Short Film City presents the second Augustin Awards in memory of Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (born 1842), the French-born inventor who produced the world’s first ever moving images 120 years ago in Leeds. The second year of Short Film City showed over 150 shorts from 31 different countries, cementing its position as one of the most important short film events in the UK and Europe. This year's highlights included the biggest retrospective programme of Romanian short films organised in the UK.
National and International Juries have selected films to receive Augustin Awards in a number of categories, while audiences voted for the favourite international short film. The international awards and national awards are listed below along with jury statements for each of the winning films. The audience favourite will be announced shortly.
International Augustin Awards 2009
International Jury 2009
Philip Ilson, UK, Media event programmer and Director of London Short Film Festival (Chair)
Linda Paulsen, Germany, Programme Manager for the Hamburg International Short Film Festival
Ciprian Alexandrescu, Romania, Filmmaker, Producer and Director of the Iasi International Film Festival
International Award Winners 2009
Grand Jury Prize, Best International Short
Winning film: 10 min, directed by Jorge Léon, Belgium
A simple but powerful story told with minimal resources but which had a resonance that will stay with the jury for a long time.
Best International Fiction Short
Winning film: Nunta Lui Oli (Oli’s wedding), directed by Tudor Jurgiu, Romania
For the director’s sensitive approach to the story, built with minimal resources. The dramatic situation is very powerful, it really captures the sensation of both love and growing apart at the same time. A beautiful representation of acting that help us to relate with the characters in a bitter/humourous key.
Best International Animation Short
Winning film: Slavar (Slaves), directed by Hannah Hellborn & David Aronowitsch, Sweden
A stunning example of the animated documentary genre that here educates and moved the jury with its horrific personal stories which ultimately lead to a life affirming conclusion.
Special mention: Le Petit Dragon (The Little Dragon), directed by Bruno Collet, France / Sweden
An inventive and hilarious short film that draws on kitsch culture and gives us a highly individual take on a great seventies icon: Bruce Lee!
Best International Experimental Short
Winning film: Muto, directed by the Blu Collective, Italy
A gob-smacking jaw-dropping short film that rewards endless viewings and constantly asks: “how did they do that?”
Special mention: Laitue, directed by Nicholas Brooks, UK
A beautiful hand-drawn film experiment which uses the blank spaces on the screen as well as simple line drawings to create a loose narrative.
Best International Documentary Short
Winning film: Farseh Chob (The wooden carpet), directed by Abdolraman Mirani, Iran
A documentary which uses a simple and basic technique to portray the hard and painful aspects of tough physical work which is both funny and captivating to watch.
Special mention: Red Sands, directed by David Proctor, UK
A captivating documentary that portrays the problematic tradition of bullfighting, still so controversial and both beautiful and disturbing to watch.
National Augustin Awards 2009
National Jury 2009
Jim Foulger, Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker and critic
Espen Jensen, Filmmaker and programmer coordinator for Hull International Short Film Festival
Hilary Radman, Lecturer in Media at Leeds City College
National Award Winners 2009 and Jury Statements
Best British Short
Winning film: Believe, directed by Paul Wright
Special Mention: Curtains, directed by Julian Barratt & Dan Jemmett
Special Mention: Photograph of Jesus, directed by Laurie Hill
Best Yorkshire Short
Winning film: Five Miles Out, directed by Andrew Haigh
Special Mention: Fanatic, directed by Paul Robinson
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