Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
Winners 2022
Winners and Awards, 2022
(previous winners will be added soon)
- All My Tomorrows > Jeffrey van Davis > Best Feature Film
- LYNX VR > Alexander Sommer > Honorable Mention
- Earth Riot >. Immo Klink > Environment and Climate, Short Film
- MY FATHER ILLU JUUTILAINEN > Virpi Irmeli Adamsson > Best History Film
- Le Ballon Bleu > Katherine Griffin > Best Family and Children Friendly Film
- SUGAR > Erkan Kolçak Köstendil > Honorable Mention
- The Forgotten Soldier > Neil Paul > Best Short Film
- J’Accuse! A cry from the killing pits of Lithuania > Michael D Kretzmer > Honorable Mention
- Structural Characteristics 2 > Pia Deppermann > Gender Equality, Issues and Rights
- Comme Un Arbre > Flavio Sanchez Moreno > Best Short Documentary
- Madam Champagne Film > Victoria Myssik > Best Actress
- Shadow of Fog > 미련 김 > VR and 360
- Inside the Chest > Ferenc Vincze > Best Artist Feature Film
- Mutter unsere Haut geht ab > Kai Luca Salzer, Janosch Sinn > Best Artist Short Film
- A THOUSAND HANDS AND A THOUSAND HEARTS > Marco J. D. Maida, Edson M. Cabral > Best Human Rights Film
- Behind The Loom > Heejoo Kim > Honorable Mention
- The Threshold Country > Carolin Wittmann > Best Director – Short Film
- Preval > Mihayl Meltev > Best Culture Film
- seascape > Maximilian Wigger > Best Student Film
- Our Bus is On Fire > Lisa Gray > Best Documentary
- Green Feet on Concrete > Max Leighton > Best Animation
- Everything Will Be Fine In The End > Joe Bartone > Honorable Mention
- Beate sits in the bathroom in silence > Valerie Knill > Honorable Mention
- Finding the Line – An Exploration of Structural Integration > Aleš Urbanczik, Grzegorz > Honorable Mention
- Phoenix Incident > Keith Arem > Best Science Fiction Film
- Socrates > Arman Kairzhan > Best Documentary
- Pizza with flies > Michalis Minas > Honorable Mention
- Heidee > Nina Cuso > Best Fashion Film
- Forest Under Stress > Michal Joy Hall Bravo Ramírez, Rachel Lee Hall > Honorable Mention
- Gloria > Tanguy Pochoy > Best Music Video
- The Threshold Country > Carolin Wittmann > Best Discrimination and Equality Film
- SNOWSHINE > Barbara Peikert > Honorable Mention
- A Day At The Beach > Chris Arnold > Best Film: Discrimination and Equality
- A Surprise VR360 > Kumara Raja > VR and 360
- A Line Alone > Theo Sanchez > Best Short Documentary ex-aequo
- Asunder > Kevin Kessels > Honorable Mention
- Believer > Miao Zhang > Honorable Mention
- bordering the sacred > Josua Wielandt > Honorable Mention
- Case # 0011 > Giorgi Gersamia > Best Short Film
- Cuento de Primavera-A Spring Tale > Gerardo Gabaldón > Honorable Mention
- Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces > Emmitt H Thrower > Best Short Documentary ex-aequo
- Essenzia Benvenuti Winery > Martina Miličević > Best Food & Drinks Film
- Everything > Ferdinand Schnabl > Best Mobile Short Film
- Global Climate > Alan J. Chriest > Best Environment and Climate, Short
- Gloria Steinberg > Rebecca Comtois > Honorable Mention
- Hippomane Mancinella > Ricardo Muñoz izquierdo > Best Artist Short Film
- I’m yours > Giorgi Tkemaladze > Honorable Mention
- In Love We Trust > Bruno Taniguchi > Best Stock Video
- Into The Arms Of Sunshine > Craig Moore > Best Dance Film, Short
- Jessi and Johnny > Hanna Jürgens > Feature Film, Honorable Mention
- Kingdom of Strangers > Randa Ali > Honorable Mention
- Kogershin > Malik Zenger > Best Music Video
- Mercy Land > Simon Rickards > Honorable Mention
- NEZHA – the Artificial Intelligence > Miao Zhang, Jinning Wang, Xian Wu > Honorable Mention
- On/Off > Jurg Slabbert > Honorable Mention
