurde in sensibler Synchronität mit farbig bewegten Flächen, vibrierenden Lichtpunkten wie auch geheimnisvoll bewegten geometrischen Formen illustriert.

Festival 5 - 9 March, 2025