Best Feature Film - 1.000,00€
Solange du hier bist – While you are here “The majority of the Jury decided to give the Award for Best Feature Film to Stefan Westerwelle’s “Solange du hier bist”. The Jury appreciated the coherence of the film’s theme and form. The film is narrated in a visual language characterized by artful composition with great attention to detail. Loneliness and the proximity of death are rarely explored in cinema, thus making the film appealing to audiences regardless of their sexuality.” |
Special Mention
Carla Ribas for A Casa de Alice
Director: Chico Teixeira
Brazil, 2007, 90’
“The Jury decided to award a Special Mention to Carla Ribas for her excellent portrayal of the character Alice, in “A Casa de Alice”, directed by Chico Teixeira.”
Jury statement
Best Documentary - 1.000,00€
Estrellas de la Línea – The Railroad All-Stars
Director: Chema Rodríguez
Spain, 2006, 90’
“The winner of the best documentary award is Estrellas de la línea/ The Railroad All-Stars, by Chema Rodríguez. It’s about a group of prostitutes from Guatemala who decide to create a football team to give visibility to their fight against discrimination, violence and exclusion. It´s not a gay film, nor a lesbian or a transgender film. It’s all that and more. It´s a universal, clever, unexpected and moving film about the ability to resist, to defy one’s destiny and sexual, social, cultural and gender conventions. The hookers ‘de la linea’ don´t want to be perceived as victims. They laugh as they fight, and they make us laugh a lot. There’s really no better way to bring people together. And that’s what this fight is all about.”
Jury statement
Best Short Film – Audience Award - 500,00€
Singularidades
Director: Luciano Coelho
Brazil, 2006, 35’