WEIMAR POETRY FILM AWARD
Award Categories
Jury Awards
– Best Video / 1.200,- €
– Best Animation / 1.200,- €
Audience Award / 250,- €
Winners 2016-2022

2022
Jury Award – Best Animation
A Body (Italy 2021)
Director: Milena Tipaldo
Jury Award – Best Video
Jangan Lupa (The Netherlands 2021)
Director: Jeremy Flohr
Author: Robin Block
Special Mention – Best Animation
The Poetry of Non-self (Israel 2021)
Director: Dor Bar Shlomo
Special Mention – Best Video
Zyklus (Germany 2021)
Directors: Eva Matz & Jonas Schmieta
Audience Award
Zyklus (Germany 2021)
Directors: Eva Matz & Jonas Schmieta
Jury
Bibiana Rojas (Colombia)
Katharina Wenty (Austria)
Henryk Balkow (Germany)
Program Commission
Ana María Vallejo
Guido Naschert

2021
Jury Award – Best Animation
Verse von der Winterkampagne des Jahres 1980 (Germany 2021)
Directors: Rene Reinhardt & Thadeusz Tischbein
Jury Award – Best Video
In the Bags of Strangers (Germany 2020)
Director: Raaed Al kour
Special Mention
Ursula (Portugal 2020)
Director: Eduardo Brito
Audience Award
The posh mums are boxing in the square (UK 2021)
Director: Helmie Stil
Author: Wayne Holloway-Smith
Jury
Anna Eijsbouts (The Netherlands)
Nora Fleischer (Germany)
Moritz Gause (Germany)
Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2020
Jury Award – Best Animation
Subconscious Notes (Germany 2018)
Director: Susann Arnold
Jury Award – Best Video
Fine China (USA 2020)
Director & Author: David Gaines
Audience Award
Der und die (Germany 2019)
Director: Peter Böving
Author: Ernst Jandl
Jury
Helmie Stil (The Netherlands)
Kathrin Tillmanns (Germany)
Jan Röhnert (Germany)
Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2019
Jury Award – Best Animation
The Right To Fall Apart (Germany/Egypt 2019)
Animation: Rika Tarigan
Text: Yara M. Ahmed
Jury Award – Best Video
Hiatus (Brasil 2018)
Director: Vivian Ostrovsky
Text: Clarice Lispector
Special Mention
The Opened Field (UK 2018)
Director: Helmie Stil
Text: Dom Bury
Audience Award
Hate For Sale (The Netherlands 2017)
Animation: Anna Eijsbouts
Text: Neil Gaiman
Jury
Belén Montero (Spain)
Sonja Hofmann (Germany)
Timo Berger (Germany)
Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2018
Jury Award – Best Poetry Film
The Desktop Metaphor (UK 2017)
Director: Helmie Stil
Text: Caleb Parkin
Special Mention
Blue Flash Flash (UK 2017)
Director: Jane Glennie
Text: Julia Bird
Audience Award
Patata Day (Germany 2016)
Director: Peter Böving
Text: Marie Nimier
Jury
Daniela Danz (Germany)
Cathy de Haan (Germany)
Kristian Pedersen (Norway)
Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2017
Jury Award – Best Poetry Film
Standard Time (Germany 2017)
Director: Hanna Slak and Lena Reinhold
Text: Daniela Seel
Special Mention
Heartbreak (Ireland 2017)
Director: Dave Tynan
Text: Emmet Kirwan
Audience Award
The Last Time (UK 2016)
Director and Text: Christine Hooper
Jury
Ebele Okoye (Germany)
Dave Bonta (USA)
Stefan Petermann (Germany)
Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2016
Jury Award – Best Poetry Film
What About the Law (South Africa 2014)
Director: Charles Badenhorst
Text: Adam Small
Audience Award
Steel and Air (USA 2015)
Directors: Chris u. Nick Libbey
Text: John Ashbery
Jury
Nancy Hünger (Germany)
Hubert Sielecki (Austria)
Thomas Zandegiacomo del Bel (Germany)
Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert