AHSB 2009: winners all around

According to all sources, the second edition of ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN film festival which wrapped January 18^th with its official Awards Ceremony and Closing Film, has been a success. Steady crowds found their way to the screenings at cinema Babylon, witnessed an ambitious shorts competition, a diverse programme and inspiring discussion panels, and also took part in the audience voting to determine the green chilies award winners in the festival’s two categories for short and feature length films. An additional special award, the Manfred Durniok Prize, was introduced this year in recognition of outstanding achievements in furthering the idea and value of Asian-European cultural exchange in the medium of film. Since it is a widely held belief that any image says more than a thousand words, I shall leave it to the award winning pictures to testify to the strength of this year’s competitions and end with the following: AHSB organizers would like to thank everybody involved, our more than 30 international guests as well as our honourable sponsors for making this possible; we are looking forward to our continued cooperation and hope to see you again next year!

2009 winners are:

Best Feature Film:

1^st Place (shared)

Jay (Francis Xavier Pasion, Philippines (2008))
Salawati (Marc X. Grigoroff, Singapore (2008))

2^nd Place

Invisible Children (Brian Gothong Tan, Singapore (2008))

Best Short Film:

1^st Place

God Only Knows (Mark V. Reyes, Philippines (2008))

2^nd Place

Hoolahoop Soundings (Edwin, Indonesia (2008))

Manfred Durniok Award:

Die Legende von Shiva und Parvati (Krishna Saraswati, Germany/India (2008))

Congratulations to all who took part!

(pic©green chilies e.V.)