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Porsche International Student Advertising Film Award Winners

The Film Akademie Baden-Wurttemberg played host to the tenth Porsche Awards for Student Films – where many of the international winners have gone on to win fame and glory at the YDA show in Cannes. Here are the winners and the shortlist:

Category: Classical Format

First Prize: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, directed by Denis Parchow, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Second Prize: Playtime, directed by Charlotte Rabate, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

Third Prize: Fears, directed by Andreas Roth, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Special International Prize: Water from Another World, directed by Abu Bakr Shawky, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts

Category: Other Format

First Prize: Studies on Hysteria, directed by Matthias Bäuerle, Gabriel Borgetto, Bernd Faaß, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg<br

Special Mention: Rollin’ Safari directed by Kyra Buschor, Ännie Habermehl, Constantin Päplow, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg / Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and digital Postproduction<br

Special Category: Automobile

First Prize:The Journey, directed by Andreas Bruns, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Shortlist:

http://www.vimeo.com/59005475 Five Gum, Out of this World directed by Stephan Strube, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Bull’s Eye, Switch  directed by Claas Ortmann, University of Television and Film Munich

MCP directed by Tobias Haase, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Stop Spilling Start Giving directed by Rashko Miljkovic, Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade

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