January 2026

Best Feature Film, German Production

LINN WYLER

Theodor Boder

Best Documentary

TACHELES, A Berlin Story

Andy Cohen

Best Short Film

Hidden Steps

Brent Steen

Best Short Film, German Production

Leave in the Wind

Young-Shin Kim

Best Actress - Short Film

Katrin Katz Köbbert

Fresh Powder

Best Actor - Short Film

Antonio Rosello

We are not the same

Best Mobile Short Film

The Great Divide

Nadia Townsend

Best Director - Feature Film

Giuseppe Ivan David Di Giorgio

Under the stars of Rome

Best Director - Short Film

Chuck Griffith

Ghost in the Glass

Best Director - Documentary

Fumie Matsubara

In Their Own Words

Best Actress - Feature Film

Kristina Klebe

Noxturne

Best Short Documentary

ISABEL

Louis Lam

Best Music Video

Iridescence

Adrien Lhoste

Best Student Film

Unfinished

Emily Almagro Birkholtz

Best Experimental Film

Elizabeth, traviling 15388 kilometers to find you

Ka Long Daniel Ng

Best Animation

The Shield

Oren Cohen

Best Director - Short Documentary

Valerie von Boehn

Vakily

Best Health and Medicine Subject Related Film

Prism

AMAR BHARAT DEOKAR

Best Travel Film

In Between Rivers

Tuca Paoli

Best Artist Film (Short)

Patient 0527

Tingxue (Corinna) Du

Best Comedy Short Film

Wax, Whips and My Hairy Bits

Michelle Devadas

Honorable Mention

Duck, Actually

Hania Pikulska

Best Artist Film (Feature)

Touched

Stine Gonsholt

Best Green & Environment Film

Gardens of Fez

Heidi Vogels

Best Fashion Film

BLACK DANDY

Iclic Collective

Best Horror Film

Sleep

Nicolas Heinzel

Best Editing

AVRUPA - and things in between

Joshua Maciejok

Best Cinematography

JULIAN

Oved Gadkar

Best Original Score

Fiancé

Kyra Le Roux

Best Historical Film

Enemy Heroes

Joel Christopher Payne

Best First Time Director, Feature

Pachy Banks-Cabral

Chord of Silence

Best First Time Director, Short Film

Sofie Løvereide

MORTAL

Best First Time Director, Documentary

Patrick Josef Hamm

Would you care for me?

Best War Theme Film

Enemy Heroes

Joel Christopher Payne

Best AI-generated Film

The Last EDEN

Yu-kyung Kang

Best First Time Director - Short Documentary

Lenny Rothenberg

You can choose how you go down