Bumper Edition: The Porsche Awards

21st July 2021

We’re sure you, like us, have noticed how ridiculously good student films have become so we’re thrilled to show off these winning and shortlisted commercials from film schools and those starting out in their filmmaking careers. There was much debating among the Porsche Award jury but in the end there were three that really caught our imagination: Eugen Merher’s thrilling action packed road movie for Swarovski; Katarzyna Jarecka and Jakub Skitek’s humorous and clever spot for Durex which we won’t forget in a hurry; and Libby Burke Wilde’s impressive film Absent that imparts a clear message on a rarely discussed topic.

Durex, Tight Frame

Winner 2021: Get Married Again (Long Advertising Content category)

Directed by Eugen Merher, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Winner 2021: Tight Frame (Short Advertising Content category)

Directed by Katarzyna Jarecka, Jakub Skitek, Poland

Winner 2021: Absent (Driven by Dreams category)

Directed by Libby Burke Wilde, England

Shortlist: Short Advertising Content

Great Ideas directed by Lea Thurner, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Factory of Dreams directed by Michał Korzewski, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Shortlist: Long Advertising Content

Josh & Jacob directed by Alexander Kühn, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Still Got It! Directed by Fabian Bohn, Michael Schaff, Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Revived directed by Christian Schilling, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Made For Hoomans directed by Marleen Valien, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

Shortlist: Driven by Dreams

Keep it Real Online – Pornography, directed by Sam Stuchbury, New Zealand

Don’t Worry directed by Jakob Grahl, HFF Munich

Weird Search Requests directed by Sandro Rados, Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

See winners from previous years here

Credits

Winner 2021: Get Married Again (Long Advertising Content category) Concept/Script: Eugen Merher Director: Eugen Merher Producer: Philip Chrobot DoP: Mortimer Hochberg Editor: Ernst Lattik Production Design: Sonya Gryn Animation: Eleven Post Production VFX: Marina Starke Music: Alexander Wolf David Sound Design: Robin Harff School: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Country: Germany Winner 2021: Tight Frame (Short Advertising Content category) Concept/Script: Katarzyna Jarecka, Jakub Skitek Director: Katarzyna Jarecka, Jakub Skitek Producer: Katarzyna Jarecka, Jakub Skitek, Filip Wijas / Papaya Young Directors DoP: Szymon Kuriata Editor: Jan Wachowski Production Design: Paweł Dąbrowski, Kajetan Perzyński, Michał Hankiewicz, Scenografowie.pl Animation/VFX: Jan Wachowski Music: Bob Bradley, Matt Sanchez Sound Design: Studio Głośno, Błażej Kafarski School: No film school Country: Poland Winner 2021: Absent (Driven by Dreams category) Concept/Script: Lucy MacCarthy Director: Libby Burke Wilde Producer: Harvey Ascott DoP: Molly Manning Walker Editor: Sarah Peczek Production Design: Janna Bartlett Music/Sound Design: Mcasso School: No film school Country: England Shortlist: Great Ideas Concept/Script: Lea Thurner Director: Lea Thurner Producer: Leon Döhner, Moritz Lauer DoP: Lisa Jilg Editor: Lukas Wengorz Production design: Franziska Walbrühl, Lea Staron Music: Tim Hennig Sound design: Julian Berg School: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Country: Germany

Factory of Dreams Script / Director: Michał Korzewski Producer: Maja Turek / Papaya Young Directors Dop: Adrian Kuciel Set design: Damian Świder Set assist: Karol Raś Stylist: Aga Więckowska Casting: Aga Więckowska Prod assist: Karolina Sułowska AC: Piotr Seweryn, Jacek Martini-Kielan Gaffer: Mateusz Świder Best Boy: Nikita John Creagh Edit: Michał Korzewski 3D animation VFX: Artur Knapik VFX compositing: Kamil Langie VFX support: TELEVISOR Color Grade: Konrad Zięcina Sound design: GŁOŚNO Lector: Zbigniew Dziduch Stunt support: Marcin Ponicki Cast: Filip Gołąb, Wojciech Galzinski School: No film school Country: Poland Josh & Jacob Concept/Script: Alexander Kühn Director: Alexander Kühn Producer: Marco Henn, Simona Weber, Stefanie Gödicke DoP: Adrian Kuchenreuther Editor: Raquel Caro Nunez Production Design: Raina Todoroff Animation/VFX: Johannes Riegraf Music: Alexander Wolf David Sound Design: Sirius Kestel Color Grading: Marina Starke School: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Country: Germany

Still Got It! Concept/script: Fabian Bohn, Michael Schaff Director: Fabian Bohn, Michael Schaff Producer: Onur Can Kargin DoP: Michael Schaff Editor: Thomas Toth Production Design: Ashley Ohman Animation/VFX: Thorben Winkler Music/Sound Design: Daniel Paulmann School: Academy of Media Arts Cologne Country: Germany Revived Director / Script: Christian Schilling Director of Photography (Village): Simon Drescher Director of Photography (River): David I. Dinçer Producers: Christian Arnold, Daniel Kottirsch Editor: Ernst Lattik Production Design: Jan Scheurer Costume Design: Laura Schäffler Music Composers: Alexander Wolf David, Petteri Sainio Sound Design: Robin Harff, Floyd Fürstenau / Hyve Audio Post Production: Slaughterhouse Color Grading: Maximilian Baule / ACHT Hamburg Hair / Makeup: Jeannine Bieri, Paolo Celano School: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Country: Germany Made For Hoomans Concept/Script: Marleen Valien, Max Rauer Director: Marleen Valien Producer: Daniel Kottirsch, Ben Turlach DoP: Max Rauer, Sebastian Ganschow Editor: Vreni Sarnes Production Design: Nora Balmer Animation: Arne Hain, Ilya Barrett, Ferdinand Ehrhardt, Oscar Jacobson VFX: Sebastian Ganschow Music: Jonas Vogler Sound Design: Paul Powaljaew School: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Country: Germany Keep it Real Online - Pornography Concept/Script: Hilary Ngan Kee, Alex McManus, Sam Stuchbury Director: Sam Stuchbury Producer: Joseph McAlpine / Motion Sickness DoP: Marty Williams Editor: Pete Hansen Music: Beatworms Sound Design: Big Pop School: No film school Country: New Zealand Don’t Worry Concept/Script: Jakob Grahl Director: Jakob Grahl Producer: Tanja & Andreas Schmidbauer DoP: Florian Strandl Editor: Moritz Müller-Preißer Animation/VFX: Jan Riebe Title Design: Max Strebel Music: Maximilian Nieberle Sound Design: Gerhard Auer School: HFF Munich Country: Germany Weird Search Requests Concept/Script: Sandro Rados Director: Sandro Rados Producer: Pauline Nier, Lotta Schmelzer DoP: Nico Schrenk Editor: Bela Adami Production Design: Bernhardt Strobel, Sophie Tolkien Animation/VFX: Harald Dietrichs, Paul Golter Music/Sound design: Marco Dahl Costume Design: Mara Laibacher Make-up: Heike Walter-Thomae School: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg Country: Germany

Tags: Lea Thurner, Sandro Rados, HFF Munich, Jakob Grahl, Sam Stuchbury, Marleen Valien, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Michael Schaff, Fabian Bohn, Alexander Kühn, Michał Korzewski, Jakub Skitek, Katarzyna Jarecka, Libby Burke Wilde, Eugen Merher, Christian Schilling, Filmakademie Baden Wuerttemberg