SL:MIMA 2009 WINNERS IN THE CATEGORY 'ANIMATION'

1. WINNER

C'est la vie [Gentle Whisper]
produced by Alexander Kühn (DE)
music by Thad Fiscella

2. WINNER

Trooper
produced by Marcus Körbs (DE)
music by Jennifer Haines

3. WINNER

Sequence 1 [Afterthoughts]
produced by Irena Paskali (MK)
music by John Pedersen

Alexander Kühn

I like all kind of sports. Since I can think I am interested in creating things. In the past few years I specialized in print- and web-design. After some commissions I have a good command of programs...

1. WINNER

Emergence
produced by Markus Mayr (DE)
music by Clifford Borg

2. WINNER

Small Life [Seducción]
produced by Christoph Schaarschmidt (DE)
music by Mario López Santos

3. WINNER

Ever After [Blue Tears]
produced by Imola Kovendi (RO)
music by Jo Blankenburg

Markus Mayr

University of Applied Sciences Mittweida,
Medienmanagement

SL:MIMA 2009 PUBLIC AWARD WINNER

Dualism [In a Lifetime]
produced by Tasner Peter (HU)
music by Philip Wesley

Péter Tasner

Hungary

1. WINNER

Die Welt ist ungerecht
produced by Marcus Loeper (DE)
music by Michele McLaughlin, Enraptured 2004
poem by Jürg Halter (www.juerghalter.com)

2. WINNER

It Dwells in the Depths
produced by Vesa Jokinen and Hanne Zenjuga (FI)
music by Kathryn Toyama, The Smell of Rain

3. WINNER

The legendary Adventures of the Secret Blue Elves
produced by Jonathan Mortimer (UK)
music by Jo Blankenburg, Samskara - 'The Dragon'

The legendary Adventures of the Secret Blue Elvis

Marcus Loeper

Faculty of Media, Major: Media Technology
University of Applied Sciences Mittweida,
Germany

I was born in 1987 in the north of germany. Already when I was a child I liked to draw my environment or to create funny characters. During schooldays my interest in design and animation grew, so I...

Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Tampere, Finland

I was born in 1981 in Tampere, Finland. I'm a fourth year Visual Design student at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, The School of Art and Media. Just quite recently, after years of interest in...

Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Tampere, Finland

I'm a fourth year Visual Design student at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, The School of Art and Media. I've always loved things that are visually interesting, colors and fascinating shapes....

Animator/Graphic-Designer http://jonmort.wordpress.com/
Scotland, UK

Jonathan Mortimer University of the West of Scotland, School of Computing. Scotland (UK). Jon was a Masters student on a Multimedia Communications MSc (specialising in Computer Animation)...

1. WINNER

Orbit Control
produced by Kamil Goerlich (DE)
music by Kamil Goerlich

2. WINNER

Lied vom Leben
produced by Emese-Imola Kövendi (RO)
music by Jo Blankenburg, The Feather Dance

3. WINNER

Love Never Ends
produced by Sarah Müller and Orhan Sokolyi (DE)
music by Louis Landon, Ancestors

Kamil Goerlich

Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany

"I grew up in Poland. We had a piano in our house which I played little melodies on as a child. When I was 13 we moved to Germany and we no longer had a piano. When I was 18 I started to play the...

Hungarian University of Transylvania, Photography, cinematography and media profile

Education: 2000-2004 Tamási Áron High school, bio-chemistry class, Odorheiu Secuiesc 2004-2008 Sapientia, Hungarian University of Transylvania, Photography, cinematography and media...

University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida

I was born in Darmstadt in 1982. After I successfully completed the Secondary school in 1999 I spent one year in New Zealand where I lived in Hamilton on the North Island and visited Sacred Heart...

University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Medien Management

Since 1992 I live with my family in the Federal Republic of Germany in Gifhorn. I am from Kosovo und belong to the ethnic people minority of the Roma. Since 2005 I study at the University of applied...

SL:MIMA 2008 PUBLIC AWARD WINNER

You By My Side
produced by Maik Viertel (DE)
music by Jennifer Thomas, You by my side

Maik Viertel

University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Media technology

1. Christian Hein , Germany
Music by Jennifer Haines, USA

The Value of Love [Sounds (Outside My Window)]
2. Juho Kepanen , Finland
Music by Jo Blankenburg, New Zealand

Vahveraasio [Guardian Angel]
3. Tobias Kolodziey , Germany
Music by Kurt Bestor, USA

Of Home

Christian Hein

Student of Media Technology
University of Applied Sciences Mittweida,
Germany

Christian studies Media Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida since 2005. During his study he has worked for different projects among others for the local newspaper...

University of Applied Sciences Tampere, School of Art & Media, Finland

Juho Kepanen was born 1983 in Kajaani Finland. He is a third year student of cinematography at the Tampere Polytechnic, School of Art & Media. For the last couple of years he has worked as a...

University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany
Windflaw Films, Germany

Tobias was born on April 06, 1982 in Halle/Saale, Germany. He studied first law at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg for one year and then decided to make an apprenticeship as a...

1. Thomas Kelling , Germany
Music by Jennifer Thomas, USA

Fly away
2. Kamil Goerlich , Germany
Music by Kamil Goerlich, Germany

Natchnienie
3. Raman Hussain , Finland
Music by Rob Costlow, USA

Friendship

Thomas Kelling

University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, faculty of design, Germany

Born 1978 in Dresden (Germany) / 1997 higher education entrance qualification / 1997 - 1998 free service at EDEJU (Institute of development advancement of youths) at Côte d'Ivoire for 15 months...

Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart, Germany

"I grew up in Poland. We had a piano in our house which I played little melodies on as a child. When I was 13 we moved to Germany and we no longer had a piano. When I was 18 I started to play the...

Student of Video Arts
University of Applied Sciences Tampere, School of Art & Media,
Finland

Raman was born in 1972 in Kerkuk, Iraq. He lives now in Tampere, Finland. He studies at the University of Applied Sciences, School of Art and Media in Tampere where he finishes his study in Video...

SL:MIMA 2006 WINNER IN THE CATEGORY 'ANIMATION'

Christian Hein from Germany was the 1st winner of SL:MIMA 2006 in the category "Animation". His Video "The Leaf" (Das Blatt) with piano music by Rebecca Kragnes impressed the international jury with its technical but at the same time very poetical aesthetics. Christian was able to interpret the music by using simple but very effective and expressive ways of digital narration, which gave trivial objects a very special meaning.

Watch the video at newagepiano.net

Chris Hales from London presents the award to Christian Hein, the SL:MIMA 2006 winner in the category 'Animation'.

Christian Hein

Student of Media Technology
University of Applied Sciences Mittweida,
Germany

Christian studies Media Technology at the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida since 2005. During his study he has worked for different projects among others for the local newspaper...

SL:MIMA 2006 WINNER IN THE CATEGORY 'DIGITAL FILM'

Risto-Pekka Blom from Finland was the 1st SL:MIMA 2007 winner in the category "Digital Film". Risto's video also with piano music by Rebecca Kragnes shows a journey on a train being mataphor for a human's life. The viewer enjoys the trip until the final sequence in which a rainbow is shown.

Watch the video at newagepiano.net

Risto-Pekka Blom, 1st winner of the SL:MIMA 2006 in the category 'Digital Film', with Robert J. Wierzbicki and Björn Aho, SL:MIMA instructor from Helsinki, Finland.

Risto-Pekka Blom

Student of Media Design - Photography
Tampere Polytechnic, School of Art and Media,
Finland

Education: Tampere polytechnic, School of Art and Media, Photography 2005 Most important works: 2005 - Doing well - videoart, Helsinki, Forces of light 2004 -...

SL:MIMA 2005 WINNER IN THE CATEGORY 'ANIMATION'

Robert Walker from the UK was the 1st winner of the SL:MIMA 2005 in the category 'Animation'.

JURY STATEMENT [David Byers-Brown]:
"Zeitsprung has the edge in technique, style and intriguing content. All the other pieces have a tendency to hold their images longer than meaningful impact or narrative lasts".

Robert Walker with Jens Hedrich and David Byers-Brown

Robert Walker

Student of Media Design
University of Kent at Canterbury
United Kingdom

Robert Walker was born in 1984 in London and studied Multimedia Design and Technology at the University of Kent in Canterbury. He has broadly based knowledge about Computers and knows how to work...

SL:MIMA 2005 WINNER IN THE CATEGORY 'DIGITAL FILM'
WINNER OF THE MOST MOBILE SOCIETY AWARE MEDIA AWARD

Christian Abicht from Germany was a double winner of the SL:MIMA 2005.
JURY STATEMENT [Markus Bledowski]:
"... beautiful aesthetic quality put together with metaphoric visual language. a difficult topic "wrapped" in wonderful poetic pictures. The use of visual effects are perfectly adjusted to the theme and combined in a sensible way. The viewer enjoys the time watching this video."

Christian Abicht mit Prof. Muraszkiewicz and Prof. Wierzbicki at the Mylnork Workshp in Hungary, 2005
Christian Abicht, winner of the MOST Mobile Society Aware Media Award, mit Prof. Muraszkiewicz (MOST) and Prof. Wierzbicki at the Mylnork Workshop in Hungary, 2005.

Christian Abicht

Student of Media Technology
University of applied Sciences Mittweida
Germany

>> curriculum vitae: Christian Abicht studies media technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Mittweida. He ist interested in 2D/3D animation and produces edutainment software. At...

SL:MIMA 2004 WINNER IN THE CATEGORY 'ANIMATION'

Henry Schmieder the 23-year-old media technology student from Marienberg, Germany, is the winner of the first Swan Lake Award. The prize giving ceremony was held on Wednesday evening, 16th June 2004, at the University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Germany. Henry’s animated clip "Circus", won recognition and the top prize from the panel of international jurors.

Inspired by the painter Salvador Dalí, Schmieder has brought the works of Spanish artist to life by setting it to music of Marcus Schmahl. The 6-minute video took more than ten weeks of computer work. The winner, upon hearing the verdict of the jury, appeared surprised that he came first against a very strong competition. "Before the announcement my heart was pounding", says Schmieder, who currently works on his diploma.

The first prize, Studiophile LX4 Speaker System, was sponsored by M-AUDIO.

JURY STATEMENT [Rodica Mocan]:

"....it takes surrealism from the static, bi-dimension, to a dynamic, changing, challenging, exploratory experience. The storytelling is consistent with the media of expression, surrealistic, postmodern. It uses techniques seen before, but filled with original content."

Winner video(Quicktime format)

Henry Schmieder

Student of Media Technology (2004)
University of Applied Sciences Mittweida,
Germany

Not sure whether to approach, only supplied with affection for making music and enjoying every kind of cognition of waving thing he has started his studies in Mittweida and soon found interests in...