Awards and Juries 2012
10 Juries award prizes with a total value of 30,000 Euros
Professional Jury Feature Film
3 professionals from film and culture industries
- Dr. Mathias Günther, Dresden, SLM
- Griseldis Wenner, Leipzig, Presenter
- Britta Wilkening-Barnsteiner, Klein Wittensee, barnsteiner-film
Chemnitz Top Award in the Children’s Film Competition (5000 €)
Top Award in the Junior Film Competition (4000 €)
European Children‘s Jury
18 children from 9 different European countries
European Children’s Film Award (5000 €)
“Diamant” Award for most convincing acting performance of a child (a bike manufactured by Diamant Fahrradwerke GmbH Hartmannsdorf near Chemnitz)
Jury of the DEFA Foundation Berlin
Ralf Schenk, Sabine Söhner, Konstanze Schiller, Juliane Haase
DEFA Foundation Award for most promising director (4000 €)
Jury des Goethe-Instituts
3 members of the Goethe-Institut
- Verena Lehmkuhl, Head Office Munich
- Marlies Pfeifer, Goethe-Institut Glasgow
- Tatjana Tschagina, Goethe-Institut Moskow
Youth and Children's Film Prize of the Goethe-Institut.
Junior Film Jury
Pupils from the school Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Gymnasiums in Chemnitz
Junior Film Award (1000 €)
Youth Film Jury
Pupils from the school Sportmittelschule in Chemnitz
CineStar Youth Film Award (1000 €)
Professional Jury Short and Animated Film
3 pofessionals from film- Jan Soldat, Chemnitz, Director
- Hedda Gehm, Dresden, Dramatic Adviser
- Mark Michel, Leipzig, Filmemaker
National (in Cooperation with the Filmverband Sachsen) and International Short and Animation Film Award (1000 €)
Cross-Competition Awards:
ECFA Jury
3 professionals from film industry
- Egmont Elschner, Chemnitz, Media Psychologist and Teacher
- Céline Ravenel, Programme Director Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne (Frankreich)
- Dankert Monrad-Krohn, Kristiansand (Norwegen), Festival Director
ECFA Award
Fair Play Award
Pupils from the school Matthes-Enderlein-Gymnasiums Zwönitz
Fair Play Award for extraordinary social commitment to youth problems
Audience Award
Visitors to the Schlingel Film Festival
Lichtenauer Audience Award - All Competitions