54th Nordic Film Days Luebeck
October 31 – November 4, 2012

Festival Website

INTERFILM Award

The INTERFILM Jury at the 54th Nordic Film Days, has chosen as winner of the Church Film Prize, endowed with a prize money of 2500 € donated by the church district Luebeck-Lauenburg, the film

Vuosaari / Naked Harbour
by Aku Louhimis, Finland 2011

The INTERFILM Jury is awarding this prize to a film that tells eight different tales of alienation, under which children and adolescents are deemed to suffer the most. In spite of all adversity and adult incapacity, the film ultimately implies that its protagonists are actively seeking the power and orientation they require for their future lives. The film NAKED HARBOUR by Aku Louhimies skilfully interlinks several episodes to present a highly convincing dramaturgical realization of its existential subject-matter.

Members of the jury:
Lars P. Wandsøe Kristiansen (Denmark)
Reinhard Middel, Frankfurt a/M (Germany)
Antje Peters-Hirt, Lübeck (Germany)
Anita Uzulniece, Riga (Latvia), President