- One end of many > Johanna Marie Gimpel > Best Director – Short Film
- Rebel Angel > Chris Lowry > Honorable Mention
- Respect > Christian Past > Honorable Mention
- Safely Feel The Real World > Jody Xiong > Best Commercial & Advertising
- Science for Hire > Gary Null, Ph.D. > Best Documentary
- Shade Guzzling > Ulrike Korbach > Honorable Mention
- Studies, you have changed. – Studium, Du hast Dich verändert. > Niklas Poweleit > Honorable Mention
- Swimming in the Dark > Pin Ru Chen > Best Student Film
- Thai(wan) Basil > Thai(wan) Basil > Best Experimental Film
- The Bloom > Jody Xiong > Best Science and Technology Film
- The Film You Wanted Me To Make > Anja Masling > Best Health and Medicine Film
- The Orchard > Kerry McArthur, Mark Wolfe > Best Director – Feature Film
- The pictures come at night > Ulrike Korbach > Honorable Mention
- The Way Home > Sebastian Pink > Honorable Mention
- To The Sea > Shane Thomas McMillan > Best Environment and Climate, Feature
- Together > Marco Espirito Santo, Del Reginato > Best Film: Gender Equality, Issues and Rights
- TOXISCH / TOXIC > René Holze > Honorable Mention
- Turning Man – 81RPM > Robin Trouillet > Honorable Mention
- Whitey on the moon – Nepumuk > Daniel Sax, Daniel Knußmann > Honorable Mention
- Win or Lose > James Amuta > Best Feature Film
- Weiße Flagge > Lanka Smetanina > Best Human Rights Film
- Shade Guzzling > Ulrike Korbach > Honorable Mention
Paul Edward Foulkes > 産婆 Traditional Midwife > Best Health and Medicine Film
Ülkü Sönmez > One fine day in Troy > Mobile Documentary and Journalism
Kostiantyn Mishchenko > #Meet_Brooklyn_Museum > Best Mobile Short Film
Libby Roberts, Autumn Afton, Ella Rowland > The people’s House > Best History Film
Suzan L Satterfield > Okefenokee Destiny > Environment and Climate, Short Film
Alexandre Dacosta > > AKANGATUMIRIMUSIKA > Best Artist Feature Film
Jae-Feel Hwang > To Father > Best Director, Short Film
Paul Edward Foulkes > 産婆 Traditional Midwife > Best Culture Film
Antoine Dabin > Minima and the drags > Gender Equality, Issues and Rights
Georg Rauber, Valentina Himmelbauer, Saskia Norman, Alexander Diwiak > Misplaced > Best Comedy Short Film
Sarah Bardehle > Do Not Disappoint Mama, Keep Going Anyway. > Honorable Mention – Comedy Short Film
Thierry Mousset > Here, Here! > Best Artist Short Film
Maya Pegues > The Tears of Our Reality > Honorable Mention – Artist Short Film
Alexandre Dacosta > THE COURT JESTER > Best Actor – Feature Film
Gaultier Durhin > Let me freeze again > Best Music Video
Jan Werner > Mandy > Honorable Mention – Music Video
Arturo Dueñas Herrero > Pessoas > Best Feature Film
Jean-François Amiguet > OLD BOYS > Honorable Mention – Feature Film
Jani Petersohn, Leon Forthmann > Art Inclusive > Best Student Film
Celine Graf > Fantastic Nature > Student Film – Honorable Mention
José Luis Solís Olivares > The pool of the Nobodies > Homan Rights Film
Obada Albaghdadi > Basbosa > Honorable Mention – Human Rights
Uwe Bergmeier > Ottheinrich > Best Short Documentary
Janet Xin Ting Chang > Souls in Jeopardy > Honorable Mention – Short Documentary
Michèle Hubert > I love you Mama > Best Short Film
Henrik Toepfer > The psychologist > Honorable Mention
Utku Yasavul > Rast > Honorable Mention
Paul Edward Foulkes > 産婆 Traditional Midwife > Best Director, Feature Film
Arturo Dueñas Herrero > Anagnorisis > Honorable Mention
Paul Edward Foulkes > 産婆 Traditional Midwife > Discrimination and Equality Film
Antoine Dabin > UYGHUR GENOCIDE: CHINA FACING INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE > Best Documentary
Alexandre Dacosta > The Eyebrow is the Moustache of the Eye > Honorable Mention
Miguel Gaudencio > Marta & Jagna: Vol. 1 > Honorable Mention
