International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

INTERFILM at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

Awards since 1964
 

Since 1964 INTERFILM is represented with a Jury at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. 2000 INTERFILM and SIGNIS established an Ecumenical Jury.

1964 Award:
Automania 2000 by John Halas (UK 1963)
Special mentions:
Requiem dla 500 Tysiecy by Jerzy Bossak (Poland)
Niebespieczenstwo by Jerzy Kotowski (Poland)

Jury: Friedrich Hochstrasser (president, Luzern), Lars Sundh (Stockholm) Jan A. Hes (Amsterdam), Pierre Kneubuhler (Saint Quentin), Dietmar Schmidt (Frankfurt)

1965 Award:
Hangman by Paul Julian and Les Goldman (USA 1965)
Special mention:
Svadba by Michael Kabahidze (USSR)

Jury: Friedrich Hochstrasser (president, Luzern), Arthur Lomas (London), Hans Nordström (Stockholm), Dietmar Schmidt (Frankfurt), Lars Sundh (Stockholm)

1966 Award:
Dvoye by Mikhail Bogin (USSR)
Special mention:
Ja mam jajko by Andrzej Brzozowski (Poland)

Jury: Arthur Lomas (London, president), Evert Grolle (Den Haag), Dietmar Schmidt (Frankfurt a/M), Lars Sundh (Stockholm), Mady de Tienda (Paris)

1967 Award:
Uppehall i Myrlandet by Jan Troell (Sweden 1965)
Special mention:
Mutter und Sohn by Jan Nemec (Netherlands)

Jury: Friedrich Hochstrasser (president, Luzern), Pierre Kneubhuhler (Paris), Arthur Lomas (London), Dietmar Schmidt (Frankfurt), Lars Sundh (Stockholm), John Taylor (Genf), Jan Hes (Hilversum, Sekretär)

1968 Awards:
Deux poissons grillés by Yoji Kuri (Japan 1968)
Öngyilkossag by Ferenc Kosa (Hungaria 1967)
Special mention:
The Fairy Story by Tony Cattaneo (UK)

Jury: Friedrich Hochstrasser (president, Luzern), Dietmar Schmidt (Frankfurt), Lars Sundh (Stockholm), Mady Tienda (Paris), Clifford York (Baltimore)

1969 Award:
Monsieur Jean-Claude Vaucherin by Pascal Aubier (France 1968)
Special mentions:
Une Bombe par Hasard... by Jean François Laguionie (France)
Film 68 by Hannes Fuchs (FRG)

Jury: Friedrich Hochstrasser (chairman, Switzerland), Murray Grigor (UK), Dietmar Schmidt (FRG), Lars Sundh (Sweden)

1970 No Award:
Special mentions:
Resa med far by Vilgot Sjömann (Sweden)
Posledni dejstvi by Jan Spata (CSSR)
Kirsa Nicholina by Gunvor Nelson (USA)
Henry 9 'Til 5 by Bob Godfrey (UK)
The Ballad of Crowfoot by Willie Dunn (Canada)
I'm a man by Peter Rosen (USA)
Angelika Urban Verkäuferin verlobt by Helma Sanders (FRG)
Dinner by Jean Paul Vroom (Netherlands)
U pravcu pocetka by Dejan Djurkovic (Yugoslawia)

Jury: Arthur Lomas (chairman, London), Dietmar Schmidt (Frankfurt), Lars Sundh (Stockholm), Wim Los (Hilversum, Sekretär)

1971 Awards:
Al Paredon by Mario Mitrotti (Venezuela 1970)
End of the dialogue by anonymous (South Africa/UK 1970)
Honourable mention:
the films of Yugoslawia
The shadow of a city by Hannu Peltomaa (Finland)
Ex by Kurt Gloor (Switzerland)

Jury: Felix Hochstrasser (president), Mady de Tienda (Paris), David Peransi (Djakarta), Lars Sundh (Stockholm), Gerald Wilhelm Schuurmann (Amsterdam)

