SinCity Film Award winners announced

A German and an Englishman from South Korea win the 1st Jury Prize of the International SinCity Film Award.

A young Italian woman is awarded the Audience Award. Berlin, November 22, 2011. SinCity, the compelling song by young Berlin singer SCHMIDT, served as the basis for the 1st International SinCity Film Award: Young filmmakers from around the world were invited to depict the temptations of the 21st century, resulting in very different interpretations of personal experiences and visions, of pleasure and danger, of suffering and passion. 85 filmmakers from 27 countries competed for the prizes totaling 20,000 euros.

The 1st Jury Prize (5,000 euros)

With a wide margin, the high-profile jury chose the entry from South Korea and awarded the music video by filmmakers NILS CLAUSS and STUART HOWE 1st place. The German from Berlin and the Englishman from Norwich live and work in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. The film plays with the transition from country to city so originally that even a fish is amazed.

Four additional Jury Prizes (1,000 euros each)

Winners include:
SIMON ROGOWSKI / Inspiria from Germany, ZOLTÁN BOGDÁN from Hungary, CHRISTIAN MATSUMUTO and LAIA MIRET / We hate sundays from Spain, and ZSUZSA KOHAN from England.

The Audience Award (5,000 euros)

The Audience Award, selected worldwide through Facebook likes, goes to the film by SILVIA BORDIN, a young Italian photographer and filmmaker from Bologna. SCHMIDT on the film: This is SinCity Italian-style, perfectly captured - bravissimo!

The Special Prize for Best Cinematography

For the entry by MICHELE CASTELLUCCI from London, cinematographer JOSEPH FORTEBRACCIO wins a trip to Berlin for the International Film Festival in February 2012.

The winning films can be found at: www.genero.tv, www.sincityfilmaward.com, and www.femmeschmidt.com