SHORT FILM COMPETITION - THE LEO

Design by Ina Gereke

The 19. Braunschweig International Film Festival will present the short-film prize LEO for the third time this year, which is awarded by a three-member jury. The LEO is a prize that aims at the combination of film and music or film and sound. The images and sound alone do not pay a significant role. The main concern of the LEO is the combination of these two essential elements into one convincing whole. The LEO does not aim at music clips although there are some in the running; rather it aims at films that are striking due to an original, individual and innovative mixture of pictures and music, or sound in general.

The 26 contributions for the LEO this year come from 13 different countries, none is older than 18 months and they represent every conceivable genre from animation to experimental film, from short stories to peaceful documentaries. The three-member jury will award the first prize of 2.000 Euro for the most successful combination of image and music or sound in a short film. The prize money donated by the foundation Braunschweiger Land will be equally divided between the director and the composer.


We, November 9 5:00 pm CinemaxX 4
Fr, November 11 3:15 pm CinemaxX 1


Th, November 10 5:30 pm CinemaxX 4
Sa, November 12 5:45 pm CinemaxX 4





THE JURY


Enjott Schneider



Enjott Schneider was born in Weil am Rhein in 1950. He studied music, musicology, German and linguistics in Freiburg. Since 1979, he teaches music theory and compositions for film at the university of music Munich and as a guest lecturer at the Munich Academy for Television and Film.

The composer, interpreter, author and lecturer composed award-winning scores for more than 300 films for cinema and TV.


Ralf Sausmikat



Born in 1956. He studied Media in Osnabrück, and since 1978 engaged in avant-garde- and art-house films. In 1981 he founded the Int'l experimental film workshop and in 1988 took on divers sections of the European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück. Since 1995 he is referee of the Goethe-Institut "Internationes" for the experimental film programme and gave numerous presentations and lectures worldwide. 2003 he worked as curator for the exhibition "Turbulent Screen" in the Edith-Ruß-Haus for media art in Oldenburg.


Dietmar Kanthak



Born in 1957 in Hanover. He studied in Hanover, Göttingen, Manchester and Lille English and Romance studies. Dietmar Kanthak attended a trainee programme at the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung and since 1986 he is editorial journalist for the section film and theatre of the General-Anzeiger in Bonn. He is a critic for "epd film" and a member of the jury that awards the prize for German record-reviews since 2002.




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