56th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

29.04.2010 to 04.05.2010
Oberhausen

Awards of the Ecumenical Jury

Wall and Tower
Mauer und Turm
Directed by:
2009

A group of Jews follow the call to re-establish Jewish life in Poland by building a Kibbuz where the Warsaw ghetto used to be. A provocative satire and a parody on old propaganda films, this film shows the creation of a political sculpture against anti-Semitism, nationalism and forgetting.

Directed by:
2009

A caring single father engages with the desires and needs of his two adolescent sons. In a subtle visual language and empathetic close-ups, the film talks about mutual respect and trust between father and sons.