Winners: 2023
Through Her Eyes ◦ Marisa Martínez ◦ Best Student Film
The Rose ◦ Hubertus Hinse ◦ Best Experimental Film
Reverie ◦ Benedict Yu, Enhard Xavier Magaline ◦ Best Dance Film
WordLotto – Pilot ◦ ohnny Baca ◦ Best Comedy Feature Film
Farewell Dreams ◦ Daniel Wolters ◦ Best Artist Short Film
My (Fake) Birthday ◦ Gregor Graciano ◦ Nominee
GIDI GIDI GI ◦ Iye Teblu ◦ Best Short Film
Claire Facing North ◦ Lynn Tjerrnan Lukkas ◦ Best Feature Film
Fruits of Resistance ◦ Aline Juárez ◦ Honorable Mention
2023 Hong Kong Neon – Jimmy Lai in Chains ◦ Mark Tarrant ◦ Honorable Mention
Corruption on Earth ◦ Omid Mirnour ◦ Best Human Rights Film
Art of the Encounter ◦ Marinka Limat ◦ Nominee
Beyond a place ◦ Nicola Schwartz ◦ Best Short Documentary
Rummy ◦ Filmkollektiv 2und20 ◦ Honorable Mention
ego ◦ Adam Lukowski ◦ Best Music Video
Past Life Reflections ◦ Riin Shina ◦ Nominee
Nothin 4 Something ◦ Cody Critcheloe ◦ Honorable Mention
The Invisible ◦ Guga Lemes, Wagner Almeida, Marcelo Nobre, André Abujamra ◦ Best Discrimination and Equality Film
Angel VR ◦ Avatâra Ayuso ◦ Best VR and 360
Planned Obsolescence ◦ Margarita Kosareva ◦ Best Student Film
Chessno ◦ Georgii Ivaentc, Daniel Ovsienko ◦ Best Fashion Film
Life Savers ◦ Lukasz Wdowicz ◦ Best Commercial & Advertising
The Signal And The Noise ◦ Jim Hannah ◦ Best Music Video
The Highest Abrasion Class ◦ Tomasz Szczęsny, Bartosz Latkowski ◦ Best Feature Film
Both Breath and Clay. Fragments of a Ritual Prayer ◦ Marc Samper Vidal ◦ Experimental Film
…der Flitter graut. Es bleibt Verpasstes übrig. ◦ Carsten Fuhrmann ◦ Honorable Mention
Transfer Protocol ◦ Timothy Speed ◦ Best Human Rights Film
HERSTORIES : my roots… ◦ ΒΙΛΜΑ ΜΕΝΙΚΗ ◦ Honorable Mention
Romeo and Benvolio ◦ Anna Ma ◦ Honorable Mention
WordLotto ◦ Johnny Baca ◦ Best Comedy Feature Film
Good Morning, Good Night ◦ Tara Kutay ◦ Best Short Film
What’s for Dinner? ◦ Clemencia Macias ◦ Quarter-Finalist
Chlorine ◦ Thanos Psichogios ◦ Honorable Mention
With Love L. ◦ Max Fritzsching, Chari Krause ◦ Semi-Finalist
Study for Clouds ◦ Jyrgen Ueberschär ◦ Best Experimental Film
Dog Bites Man ◦ Vincent Zambrano ◦ Best Human Rights Film
Dog Bites Man ◦ Vincent Zambrano ◦ Best discrimination and Equality Film
Dog Bites Man ◦ Vincent Zambrano ◦ Best Gender Equality Issues Film
Who Invited The Robots? ◦ Jack Schneiderman, Todd Wallace, Dan Rathke ◦ Best Comedy Short Film
Amsterdam, Vermeer and Keukenhof ◦ Milena Stoykova ◦ Best Travekl Film
Atrium “Warrior in the Garden” ◦ Thomas Crane ◦ Best Music Video
WE KILL EVERYTHING ◦ Ron Pollard ◦ Honorable Mention
Traces of Rocco ◦ Marina Resta ◦ Best Short Documentary
The Cat Burglar ◦ Xuewei Sun ◦ Best Student Film
OverseesTV (Golem) ◦ Jakob Mayer ◦ Semi-Finalist
Lily ◦ Kristina Pavia ◦ Semi-Finalist
Genkaku: Tonari No On’nanoko ◦ Uğur Onat ◦ Semi-Finalist
STRIE Giorgio Barchetti > Best VR and 360
Algorithm Takedown Alex Budovsky > Best Music Score Short Film
Algorithm Takedown Alex Budovsky > Best Animation
Fell Purpose Erifili Davis > Best Mobile Short Film
Trailer for the Audiobook “The Boy and the Beast” by Joseph Morgan Kristina Schippling > Best Trailer
WARNING NO SWIMMING Maziyar Kabiri > Best Family and Children Friendly Film
A Necessary Choice Marika Ramunno > Human Rights
