The jury
Ela Bittencourt (Brazil), Serhii Ksaverov (Ukraine), Frank Arnold (Germany)
Awarded films
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Fossil by
Henning Beckhoff
(Germany, 2023, 94 min)
Reports
Motivation of the jury: “For his remarkable ability to mix social incisiveness — connecting the issues of working-class labor, generational family conflicts and environmental activism — with wry situational and visual humor and satirical yet empathetic perspective. The film depicts a prickly and at times unlikeable protagonist with great tenderness and surprising intimacy. The director’s use of the post-industrial landscape of the mining region is unique yet universal.”