The Jury, Nadja Haumberger (Kuratorin, AT), Oksana Sarkisova (Anthropologin, CEU Vienna) and Tom Waibel (Österreichisches Filmmuseum) has selected the following films for the Ethnocineca Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award:
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| Filmstill: Mamá (D: Xun Sero) |
Winner: MAMÁ von Xun Sero
JURY: „We chose this sensitive film for its genuine and authentic approach to a personal story. The main protagonist was given ample space to recount her silenced past.
The camera enables Hilda Rodriguez to elaborate her narrative in ongoing interaction with the filmmaker. The intimate setting allows viewers to experience immediacy, relationality, and leaves space for unanswered questions. This openness enables the film to broaden its angle to women’s perspectives in a male-dominated society. The film is a testimony to the conflicted past but is also a future-oriented endeavor which longs for empowering and engaging the viewers.“
Honorable Mention: TERRA IN VISTA von Giulia Angrisani und Mattia Petullà
JURY: „The EVA Special mention goes to a film with a visually
powerful cinematography which zooms in on the protagonists who chose to
challenge a conventional lifestyle by following their pursuit of
independence from social expectations. Through the filmmakers‘ close
engagement, we discover spaces of freedom in a world of highly
repressive and exploitative labor relations. The collaborative,
co-creative nature of the film allows the protagonists to express their
most intimate longings and desires.“