1972 Awards:
Na Objedu by Vefik Hadzismajlovic (Yugoslawia 1972)
Specijalni Vlakovi by Krsto Papic (Yugoslawia 1972)
Miheztartas Vegett by Istvan Darday (Hungaria 1972)
Special mentions:
Den Langa Kedjan by Pea Holmquist (Sweden)
Bruk by Zdzislaw Kudla (Poland)
Für Frauen - 1. Kapitel by Christina Perincioli (FRG)
Kolekcionar by Milan Blazekovic (Yugoslawia)
Molitva by Radivoj Gvosdenovic (Yugoslawia)
Predgrade by Lordan Zafranovic (Yugoslawia)
The haircut by Good Wein Productions (USA)
Abraham and Isaac by R.O. Blechman (USA)
Fotografia by Pal Zolnay (Hungaria)
Jegyzetek...  by Gabor Varkonyi (Hungaria)
Droga by Miroslaw Kijowicz (Hungaria)
The Death of a Sandwichman by Guido Henderickx, Robbe de Hert (Belgium)
Digging by Jim Duffy (UK)
Timothy by Robert Alazaraki (UK)
Umno Sselo by Donio Donev (Bulgaria)
Einen Finger kann man brechen, fünf Finger sind eine Faust by Lutz-Ekkehard Tönnis and Wilfried Geike (FRG)
wassilis, oder ich schäme mich über sachen in meiner familie zu sprechen, aber ich schäme mich auch hinter meinem finger zu verstecken by Wieland Fiekler (FRG)
The eye hears, the ear sees by Gavin Millar (Canada)
Behind the lines by Margaret Dickinson (UK)
Identity byJan Vrijman (Netherlans)
Au bout des fusils by Peter Graham (France)
"G" byJon Huberth (USA)
Alom A Hazrol by Istvan Szabo (Hungaria)

Jury: Dölf Rindlisbacher (president, Berne), Mady de Tienda (Paris), Gerd Albrecht (Cologne), Dietmar Schmidt (Frankfurt), Lars Sundh (Stockholm), Gerald Schuurmann (Amsterdam, secretary), John Taylor (Geneva)

1973 Awards:
Chircales by Marta Rodriguez, Jorge Silva (Columbia 1972)
Katutura by Ulrich Schweizer (Switzerland 1972)
Ljubav by Vlatko Gilic (Yugoslawia 1972)
Special mentions:
Psychodrama by Marek Piwowski (Poland)
On ne sait pas, et moi non plus by Louis van Gasteren (Netherlands)
It's ours whatever they say by Jenny Barraclough (UK)
Zemljo Primi Me by Rudolf Sremec (Yugoslawia)

Jury: Dölf Rindlisbacher (president, Switzerland), Lars Sundh (Sweden), Gerald Schuurmann (Netherlands), John Taylor (Switzerland), Markku Jokipii (Finland)

1974 No Award:
Special mentions:
Mitbürger by Gerhard Scheumann (GDR)
El Cargador by Luis Figueroa (Peru)
Tierras sin patronas by a collektive of film makers from Columbia and the Netherlands (Netherlands)
Nuestras vidas - Chashnami Nucanchijpaj Causai by Grupo Cine Labor (Mexico)
Tay Ho by Gitta Nickel (GDR)
Arbeiterehe by Robert Boner (Switzerland)
Anyasag by Ferenc Grunwalsky (Hugaria)
Privremeni zivot by Prvoslav Maric (Yugoslawia)
Optimist i pesimist by Zlatko Grgic (Yugoslawia)
Ze zivota ptaku by H. Born, J. Doubrova, Milos Macourek (CSSR)
Jabberwocky by Jan Svankmajer (CSSR)
Leonarduv denik by Jan Svankmajer (CSSR)

Jury: Ron Holloway (Hamburg), Dietmar Schmidt (FRG), Gerald Schuurmann (Netherlands), Lars Sundh (Sweden)

1975 Awards:
Het Drielandenpunt by Frans Bromet (Netherlands 1975)
Psalm 18 by Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann (GDR 1974)
Omdat het waar is dat et Liefde bestaat by Victorine Habets (Netherlands 1974)
Special Mentions:
Dnevnik by Nedeljko Dragic (Yugoslawia)
Déjeuner du matin by P. Bokanowski (France)
Izrade i otkrivanje spomenika velikom srpskom satiricaru Radoju Domanovicu i druge manifestacija povodom proslave 100-godisnijice nje gvog rodjenja by Vuk Bablic (Yugoslawia)
Rozmowa by Piotr Adiejew (Poland)
Ein Streik ist keine Sonntagsschule by Hans Stürm, Mathias Knauer, Nina Stürm (Switzerland)
Seed Reel No. 1 (Hungry Pem, 12 Dancing Penises, Sniff and Lick) by Mary Beams (USA)
...as we are by Marty Gross (USA)

