International Jury of the 19th International Video Festival Videomedeja in 2015. with the following members: Damon Mohl from USA, Maja Bogojević from Monte Negro and Mihailo Ristić from Serbia has made the following decisions:
The Sphinx Award for the best video:
Bjoern Melhus, Freedom & Independence, 15 min, Color, Stereo, Germany, 2014
The Sphinx Award has been presented to Bjoern Melhus’s Freedom & Independence. An outstanding video art work incorporating a wide range of media and diverse stylistic procedures ranging from modern cinematic aesthetics, subversive theatrical means, and multifarious video and television effects, creating a richness of associations with masterly constructed artistic images. A refreshing social critique realized in a nuanced and exceptionally playful ironic manner, all perfected with sophisticated and subtle humour with an empowering tone.
Bogdanka Poznanović Award for the best Media Installation, Live piece, Software, URL:
Michael Takeo Magruder, A New Jerusalem, Stereo, United Kingdom, 2014
An installation noted for its style in which the artist incorporates both immersive and artistic, technologically sophisticated elements, consisting of a VR Oculus Rift head-set creating a unique awe-inspiring sensual experience coupled with complementary projected animated volumetric visual forms. Ultimately the work creates an inspiring, yet cryptic, multi-layered interpretation.
Lunartis Award for the best graduate film:
Didac Gimeno, Oscillation, 8 min, Color, Stereo, Spain, 2015
A film noted for its exceptional maturity, fluidity and visual sophistication. Inventive, imaginative and seamlessly structured, with dream-like elements finely combined within the narrative structure.
Special mention video:
Single-author artistic contribution
Douwe Dijkstra, Voor Film, 11.36 min, Stereo, Netherlands, 2015
Self-reflexive video film
Ellen Wetmore, Grotesques, 3.00 min, Stereo, United States, 2014
Art video collage
Dmitri Voloshin, Death Sails, 5.18 min, Stereo, Moldova, 2014
Cinematic animation
Lea Vidakovic, The Vast Landscape – porcelain stories, 11.00 min, Stereo, Croatia, 2014
Stop-motion animation with manually constructed sets
Mikel Subiza Jimenez, Habitar, 15 min, Color, Dolby Digital, Spain, 2015
Hybrid video poetry and dance
Andrea Baldini,Ferdinand Knapp, 15 min, Color + B&W, Stereo, France, 2014
High-end artistic production
Video multimedia documentary portraits/lyrical family autobiography
Special mention installations:
Max Hattler, —O| , Stereo, Venezuela, 2015
Computer Art Graphic Multi-screen Installation
Tracy Peters, Disturbance, 3:19 min, Color, Stereo, Canada, 2014
Single -Channel Installation
Francesca Fini, DADALOOP, 10:04 min, Color, Stereo, Italy, 2015
3D visuaal collage/cultural criticism
Special mention Lunartis:
Jonathan Van Essche, The Second of August, 18:49 min, Color, Stereo, Belgium, 2014
Visually innovative work
Kiro Russo, New Life, 15:15 min, Color, Stereo, Argentina, 2015
Innovative exploration of cinematic language
Lunartis Audience Award for the best graduate film:
Victoria Visco, She Walks, 17:00 min, B&W, Stereo, France, 2014