July 2026
Award Recipients
Best Animation
Silhouette
Friedrich Ludmann
Best Science Film
Art is for Everyone: Collaboration for Art in Public Spaces
Julian Boxriker
Best Culture Film
'Internal Victories'
Patrick McGrady
Best Artist Short Film
A More Colorful World: The Artistry Behind Rita Winkler
Mark Winkler
Best Director, Short Film
Sunflowers cry too
Thierry Biland
Best Documentary
Ba's Book
Ashley Duong
Best Dance Film, Short
Life-Time
Terence White
Honorable Mention
WATER
Riu Lohri, Sarah Keusch
Best Music Video | Festival Offered 50% off
The Hand in the Dark
Honorable Mention
Chaton - We Are Invincible (Official Music Video)
Marcus CB Soori
Experimental Film
Philipp Lahm
Felix Kruis
Honorable Mention
Take a breath
Friedrich Ludmann
Honorable Mention
Time Stays, We Go
Elena Morena Weber
Honorable Mention
TERRA TERRA
Mickaël Farina
Best Short Documentary
Unyielding
Luis Ben Renkel, Vincent Wallinger
Honorable Mention
KEYS TO SUCCESS
Robin Benedikt Seifert
Honorable Mention
Everybody Loves Gina: The Video Depot Story
Roy Samuel Ferré
Honorable Mention
A promise to an Egyptian Queen
Eva Mathis
Best Documentary
6'22"091
Ziyan Gao
Honorable Mention
Dedo and Jennifer Weigert - Fragments of a film
Dirk Walczak
Honorable Mention
A BEAST TOUCH THE MOUNTAIN: Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Fight for Appalachia
James Mottern
Honorable Mention
Labyrinth of Shadows _ Sub
Robert Kowalewski
Honorable Mention
Last seen
Jacek Kadaj
Best Short Film
Wake Up Call
Eyal Padan
Best Actress - Short Film
EVERYONE HAS ISSUES...
Christie Lynn Smith
Selected Films
