Mannheim Arts and Film
← Selection & Awards
2026

January 2026

Award Recipients

Best War and Peace Theme Film

Shallow Ground

Jozo Schmuch

Best Health and Medicine, Feature

NANOPLASTICS THREAT TO LIFE

ALLATRA Global Research Center

Best Environment and Climate, Feature

NANOPLASTICS THREAT TO LIFE

ALLATRA Global Research Center

Best VR and 360 Film

The Matriarx

Julia Bruton

Bst Experimental Film

A Woman Like This

James E. Kenward

Best Artist Feature Film

Gardens of Fez

Heidi Vogels

Best Artist Short Film

Chimera Haiku

Marcie Begleiter

Best Commercial & Advertising

The Heart of the Nest

Edward Lee

Best Documentary

DEZO HOFFMANN - PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE BEATLES

Laura Sivakova-Passova, Patrik Lancaric

Best Feature Film

A day in April

Frank Ernst Lesting

Best Student Film

More than alone

Katharina Pohlen

Best Family and Children Friendly Film

Snow Over Kigali - an African Christmas Tale

Kerim Esen

Best Culture Film

Aghbash

Samad Ghorbanzadeh

Honorable Mention

Schwarzers Kosmos

Klaus Martens

Best Dance Film, Short

FRAMES

Claire Marshall

Honorable Mention

I Was There

Kamila Kuc

Best Music Video

Going Crazy by Orange Soda

Milena Kaltenbach

Honorable Mention

Iridescence

Adrien Lhoste

Best Short Documentary

Salò: The Republic of Silence

Max Palmer

Honorable Mention

You can choose how you go down

Lenny Rothenberg

Best Short Film

Aethrimus

Jaspreet Singh

Honorable Mention

Bitter like Chocolate

Thomas Goersch

Best Short Film

Pulse

Chun Wang

Honorable Mention

Bloody Finger: Unfinished Business

Keano Mirando

Honorable Mention

pre•de•ter•mined brea•king point

Paula Leitenberger

Honorable Mention

Window Shopper

Kim-Fabio Klein