Jury: Rainer Bunz (FRG), Urs Etter (Switzerland), Ron Holloway (USA), Rauni Koskinen (Finland), David Peransi (Indonesia), Gerald Schuurmann (Netherlands), Richard Verheul (Netherlands)

1976 Awards:
Verfassungsfeinde by Arbeitskreis gegen die Berufsverbote (FRG, 1976)
Een Schijn van Twijfel by Rolf Orthel (Netherlands)
Special Mentions:
Prozor by Zivko Nikolic (Yugoslawia)
Chris and Bernie by Bonnie Friedman, Deborah Shaffer (USA)
Campesinos by Martha Rodriguez, Jorge Silva (Columbia)
Los Hijos Del Subdesarrollo by Carlos Alvares (Columbia)
Geldsorgen by Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann (GDR)
Amsterdams Stadsjournaal - Van Brod alleen kann een Mens niet leven by Kollektiv Amsterdams Stadsjournaal (Netherlands)

Jury: Ronald Holloway (USA), Gerald Schuurmann (Netherlands), Richard Verheul (Netherlands), Erwin Mühlenstein (Switzerland), Beatrix Geisel (FRG)

1977 Award:
Agripino by Jan Lindqvist (Sweden/Peru 1977)
Special Mention:
Jijengee nyumba bora by Hans Rolf Strobel (FRG)

Jury: Rainer Bunz (FRG), Dorothea Holloway (FRG), Gerald Schuurmann (Netherlands), Lars Sundh (Sweden), Richard Verheul (Netherlands)

1978 Award:
Communiqué from Argentina by Nancy Hollander, Frederick Kuretski, Marjorie Bray, Donald Bray, William Bollinger (USA 1977)
Special mentions:
Waseyat Ragol Hakiem by Daoud Abd Elsaid (Egypt)
Nah beim Schah by Wolfgang Landgraeber (FRG)
Szabadjegy a Bombatölcsérbe by Arpad Sopsits (Hungaria)
Bögjävlar by Filmgruppe (Sweden)

Jury: Gerd Albrecht (FRG), Felix Premawardhana (Sri Lanka), Lothar Köster (FRG), Lasse Nordström (Sweden), Richard Verheul (Netherlands)

1979 Awards:
Agarrando pueblo by Carlos Mayolo, Luis Ospina (Columbia 1978)
Encounter with faces by Vinod Chopra (India)
Empfehlungen:
Maximum Security by M Stiles (Australia
Giovanni e Ripalda by avio Fabbri (Italy)

Jury: Richard Verheul (Amsterdam, president), Ursula Blaser (Switzerland), Amal Dibo (Lebanon), Lothar Köster (FRG), Henk Maurits (Netherlands)

1980 Award:
Onore e riposo by Fernando Raffaeli Colla (Switzerland)
Special Mentions:
The films of the USSR
Nodul Gordian by Zoltan Szilagi (Rumania)
Board and Care by Ron Ellis (USA)

Jury: Richard Verheul (Netherlands, president), Karola Gramann (FRG), Dorothea Hollstein (FRG), Lothar Köster (FRG), Annemarie Berthoud (Switzerland)

1981 Award:
Robotnice by Irena Kaminska (Poland)
Special Mentions:
Tango by Zbigniew Rybczynski (Poland)
S One Strane by Niksa Jovicevic (Yugoslowia)
Slucaj Bogoljuba Savkovica - Livca by Seljami Taraku (Yugoslawia)
Ein Film über den dichter werdenden Nebel im deutschen Winterwald by Dietrich Schubert (FRG)
Stepping out by Chris Noonan (Australia)

Jury: Elke Achtner (FRG), Dorothea Winkler (Austria), Lothar Köster (FRG), Theo Krumenacher (Switzerland), Richard Verheul (Netherlands)

1982 Award:
Presa by Bogdan Zizic (Yugoslawia)
Special Mentions:
Gravitacio (Gravitation) by Andras Szirtes (Hungaria)
Pathetique by Miachael Chomet (USA)
Prodaetsja na slom by Izja Abramovitsch Gerstejn (USSR)

