Winners of Tricky Women 2015

Die Jury - Eliska Děcká (AniScreen, freie Journalistin, CZ), Barbara Eppensteiner (Programmintendantin OKTO, AT), Andrea Bauer (Programm-Management Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart, DE) - wählte aus 34 Wettbewerbsbeiträgen die Preisträgerinnenfilme.

Kurzinhalt und Jurybegründungen der Preisträgerinnenfilme:

Tricky Women Preis der Stadt Wien, dotiert mit 4.000 Euro:

Nina

Veronika Obertová, Michaela Čopíková (Ové Pictures)

2014,

17’02

The story of a timid boy and a woodland girl who are both connected and separated by fear. Their strong bond becomes almighty in their fantasy world. But as friendship turns to love, fear arrives in an unexpected form.

Jury's statement:

Nina is a complete film – a little animated treasure. We appreciated it’s beautiful, deep and strong message about fighting our inner fears, a thing that we all know so well. Nina is full of well thought-through original ideas and lovely details that make you smile and fall in love the medium of animation again. Nina’s carefully built narration, the use of intertexture and its work with multi-layers convinced us to award it with the Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna for 2015. As the film says itself “sometimes it’s not easy, sometimes it’s difficult” but this time it was pretty easy for us. Congratulations!

3-monatiges Arbeitsstipendium des Artist-in-Residence-Programms im quartier21/MQ

Pineapple Calamari

Kasia Nalewajka

2014,

09’00

Pineapple Calamari dreams of being a horse-racing champion – but when tragedy befalls the two inseparable women who share his love of riding, he finds his race to the roses abruptly halted.

Jury's statement:

This outrageously funny film about two sisters, one horse and one little hen made us laugh but also think about the importance of selfless friendship and the complicated everyday evolution of all our relationships. We were happy to see this piece of animated art from a courageous animator who’s not afraid to employed sometimes very bizarre and silly humor that doesn’t need to please everyone. Also its perfectly fitting clay animation helps to keep the rhythm and dynamic of the film even when it breaks into some more serious moments. We also loved the detailed, precise mise-en-scene and the way Kasia uses the three-dimensional space. We believe that the 3-month scholarship to live and work at quartier 21/MQ under the Artist-in-Residence Program will bring Kasia many more such original, courageous and funny ideas. Congratulations!

Synchro Film&Video-Sachpreis im Wert von 1.500 Euro

My Milk Cup Cow

Yantong Zhu

2014,

11’03

Nunu’s father tells his 4-year-old daughter that there’s a cow at the bottom of her milk cup. Nunu drinks her milk, only to realize that there is no cow. Gradually the daughter stops believing her father.

Jury's statement:

This film caught our hearts with its wonderful portrait of a father-daughter relationship and its beautiful way of looking at world in general. “My Milk Cup Cow” is full of sweet and poetic details that give us an insight into everyday life, animated in such a beautiful way that you almost feel like you’re there, living in the story. We appreciated that the author chose the path of rather small narration in order to get a deeper, meaningful look at the evolution of this father-daughter relationship. Congratulations!

Spezielle Erwähnung der Jury für:

The Bigger Picture

Daisy Jacobs

2014,

07’05

A life-size animated short about two brothers struggling to care for their elderly mother. With wit and warmth, we see the brothers endeavour to deal with a situation that one day faces all of us .

Oscar® nomination 2015.

Jury's statement:

With this special mention, we want to appreciate the unique combination of so many animation techniques and its visual mastery. We see this film as a beautiful example of the passion for animation itself, a great illustration why the time-consuming animating process is so worth it in the end. Congratulations!

Mythopolis

Alexandra Hetmerová

2013,

11’30

Legendary characters from Greek mythology live their lives in today’s world – which leads to certain problems.

Jury's statement:

With this special mention, we want to appreciate the beautiful original world that Alexandra invented in her film. Thanks to all the lovely animation details and so many silly, unorthodox characters we were allowed to live for a while in a mythological world full of love for animation. Congratulations!

Sawczynski-Publikumspreis dotiert mit 1.000 Euro

Mythopolis

Alexandra Hetmerová

2013,

11’30

Legendary characters from Greek mythology live their lives in today’s world – which leads to certain problems.

Jury's statement:

Hubert Sielecki-Preis für einen österreichischen Animationsfilm, dotiert mit 750 Euro

An Educated Woman

Maria Chalela-Puccini

2014,

01’00

Between self-perception and external control: a short paint-on-glass animation about the dilemma of one’s own identity.

Jury's statement:

Begründung Hubert Sielecki: Zwischen Selbstwahrnehmung und Fremdbestimmung. Dieser Film handelt vom großen inneren Dilemma zwischen dem, was frau sein soll und dem was frau sein will. Eine kurze, auf Glas gemalte Animation zum Thema „Frau in unserer Gesellschaft“ ist das DER ideale Preisfilm bei Tricky Women 2015.

Lomography-Publikumspreis für eine österreichische Animation

Taipei Recyclers

Nikki Schuster

2014,

07’00

Taipei: ghosts and gods, typhoons and nakasi musicians. In the urban hideouts of this city little creatures, digitally composed with waste collected from the streets, come to life.

Festival 6 - 10 March, 2024