SLAVES TO WATER Bertrand Jack Daniel LOYER > Best Environment and Climate, Short
Rouge Mieke Daneels > Best Artist Feature Film
The BarBer marika ramunno, Dominique Jean Paul Stanisci > Best Commercial & Advertising
Ross Henson Fate Takes The Wheel > Best Actor – Short Film
So close, yet so far > Pau Ortiz Rosell > Best Short Documentary
ZENNOR SPIRIT OF PLACE > Diana Taylor > Best Documentary
They Hunger > Florian Dreischer > Best first time director
REQUIEM (WITH A SIDE OF FRIES) > Kiff VandenHeuvel > Best first time director
Cremeschnitte > Yan Jin > Best Experimental Film
you _ me > Yolanda Moreno Torrado > Honorable Mention
Words like violence > Arjan Gebraad > Best Dance Film, Short
THIS IS NOT A LOVE SONG > Mor Peled > Best Student Film
The Groom Is a Lying Bastard > Jolie Gui Zhang > Quarter Finalist
PIECHT > Luka Lara Steffen > Quarter Finalist
Drag You > Nadia Koro, Hadrien Daigneault-Roy, Sascha Cowan > Best Short Film
REQUIEM (WITH A SIDE OF FRIES) > Kiff VandenHeuvel > Honorable Mention
Three Man Job > Manuel Delia > Honorable Mention
The All Is One > Tobias Schönenberg > Best Feature Film
“playBACK – Die Performance endet nie!” > Dennis Böddicker, Georg Böhm > Honorable Mention
Morea – Revival Song > David Krätschmer > Best Music Video
Of Vanishing And Vanity > Anna Maria Lipinski > Quarter Finalist
Black Lace > Erifili Davis > Quarter Finalist
VR and 360 > Journey to Self > Guo Tongze
Best first time director > “Who Are We” > Susanna Prummer
Best Music Score Short Film > On / Off > Nicolas P. Villarreal
Animation > On / Off > Nicolas P. Villarreal
Experimental Film > On / Off > Nicolas P. Villarreal
Mobile Short Film > Dear Blank > Thiago Leoni
Best Short Film > Domino > Coşku Baş
Artist Feature Film > 7 7 > Johnny Kalangis
Best Director – Short Film > Kiloherz > Jakob Gessner
Nominee > Grimoire > Joanna Kolodziej
Best Documentary > Final Whistle > Susanne Dieringer
Best Feature Film > >
Student Film > BRAINFUCK > Leonard Rottok
Best Music Video > Yu – Au Revoir > Andreas Eisenach
Environment and Climate, Short > Water Nation > “Water Nation”
Travel > ARRIVAL – a little Film Story > Lukas Felix Pohl
Best Actor – Feature Film > Raavana Kottam [ Raavana’s Kingdom] > Shanthnu Bhagyaraj
Best Editing > 7 7 > Johnny Kalangis
Cinematography > A Wordless Dream > Ale Cetrangolo
Honorable Mention > INSIDE THE BOX > Amina Hadji, Cécile Lassonde
Honorable Mention > Focus. – Kein Fan > Andreas Eisenach
Honorable Mention > Rainbow > HUI MA
Honorable Mention > Der Tag Danach > Charlotte Geissler
Best Dance Film, Short > Reading the Body: Recovery > Danielle Ofri
Best Short Documentary > Shasta and the Labyrinth > Joshua Carver
Semi-Finalist > Grimoire > Joanna Kolodziej
Warsaw Rising > Tomasz Dobosz > Best VR and 360
On / Off > Nicolas P. Villarreal > Best Editing
On / Off > Nicolas P. Villarreal > Best Cinematography
On / Off > Nicolas P. Villarreal > Best Director, Short Film
On / Off > Nicolas P. Villarreal > Best Music Score Short Film
no regrets > Emeline Mann Sanchez > Best Experimental Film
Bay Creek Tennis Camp > Michele Meek > Best family and Children Friendly Film
Secret Santa > Charif Ounis > Best Discrimination and Equality Film
Das Kulturgespräch im Radio > Errkaa > Best Artist Short Film
Daydream on Monady > Frederic Chen > Best Commercial & Advertising