Jury: Dorothea Holloway (Berlin), Pia Horlacher (Switzerland), Martin Jochheim (Tübingen), Lothar Köster (Kempten), Richard Verheul (President, Netherlands)

1983 Award:
Gift of love by Meera Dewan (India)
Special Mentions:
Pielgrzymow by Josef Cyrus (Poland)
Szavak Nélkül by Jozsef Magyar (Hungaria)
Mucak by Stevan Zivkov (Yugoslawia)

Jury: Robert Richter (Berne), Dorothea Holloway (Berlin), Lothar Köster (Kempten), Martin Rabius (Frankfurt)

1984 Award:
Hanyas Vagy? by Béla Vajda (Hungaria)
Special Mentions:
Miraj by Molly Burgess (USA)
Shelter by Uma Segal (India)
Hinter den Fenstern byPetra Tschörtner (GDR)
Otec by Lewan Zakareischwili (USSR)
Haus. Frauen - Eine Collage by Helke Misselwitz (GDR)

Jury: Martin Rabius (Frankfurt, president), Annemarie Bertau (Berne), Gudrun-F. Kern (Pullach), Lothar Köster (Kempten)

1985 Award:
Rangierer by Jürgen Böttcher (GDR)
Special Mentions:
Totem by Claus Bohm (Denmark)
Povo da Lua, Povo do Sangue by Marcello G. Tassara (Brazil)
The Spark of Courage by G. Weisenborn (FRG)

Jury: Mario Florin (Switzerland), Lothar Köster (FRG), Martin Rabius (FRG), Amadou Soumana (Niger), Richard Verheul (Netherlands)

1986 Award:
Somos+ Produktion: ANTU-Producciones (Chile)
Special Mentions:
Vacant Lot by Ken Selden (USA)
Een Leven Aan de Jaren by Anne Marie Borsboom (Netherlands 1984)

Jury: Gerti Steiner (Austria), Theo Krummenacher (Switzerland), Richard Verheul (Netherlands), Eckart Gottwald (FRG), Lothar Köster (FRG)

1987 Award:
Dom Nr. 8 by Nikolaj Volev (Bulgaria)
Special Mentions:
Addressless by Laura Scheerer, Andrew Millstein (USA)
Scènes de la vie française: Paris by Rose Lowder (France)
Living with Aids by Tina DiFeliciantonio (USA)

Jury: Anna Abrahams (Netherlands), Annemarie Berthoud (Switzerland), Jamnadas Gohil (Belgium), Eckart Gottwald (FRG), Rita Weinart (FRG)

1988 Award:
Wozwraschenie by T. Tschubakowa (USSR 1987)
Special Mentions:
Artisten by Jonas Grimas (Sweden 1987)
Zdarzenie (by Hieromin Neumann (Poland 1987)

Jury: Eckart Gottwald (Präsident, BRD), Anne Hahn (BRD), Gudrun Kern (BRD), Theo Krumenacher (Schweiz), Richard Verheul (Niederlande)

1989 Award:
Veliava is plytu by Saulius Berzinis (USSR)
Special Mentions:
Almahatta by Eltayeb Mahdi (Sudan)
The Murder Mystery by Dietmar Brehm (Austria)

Jury: Annette Baumgartl, Eckart Gottwald, Martin Rabius, Peter F. Stucki.

1990 Award:
Broeni Dni by Georgi Stoev (Bulgaria 1977)
Special Mentions:
Going up by Gary Pollard (USA)
Mediodia by Rafael Straga Zue (Venezuela)

Jury: Eckart Gottwald (President), Anne Hahn (Munich), Richard Stang (Frankfurt), Peter F. Stöcki (Berne), Hannes Schmidt (Berlin/GDR) 

1991 Award:
Odna iz mnogich bluzdajuscich zvëd by Pjotr Mostovoj (USSR, 1990)
Honourable mentions:
Don't be afraid by Vera Neubauer (UK 1990)
Let Anyone Say There's no Change in Switzerland by Joachim Spiess, Markus Wolff, Christoph Frick (Switzerland 1991)

Jury: Karsten Visarius (president, Frankfurt), Corry Belifante (Netherlands), Róze Berger-Fiedler (East-Berlin), Karl-Heinz Horn (West-Berlin), Elsbeth Welti-Kuhm (Switzerland)

