Press Release       20 October 07

5th Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival

Laureates announced

Great Prize of the City of Tegernsee (€ 3.000,-)
‘Asiemut’ by Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins, Canada

Prize by the German Alpine Club for the Best Alpine film in the Category ‘Mountain Experience’ (€ 1.000,-)
‘Facing Obsession’ by Jochen Schmoll, Germany

Prize in the Special Category ‘Ski and Snowboard’ (€ 1.000,-)
‘Pass it on’ by Max, Moritz and Sebi Garhammer, Germany

Prize in the Category ‘Mountain Nature’ (€ 1.000,-)
‘Eisenwurzen’ by Waltraud Paschinger, Austria

Prize in the Category ‘Mountain Life’ (€ 1.000,-)
‘Kogis – Le message des derniers hommes’ by Éric Julien, France

Prize for a Junior Film Maker
‘Enlightenment’ by Armin Buchroithner, Christoph Hoerner, and Stefan Ribitsch, Austria

Best Camera (no monetary prize)
‘Everest – To shift the Horizon’ by Dariusz Zaluski, Poland

Best Landscape Feature (no monetary prize)
‘Das Gold des Himalaja’ by Thomas Wartmann, Germany

Prize for Exceptional Film (no monetary prize)
‘Firn’ by Axel Koenzen, Germany

Further honorary mentions:
‘E 11’ by Paul Diffley, United Kingdom
‘Menschen am Ziel – Gipfelnotizen Ortler, 3905 m’, by Karl Prossliner, Italy