January 2026

BEST ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE

Gardens of Fez

Heidi Vogels

BEST DIRECTOR – SHORT FILM

Korakuen

Mia Ando

BEST FEATURE FILM

A day in April

Frank Ernst Lesting

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

No MiLk TOdaY – HerMan's Hermits

Alakfilms

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Going Crazy by Orange Soda

Milena Kaltenbach

BEST STUDENT FILM

Who Broke The Vase?

David Aledo Yanguas

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM

No Mercy

Sophiane Afroun

BEST SHORT FILM

El día que me quieras

Matias Mera

BEST SHORT FILM

Threatening letter on hold

Thomas Schuster

BEST DOCUMENTARY

COMPETITION OF A LIFETIME

Antonio La Regina

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Dignified

Elke Frey

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR

Nothing to See Here: Watts

Michael Soenen

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Nothing to See Here: Watts

Michael Soenen

BEST MUSIC SCORE FEATURE FILM

Nothing to See Here: Watts

Michael Soenen

BEST GENDER EQUALITY

Nothing to See Here: Watts

Michael Soenen

BEST DOCUMENTARY

8 seconds

Jean-Marie Vinclair

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

Atlantic Shadows

Kostiantyn Mishchenko, Valeri Zayets

BEST MUSIC SCORE SHORT FILM

WOMB SPACE

Marisa Papen, Michael Chichi

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

The hand of god

Jong In Shin, Sung In Shin

HONORABLE MENTION

People Can Change

Allen Brooks

HONORABLE MENTION

LAYLA

Sondos Yasser

HONORABLE MENTION

Under tears of wine

Joy Davillé

HONORABLE MENTION

darlings of fortune

Melike Yağız-Baxant

HONORABLE MENTION

pre•de•ter•mined brea•king point

Paula Leitenberger

HONORABLE MENTION

What Comes Before the Fall?

Jonathan Anand Victor

HONORABLE MENTION

Rooted

Sailesh Rajan Israni