1992 Award:
Story by Tomasz Dettloff (Poland 1991)
Honourable mentions:
De Onmacht by Karim Traida (Netherlands 1991)
Le Caire... Raconte de Youssef Chahine by Youssef Chahine (Egypt 1991)

Jury: Daniel Gassmann (Zürich), Simone Mahrenholz (Berlin), Wineke Onstwedder (Amsterdam), Eleonore Sladek (Leipzig), Karsten Visarius (Präsident, Frankfurt)

1993 Award:
Barricades by Istvan Kantor (Canada 1992)
Honourable mentions:
Melanomen by Caroline Strubbe (Belgium 1992)
Baoré by Maurice Kaboré (Burkina Faso 1992)

Jury: Ursula Baumgartner-Blaser, Heide-Rose Berger, Heino W. Brink, Bernd Durst, Eleonore Sladek

1994 Award: 
Karavaani by Perttu Leppä (Finland)
Honourable mentions:
Un américain à Tanger by Mohamed Ulgad-Mohand (France/Marokko)
Iliuzijos by Virginija-Diana Matuzeviciene and Kornelijus Matuzevicius (Litauen)

Jury: Aleksandr Askoldov (Russia), Annemarie Friedli (Switzerland), Piet Jan Rebel (Netherlands), Karsten Visarius (Germany)

1995 Award
Lilliput Cafe by Edward Tamir (Australia 1993)
Honourable mention:
Ich suche nichts, ich bin hier by Holger Mader (Germany 1994)

Jury: Ursula Baumgartner-Blaser (Switzerland), Claudia Cippitelli (Germany), Bernd Durst (Germany), Simone Mahrenholz (Germany), Piet Jan Rebel (Netherlands)

1996 Award:
Mikres mèrès by Kostas Machairas (Greece 1995)
Honourable mentions:
Man Act by Mike Stubbs (UK 1995)
Scheherazade by Florence Miailhe (France 1995)

Jury: Roza Berger-Fiedler (Germany), Heino Brink (Netherlands), Hans Hodel (Switzerland), Susanne Hofmann (Germany), Inge Kirsner (Germany)

1997 Awards:
Pensao Globo by Matthias Müller (Germany 1997)
Lettes from home by Mike Hoolboom (Canada 1996)
L'ours et la petite mariée by Jean-Claude Taki (France 1996)

Jury: Anna Becker-Schmidt (Germany), Martin Dellit (Germany), Jörg Herrmann (Germany), Raymond Olsen (Denmark), Peter F. Stucki (Switzerland)

1998 Award:
Killer Boots by Djell Ake Olson (Sweden 1997)

Jury: Claude Rossi (Switzerland), Katharina Burkhardt (Germany), Christop Fritze (Germany), Piet Jan Rebel (Netherlands), Klaus Hoffmann (Germany)

1999 Award:
X 2000 by François Ozon (France 1999)
Honourable mention:
La difference by Rita Küng (Switzerland 1999)

Jury: Horst Kothke (Germany), Raymond Olsen (Denmark), Anna Becker-Schmidt (Germany), Peter F. Stucki (Switzerland), Isolde Specka (Germany)

2000 Award:
Home by Morag Mckinnon, UK 1998
Honourable mentions:
Summertime by Anna Luif, (Switzerland 1999)
41 Shots by Sherry Millner, Ernest Larsen (USA 2000)

For the first time, the Churches were represented in an Ecumenical Jury.

Jury: Elisabeth Aeberli (Switzerland), Manfred Koch (Germany), Heiko W. Brink (Netherlands), Wolfgang Luley (Germany), Roland Wicher (Germany)

2001 Award:
Mahkom (Convicted) by Mehdi Boostaani, Iran 2001
Honourable mentions:
Le Chapeau (The Hat) by Michèle Cournoyer, Canada 1999
Afta (Day after day) by Kornél Mundruczó, Hungaria 2000

Jury: Julia Helmke (Germany, president), Stefan Stiglbauer (Austria), Manfred Koch (Germany), Lucienne Lanaz (Switzerland), Horst Kottke (Germany)

