Großer Preis der Stadt Oberhausen und zweiter Preis der Jury des Ministeriums für Kultur und Wissenschaft NRW: JAILOOGO KARAY UZAK JOL (Long Way to the Pasture), Ilgiz-Sherniiaz Tursunbek uulu

Awards of the International Competition

Awards of the International Jury Members: Antti Alanen (Finland), Bea de Visser (Netherlands), Philbert Aimé Mbabazi Sharangabo (Rwanda/Switzerland), Elisabeth Streit (Austria), Susanna Wallin (USA/UK)

Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen worth 8,000 euros Jailoogo Karay Uzak Jol (Long Way to the Pasture) Ilgiz-Sherniiaz Tursunbek uulu Kyrgyzstan 2025, 23‘35‘‘, colour

Statement: A cinematic energy is unleashed in a film of a shepherding family’s move to summer pastures in Kyrgyzstan. A way of capturing the moments of this human and animal life’s migration over a wild river. All creatures are revealed in the heat of action, totally immersed in the moment. Moving with the forces of nature and its elements. Remarkable cinematography and use of light and motion.

2nd Prize of the Jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine Westphalia worth 3,000 euros Jailoogo Karay Uzak Jol (Long Way to the Pasture) Ilgiz-Sherniiaz Tursunbek uulu Kyrgyzstan 2025, 23‘35‘‘, colour

Statement: A family in Kyrgysztan take their livestock to the summer pasture. Intense, almost magical images make the audience part of this journey. This film always finds the right rhythm, precisely observing the interplay of forces between humans and nature.