December 2025
Award Recipients
Best Student Film
ANTIOCH – On the trails of history
Lucas Yalaza
Best Experimental Film
8 Seconds at the Three Sisters
André Silva
Best History Film
60 Pounds of Home
60 Pounds of Home
Best Family and Children Friendly
60 Pounds of Home
60 Pounds of Home
Human Rights
An Eleven-Year-Old’s Arari
YongNam Lee, YoonHee Kim
Best Dance Film, Short
Story Time
Jody Oberfelder
Best Artist Short Film
Merry Christmas Mithras
Trix StarT
Best Feature Film
After the Freeze, Final Cut
Tenley E. Raj
Best Director – Short Film
Familiar Stranger
Hendric Weiner
Honorable Mention
Threatening letter on hold
Thomas Schuster
Best Short Film
Breaking our Curse
Maximilian Franz Klampfl
Best Feature Film
After the Freeze, Final Cut
Tenley E. Raj
Best Documentary
U 977
Nadine Poulain
Best Short Documentary
I CHOSE
Tomasz Skibicki
Honorable Mention
A Man, A Hobby, A Whole Life
SHUMPEI SASAKI
Honorable Mention
The Last Impression
Milan Büttner
Honorable Mention
WATU – An Essayfilm
Tobias Bernt
Honorable Mention
EIGHT MORE HOURS
Marius Schwingel