Short Film News (SFN)- The winners of the 57th edition of International Short Film Festival Oberhausen were announced.

The big winner of the festival is French artist Neïl Beloufa, whose work Sans-titre was awarded both the Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen and the Prize of the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, which garnered him Euros 12,500 to take home with him. Beloufa, who is represented in Germany by the Kai Middendorff Galerie, won the ARTE Prize for the best European short film for his work Kempinsky in Oberhausen in 2007.

Awards of the International Competition:

Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen
Sans-titre by Neïl Beloufa from France

Two Principal Prizes
The Artist by Laure Prouvost from UK
Mercury by Sandro Aguilar from Portugal

ARTE Prize for a European Short Film
OUT by Roee Rosen from Israel
 
Special Mention of the International Jury
I'm Not the Enemy from Germany

Prize of the Jury of the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and Sport of North Rhine-Westphalia
Sans-titre by Neïl Beloufa from France

Special Mention
Three Walls by Zaheed Mawani from Canada

FIPRESCI Prize
Handball by Anita Rocha da Silveira from Brazil

Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Atrophy by Palesa Shongwe from South Africa

Prize of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Kengere by Peter Tukei Muhumuza from Uganda 
 
ZONTA Prize
99 Beautiful byTessa Knapp from Germany

Over 1,000 accredited guests from 45 countries saw almost 470 short films and numerous supporting programmes over the 6 festival days.

57th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen took place 5 -10 May 2011 in Germany and more info is available at festival's website: www.kurzfilmtage.de