2002 Award:
Suka (Bitch) by Igor Voloshin (Russia 2001)
Honorouble mentions:
Sidet'v shkafu, (To sit in a wardrobe) by Tania Detkina (Russia 2001)
Je m'appelle… (My name is...) by Stéphane Elmadian (France 2001)

Jury: Johannes Binotto (Dorf/Switzerland), Bernd Durst (Frankfurt), Michael Kranzusch (Lüneburg), Otmar Schöffler (Münster, president), Eberhard Streier (Essen)

2003 Award:
Kis apokrif by Kornél Mundruczo, Hungary
Honourable Mention:
A margem da imagem by Evaldo Mocarzel, Brasil
Honourable Mention to a film outside the International Competition:
Integration by Siegfried Koepf

Jury: Manfred Burger (Germany), Markus Buss (Germany), Astrid Polz-Watzenig (Austria), Eberhard Streier (Germany), Waltraud Verlaguet (Jury president, France)

2004 Award
Britanya, by Marjoleine Boonstra, Netherlands, 2003,
Commendations:
Les Tartines, by Anthony Vouardoux/Tania Zambrano-Ovalle, Switzerland, 2003,
WASP, by Andrea Arnold, Great Britain, 2003,

Jury: Alexander Deeg (Erlangen), YlvaLiljeholm (Örebrö), Wolfgang Luley (Frankfurt/Main), Eberhard Streier (Essen), Peter Weskamp (Zürich)

2005 Award:
City Paradise, by Gaëlle Denis, Great Britain 2004
Commendation:
Border, by Laura Waddington, Great Britain/France 2005 

Jury: Els van Driel (Netherlands), Eva Furrer-Haller (Switzerland, President), Dirk von Jutrczenka (Germany), Sebastian R. B. Schlöglmann (Austria), Eberhard Streier (Germany)

2006 Award:
Me First, by William Owusu, Kenya 2005
Commendations:
Civil Status, by Alina Rudnitskaya, Russia 2005
A Moment of Love, by James Lee, Malaysia 2005

Jury: Trudie Joras, Tübingen, Michael Müller, Paderborn, Christian Murer, Urdorf, Switzerland, Raymond Olsen, Hojbjerg, Denmark, Eberhard Streier, Essen (President)

2007 Award:
Tolya, by Rodeon Brodsky, Israel 2006 
Commendations:
We Will Win, by Mahmoud Hojeij, Libanon 2006
I Have Nothing To Say To You, by Goran Devic, Croatia 2006

Jury: Frauke Baymann, Marseille/ France, Bernd Durst, Frankfurt/ Germany (President), Lucienne Lanaz, Nyon/ Switzerland, Julia Laggner, Graz/ Austria, Eberhard Steirer, Essen/ Germany

2008 Award:
Senko (Spark), by Kawamura Yuki, France 2008
Commendation:
Setu (The Bridge), by Shyamal Sanghamitra Karmakar, India 2007

Jury: Irina Grassmann, Wolfgang Luley, Christian Murer, Eberhard Streier, Peter F. Stucki

2009 Award:
Elefantenhaut (Elephant Skin), by Severin Fiala and Ulrike Putzer, Austria 2009
Commendation:
The Conservatory, by Matilda Tristram, Great Britain 2008

Jury: Julia Helmke (Germany), Gudrun Hohenberger (Austria), Vanessa Weinert Locke (Germany), Natalie Resch (Austria), Eberhard Streier (Germany)

2010 Award: 
Mur i wieza (Wall and Tower), by Yael Bartana, Israel/Netherlands/Poland 2009
Commendation:
Electric Light Wonderland, by Susanna Wallin, Great Britain 2009

Jury: Brigitte Affolter (Switzerland), Achim Forst (Germany), Bernadette Meier (Switzerland), Eberhard Streier (Germany)

2011 Award:
Atrophy (or the fear of fading), by Palesa Shongwe, South Africa 2009

Jury: Manfred Burger (Hamburg), Natalie Resch (Graz, Austria), Werner Schneider-Quindeau (Frankfurt/M.), Eberhard Streier (Essen)

2012 Award:
Odete, by Clarissa Campolina, Ivo Lopes Araújo, Luiz Pretti, Brazil 2012

Jury: Irina Grassmann (Frankfurt/M, Germany), Theresia Merz (Linz, Austria), Dominique Schneider (Zurich, Switzerland), Eberhard Streier (Essen, Germany)