Jason Brown > The Adventures at Comic-Con > Honorable Mention
- 917 > Evan Ryan > Computer Graphics, Compositing, Effects, and Animation
- Lockdown > Alex Dridger > Best Mobile Short Film
- Ablaze > Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus > Best Discrimination and Equality Film
- Ablaze > Alec Morgan, Tiriki Onus > Best History Film
- 8102 ARIM > Brice Blanloeil > Best Commercial & Advertising
- Burden > Stephan Brenninkmeijer > Best Director – Short Film
- Burden > Tanya Shpadi > Best Actress – Short Film, ex aequo
- Burden > Daria Zueva > Best Actress – Short Film, ex aequo
- Besetzt – Lobau bleibt! > Gerald Baumann, Aron Ebner, Matteo Molina > Best Short Documentary
- Purpur > Isabelle Konrad > Gender Equality, Issues and Rights
- Your Breakfast > Alejandro Montero > Food & Drinks FILM
- Portraits of Life With Mental Illness > Marc D’agostino > Health and Medicine
- And outside life goes on > Daniel Maurer > Honorable Mention – Health and Medicine
- All But Harmony > Yamin Rasheed > Best Animation
- The Invisible Army > Michael Krymchantowski, Jonathan Manuel Camargo Labeau > Honorable Mention – Animation
- PRISON TIME IS OVER > Philipp Ramspeck > Artist Short Film
- Yakushima Mon Amour > Jennifer Revit > Artist Short Film
- Greg Amici > Best Actor – Short Film > Best Actor – Short FilmAshes to Ashes > GEORGE ZOUVELOS > Honorable Mention – Actor – Short Film
- Stumbling > Jonathan Harden > Honorable Mention Feature Film
- Tom and Luce > Muxel Paule > Best Feature Film
- Out of Order > Maximilian Osterholz > Best Student Film
- ROOFTOP > Nevena Nikolova, Petar Gerzilov > Honorable Mention – Student Film
- Romeo and Juliet > Adriana Somacal > Best Experimental Film
- In Between > Anabella Lenzu > Honorable Mention – Experimental Film
- IN THE GARDEN OF FORKING PATHS > Simone Rapisarda Casanova, Dara Culhane
- The Long Goodbye, A Caregiver’s Journey > Steven G. Smith > Best Human Rights Film
- Matkalla [On the Journey] > Scotty Hardwig > Best Dance Film, Shor
- Manifesting the Hiddenn > Jessica Gomula-Kruzic > Honorable Mention – Dance Film, Short
- Pearl Derringer- The Fool > Ryan Ross > Best Music Video
- Holly by Captain Danger > Aaron Steinberg > Honorable Mention Music Video
- Fikir Amlak – Eternal Rewards > Juriën Cornelissen > Honorable Mention Music Video
- A Stranger with my Blood > Michèle Hubert, Alissa Joy Conway > Honorable Mention Music Video
- PATOU: In Black & White > Fiona Cochrane > Best Documentary
- THE NOVICE > Łukasz Woś > Honorable Mention – Documentary
- Lift The Mask – First Responder Sound The Alarm > Jonathan Pushnik > Honorable Mention – Documentary
- The Lobster Whisperer > Colin MacKenzie > Honorable Mention – Documentary
- The world is only Today > Emi Ohma > Honorable Mention – Short Film
- The Appartment > BRUNO CABANIS > Honorable Mention – Short Film
- PERFECTION > Robin Fraser > Honorable Mention – Short Film
- ZHELI > Cow > Best Short Film
- TR4P > Lina Westphal > Best Student Film
- Healing > Anton Geissmar, Akim Trüller > Best Health and Medicine Film
- Revelation to the Disembodied > André Silva > Best Science Fiction Film
- Maybe The Foot Does > Pawel Nazaruk > Best Discrimination and Equality Film
- China’s Warrior Queen – Fu Hao > Wu Qi > Best History Film
- The Unpredictable Factor > Christian Belz > Environment and Climate, Feature
- Shadowland > Kari Hoaas > Best Dance Film, Short
- Funeral Comic > Victor Bergström > Best Comedy Short Film
- Poor man´s fortune > Julian Paul Füchsl > Best Director – Short Film
- Love will come later > Julia Furer > Best Documentary
- Puncture > Carleen Maur > Honorable Mention, Experimental Film
