• Golden Shorts – The Short Film Award of the City of Vienna 2008

MAIN AWARD:
Alina Rudnitskaya (Russia) for Kak stat stervoi (Vixen Academy)
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
Edith Stauber (Austria) for Eintritt zum Paradies um 3 € 20 (Admission To Paradise For 3 € 20)
Tzu Nyen Ho (Singapore) for The Bohemian Rhapsody Project

Awarded to the best film of the international competion by a jury, renumeration: EUR 2.000,- .
The members of the jury are Mara Mattuschka (A), Martina Kudláček (CZ), Simon Koenig (CH), Barbara Pichler (A) and Marc Schaus (B).
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• Hubert Sielecki Award

Michael Wirthig (Austria) for Inside 1014

Awarded to the best experimental or animation film by a young Austrian director. renumeration: EUR 500,-.

• ray Audience Award - International Competition 2008

Radu Jude (Romania) for Lampa cu caciula (The Tube With A Hat)

This award is worth EUR 1.000,-.

• Hoanzl Audience Awards - Panorama 2008

Umut Dag (Austria) for Todesnachrichten
Katharina Swoboda (Austria) for Transition ex aequo:
Sasha Pirker (Austria) for John Lautner, The Desert Hot Springs Motel
Bernhard Hetzenauer (Austria) for Wann habe ich aufgehört, dir meine Träume zu erzählen?

These three awards are worth EUR 1.000,- each.