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Oberhausen
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After screening 504 films from 55 countries, the 61st International Short Film Days Oberhausen 2015 ended on May 5 with the award ceremony in the Lichtburg Filmpalast. As winner of the Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen, the International Jury choose Glos mojej duszy (Sound of my soul) by Wojciech Bakowski from Poland. The Ecumenical Jury awarded La pasión de Judas by David Pantaleón from Spain. The festival has two additional competitive sections for German films and children's and youth films. As best contribution the German Jury awarded Schicht (Layer/Shift) by Alex Gerbaulet. The Children's Jury gave its prize to Åka utför (Class Trip) by Swedish director Jonathan Etzler, the Youth Jury choose Vestibular (Time of Competition) by Toti Loureiro and Ruy Prado from Brasil as best film.

Link: Festival Homepage

Awards of the Ecumenical Jury
Awards of the Ecumenical Jury
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Oberhausen 2015
La pasión de Judas
The Passion of Judas
David Pantaleón
Spain
2014

The film takes up the local Spanish tradition of carrying an effigy of Judas through the streets at Easter and burn it. A group of disabled persons re-enact this event. The director stages the film in a way that creates a critical perspective on religious customs and inspires the audience to think about the ideological foundation of this holiday.

Jury

The Ecumenical Jury by INTERFILM and SIGNIS awards a Prize of 1500.- €, donated by the Evangelical Church in Oberhausen and the Catholic Film Work in Germany, to a film from the International Competition, and a Certificate to a film from the Children's and Youth Film Competition, recommending the film to the German church distribution companies, Katholisches Filmwerk and Matthias-Film. 

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