On Saturday evening, the five festival prizes of the 32nd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival were awarded.
The winners 2015
The Golden Key, worth 5,000 Euros, for the most impressive documentary by an up-and-coming filmmaker, which is supported by the city of Kassel, went to If Mama Ain't Happy, Nobody's Happy by Mea de Jong.
Kong Fak Jak Switzerland by Sorayos Prapapan received a special mention.
The Golden Hercules honors the best cinematic production from Northern Hesse. The prize is worth 3,000 Euros and is sponsored by the Machbar GmbH, Kassel. This traditional prize of the Kassel Dokfest went to Der Langstreckenläufer by Zuniel Kim.
Alacritas by Joscha Bongard received a special mention.
The junges dokfest: A38 - Produktions-Stipendium Kassel-Halle went to Khaldiya Jibawi for the film Another Kind of Girl.
This scholarship is supported by the LPR Hessen (Hesse Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting and New Media) and the Media Institute of Saxony-Anhalt to the amount of up to 3,000 Euros in living costs and a maximum of 1,000 Euros in travel expenses, and is awarded in collaboration with Werkleitz - Zentrum für Medienkunst, who put in up to 4,000 Euros (in the form of equipment and technical and personal services).
The Golden Cube for the best installation of the exhibition Monitoring, donated by Kassel software company Micromata GmbH, which is endowed with prize money of 3,500 Euros, was awarded to Gerald Schauder and his work Skulptur21.
Kerstin Honeit received a special mention for her installation Talking Business.
You can find the full jury statements as well as photos from this year's Kassel Dokfest at www.kasselerdokfest.de soon!
Rerun of the Award Winning Films
Sunday / 1.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. / BALi