Secret Santa > Luca Jonas Müller > Best Actor – Short Film
Focus. – 24/7 > “Andreas Eisenach” > Best Music Video
Beste100Bilder > Mikko Beste, Daniel O´Brien > Best Animation
caring for mom > Emeline Mann Sanchez > Best Health and Medicine Film
What Really Happened Was > Jon-Claire Lee > Best Mobile Short Film
Obsidian Dream > Scotty Hardwig, Claudia Lavista > Honorable Mention
Time for caring > Stephanie Brewster Ramírez > Best Gender Equality, Issues and Rights Film
Between Heaven and Earth > Stephanie Englert > Best Documentary
The Creative Handshake – The Ruggeds > Rosie Zopfi > Best Dance Film, Short
7 Hours > Vittorio Amodeo, Gaia Cascella > Best Student Film
No New Friends > Neha Gautam > Honorable Mention
Finding Melania > Sarah Calver, Evie Fehilly > Honorable Mention
Shooting Your Own Shadow > Joseph J Parisi, Michael Amman > Best Comedy Short Film
Danger > Leslie Brockett > Best Music Video
Yu – Unique > Andreas Eisenach > Honorable Mention
The bastards > Pablo Yotich > Best Feature Film
Abba > Chao Huang > Best Short Film
Catharsis > Yang Gröttrup > Honorable Mention
zersammlung > Julia Hubernagel > Best First Time Director
“Tlaloc (Lines Drawn in Water)” > Abinadi Meza > Best Experimental Film
“Far from Sporky” > Karsten Kramer > Best Science Fiction
“Class Acts” > Class Acts > Best Culture Film
1989 – Maybe tomorrow everything will be different… > Martin Kreusch > Best History Film
“The North Wind and The Sun” > Anat Pollack > Best Dance Film, Short
“Fredag Ovenpå” > David Hark > Best Actor – Short Film
“Crossing Points” > Joanna Izowska, Sandra Rychlicka-Cleeveley > Best Short Documentary
COMPASS – FIND WAYS – GO WAYS > Max Boje > Best Documentary
Momo or Moses > Charif Ounis > Discrimination and Equality
“The Portrait” > Jakob Hüfner > Honorable Mention
The Group (Balagam) > Venu Yeldandi > Best Cinematography
The Group (Balagam) > Venu Yeldandi > Best Director – Feature Film
Priydarshi Pulikonda > The Group (Balagam) > Best Actor – Feature Film
The Group (Balagam) > Venu Yeldandi > Best Feature Film
“Welcome to the MadHouse: The Costa Rica Sessions !” > Luciano Boschetti > Best Documentary Music Score
Fall > Lison Danel > Best Student Film
TRAILER || Escape From Tiger Mountain Family Nudist Park > Mandy Zelinka > Best Trailer
TRAILER || Escape From Tiger Mountain Family Nudist Park > Mandy Zelinka > Best Mobile Short Film
LVCI > Brock Gregory Newman > Best Fashion Film
Sharing the harvest > Philipp Petruch > Best Environment and Climate, Feature
Sharing the harvest > Philipp Petruch > Best Documentary
Fugium I (Retreats)’ > Malcolm Barrett > Best Artist Short Film
Who is Calling ? > Jürgen Baums > Best Stock Video
The Birth > Søren Grau, Lasse Jensen > Best Commercial & Advertising
Death Flower > Ihsan Gokhan Gokcay > Best Director – Short Film
THE TORTUER > peyman mandegar > Best Actress – Short Film
The Angels of St. Cataldo > Stefano Giannotti > Best Music Video
2402 > Maria Mikirtumova, Iliza Chekhova > Best First Time Director
Emancipation > Jerry Digby > Best Comedy Short Film
Eggshells > Natasja Schaafsma > Honorable Mention
The Monkey Head > Cassandra Lozano > Honorable Mention
Midnight escape – Fateme > Jacqueline Peters, Anastasia Misbach > Honorable Mention
Canton > Ashley Dick > Best Short Documentary