- COMMEDIA > Riccardo Vannuccini > Best Experimental Film
- Unhappy 2 – Plans > Thomas Goersch, Hasso von Scotch > Honorable Mention, Short Film
- Heute ist das Morgen von Gestern > Ronnie R. Vogt > Honorable Mention, Experimental Film
- The Ring Exchanger > Henry Clemens Herrmann > Honorable Mention, Best Short Film
- Kiss of Death (Todeskuss) > Dennis Demirbas > Honorable Mention, Best Short Film
- Sem > Joke Duwaerts > Best Short Film
- querFELDein > Thomas Fabry > Mobile Documentary and Journalism
- querFELDein > Thomas Fabry > Best Travel Film
- Croissant > Iver Bostad > Best Food & Drinks Film
- Wade in the Water: A journey into Black surfing and Aquatic Culture > David Mesfin > Best Culture Film
- A Visit to 1522 Chateau Street > Charles Kaufmann > Best History Film
- No-Land: Life in 2223 > Lei Jiang > Best Fashion Film
- The cheerful critique > Philip Nedeljkovic, Elisa Audrey Dinkel > Best Artist Short Film
- Olive Planet > Shehab Fatoum > Best Animation
- MIDAS > Ben Meyer > Honorable Mention, Animation
- Bientôt Max > Virginie Berthier > Gender Equality, Issues and Rights, Honorable Mention
- Urban Amazons > Thaïs Odermatt > Best Gender Equality, Issues and Rights
- Real Cowboy > Kevin Rex Luck > Best Comedy Short Film
- Spawn of Love > Ajas Isajev > Comedy Short Film, Honorable Mention
- In the Middle of God – Part II > Jorge Ospina > Best Director – Short Film
- Bro Binny > Honorable Mention, Director – Short Film> Nicholas Aska
- Shreds > Beata Dzianowicz > Feature Film
- winter’s tale > jung hye jung hye jang > Best Short Film
- Sorin (Silent screams) > Fatih Yiğit > Short Film, Honorable Mention
- Sacrifice > Zeki Subaşı > Best Documentary
- Blackforestwave – Surf Your Local River > Lutz Schmidt > Documentary, Honorable Mention
- INCOGNITUM > Sara Angius > Experimental Film, Honorable Mention
- Saint-Désir l’Exil > natacha nisic > Experimental Film, Honorable Mention
- PERFORMING LAND > Marielle Gonier > Best Experimental Film
- Heart Soul and Liver > Alessa Antonia Bollack > Student Film, Honorable Mention
- The Pencil > Alexandre Mahutte > Best Student Film
- Shreds > Beata Dzianowicz > Feature Film
- Perfect Number > Krzysztof Zanussi > Feature Film, Honorable Mention
- My Child’s K-5 School Journey in Detroit: Voices from the Best Classroom Project > Dara Hill, Anthony Whittaker, Josh Bellers > Best Short Documentary
- Janet Ulrich Brooks > Eyes Upon Waking > Best Actress – Feature Film
RETRO360 ◦ Thomas Kutschker ◦ Best VR and 360
Heimspiel ◦ Julia Groteclaes ◦ Best Student Film
Behind the Mask ◦ Paul Trotman ◦ Best Health and Medicine Film
South Gare ◦ Marcus Diamond ◦ Best Experimental Film
March of the Pigs ◦ Alexander Bildanov, Anton Orlov ◦ Best Mobile Feature Film
CHILD’S PLAY ◦ Lisa Hasen ◦ Best Family and Children Friendly
PRESERVER OF LEGENDS ◦ FLORENCE GOMEZ ◦ Best Culture Film
Parade ◦ Ben Crompton ◦ Best Dance Film, Short
PRESERVER OF LEGENDS ◦ FLORENCE GOMEZ ◦ Best Director – Short Film
“Gaslighted” (Official Music Video by Banjii & Mayuri) ◦ Mayuri ◦ Best Music Video
Don’t Cry ◦ Hisham Zreiq ◦ Honorable Mention
cupid is not a terrorist ◦ bellopropello ◦ Best Animation
Calliope’s Last Songs ◦ Giorgis Fotopoulos ◦ Honorable Mention
BROKE(N) ◦ Michael Schelp, Alan Younkin ◦ Honorable Mention
Something Ain’t Right ◦ Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss ◦ Susan Ruth Downs, MD, Alex Voss
THE DOCTOR Franjo Grotenhermen ◦ Edu Hernandez ◦ Best Documentary
AGONY ◦ Loïc Guinebault ◦ Honorable Mention
Shelter ◦ Ron Chapman ◦ Best Human Rights Film
APNEA lockdown generation ◦ ENRICO tavernini ◦ Best Short Documentary
Fight or Flight ◦ Davide Lemmi, Sara Manisera ◦ Best Short Documentary