Ultimately it is about dignity > Clara Pisner > Honorable Mention
A Stolen Truth > Rosa Maria Mauceri > Best Short Film
Die Finsternis ( The Darkness ) > Matthias Horbelt > Honorable Mention
Autotomy > Rafael Osvaldo Rosales Rábago > Honorable Mention
The Kids of Msholozi > Bennet Faust, Jeronimo Hahn > Cinematography
The Fate of Cysalion > Marc Blasweiler > “Best Music Score Feature Film”
“Escape from Tiger Mountain” > Mandy Zelinka > Mobile Feature Film
BIBA MAY “No More” > Arlinda MORINA > Best Gender Equality, Issues and Rights Film
BIBA MAY “No More” > Arlinda MORINA > Best Culture Film
Recoba > Alvaro Guzman Bastida > Best Human Rights Film
“Endlight” > Robert von Wroblewsky > Best Environment and Climate, Feature
The Fate of Cysalion > Marc Blasweiler > Best Dance Film, Feature
BIBA MAY “No More” > Arlinda MORINA > Best Director – Short Film
5 Minutes Until Forever > Davis Schulz > Best Actor – Short Film
Once the Dust Settles > Ai Rei Dooh-Tousignant, Amanda Matalanis > Best Music Video
“Cover Your Ears” > “Sean Patrick Shaul” > Best Documentary
“Hey! How Are You?” > Franziska Ebner > Best first time director
Arrivederci Paris version sous-titrée en allemand > Louis Salvatore Bellanti > Best Music Score Short Film
There was a King > Ester Stancel > Best Student Film
Water! > Jacob Kressner > Honorable Mention
The Fate of Cysalion > Marc Blasweiler > Best Director – Feature Film
When Death Comes Knocking > Danny Lopez > Honorable Mention
The Kids of Msholozi > Bennet Faust, Jeronimo Hahn > Best Short Documentary
The Fate of Cysalion > Marc Blasweiler > Best Feature Film
“When Death Comes Knocking” > Danny Lopez > Honorable Mention
“Cannibalizing the Conductor” > Derek Howard, Emma W. Howes, Justin F Kennedy > Dance Film, Short
Suddenly, the sky . .. > Carla Mann > Honorable Mention
“Flight” > Loretta Thomas > Honorable Mention
A Solitude Quartet > Kuo-Hao Li > Honorable Mention
“Respect” > Christian Past, Franziska Otten > Honorable Mention
Swollen > Daniel Aranha Pedersen > Best Short Film
“Moments” > Guilherme Simas > Honorable Mention
The Taxidermist > Chaz Parvez > Best Short Film
“The Wind” > Nikolas Gelios > Honorable Mention
The adventures of Tracajare > Joaquim Haickel, Sergio Martinelli > Best Animation
POPPY SHIRT > Svetlana Djurovic > Best Dance Film, Short
The End Of History > Zac Cooper > Best Comedy Feature Film
Drawing in the sky > Shoko Ito > Best Feature Film
30km/h on the Autobahn > Alexander Marcel Hövel > Best First TimeDirector
Coney Island Baby > Jose Duran > Honorable Mention
Freaks au Chocolat > Maya Koutsoulis > Best Student Film
AKIN > Lorenzo Mendonca > Honorable Mention
The Ode on Cure > Vladislav Motorichev > Best experimental film
Impenetrable > Matthias Von Braun > Honorable Mention
Assembly Required > Mike Wiggins > Best Short Documentary
The Ocean around Milan. Conversations with Milo De Angelis > Giulia Oglialoro, Samuele Fassina, Cosimo Iannunzio, Hedda Paljak > Honorable Mention
Be Around Me > Princess Computer a.k.a. TZUSOO & Lloyd Marquart > Best Music Video
Omnipotent Resolution > Uniqueness Heiress & Azia > Honorable Mention
Only Eden > Andrea Jean Plamondon > Honorable Mention
Apate > Nicholas Leander Beyeler, Niklas Burn > Best Short Film
Rashad Haughton > Rashad Haughton > Honorable Mention