SHORT NEWS

Award Winners
2025

August 2025

PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger
♦ Best Narrative Feature

Indie Street Film Festival – Red Bank | New Jersey

WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
♦ CICAE Award

International Film Festival – Sarajevo

WHITE SNAIL by Elsa Kremser & Levin Peter
♦ Special Jury Prize – Cities of Ascona and Losone

♦ Pardo for Best Performance – Marya Imbro + Mikhail Senkov
International Film Festival – Locarno

HOW TO BE NORMAL AND THE ODDNESS OF THE OTHER WORLD by Florian Pochlatko
♦ Honorable Mention – International Competition

♦ Honorable Mention – Critics' Prize
Atlántida Film Fest – Mallorca

IN THE HIDDEN  by Goran Rebić (project in development)
♦ Masé Studio Post Production Award

Alliance 4 Development – Locarno

THE FLOWERING OF A CHIMERA by Simon Maria Kubiena (project in development)
♦ Alphapanda Market Breakout Award

♦ Midpoint Consulting Award
Alliance 4 Development – Locarno

July 2025

ULRICH SEIDL
Annual Award of the Association of Czech Film Clubs
Summer Film School  – Uherské Hradiště


June 2025

PERLA by Alexandra Makarová
♦ High School Students Award

Festival Nouvelles Vagues – Biarritz

PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger
♦ Ecumenical Jury
Award
Transsylvania IFF – Cluj-Napoca

PERLA by Alexandra Makarová
♦ Fipresci Prize

Art Film Fest – Košice

MILITANTROPOS by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mosgovyi
Ukrainian Film Critics Jury Prize
Docudays UA – Kyiv

BLUISH by Lilith Kraxner & Milena Czernovsky
Press Award | Best Film
Al Este Film Festival – Lima

GIRLS & GODS by Arash T. Riahi & Verena Soltitz
Best Film Award
Biografilm – Bologna

THE LAST AMBASSADOR by Natalie Halla
Special Mention | International Jury
Biografilm – Bologna


May 2025

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE  by Mo Harawe
Best Feature Film
FCAT Festival de Cine Africano – Tarifa | Tanger

FAVORITEN  by Ruth Beckermann
♦ Convergences Migrations Prize

Jean Rouch Film Festival – Paris

GENTLE MONSTER by Marie Kreutzer (in development)
♦ ArteKino International Prize

Investors Cercle Marché du Film – Cannes

MOON by Kurdwin Ayub
♦ Best Film

Riviera International Film Festival – Sestri Levante

IT'S ALL GOING SOUTH by Pia Hierzegger
♦ NDR Director's
Award
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – Schwerin

IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE  by Marie Luise Lehner
♦ Best Feature Film

Audience Award
Pink Apple Film Festival – Zurich

PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger
Audience Award
Independent Film Festival – Boston


March 2025

PEACOCK by Bernhard Wenger
Best Directing Award
Music & Cinema Festival – Marseille

DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED by Juri Rechinsky
Best Documentary Award
Sofia International Film Festival

THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE  by Mo Harawe
Special Mention – Grand Prix
Luxfilmfest – Luxembourg

GINA by Ulrike Kofler
First Prize Bergamo Film Meeting
Bergamo Film Meeting

DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED by Juri Rechinsky
CGIL Prize – La Sortie de l'Usine
Bergamo Film Meeting

THE DEVIL'S BATH by Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala
Best Feature Award
Final Girls Film Festival – Berlin


February 2025

IF YOU ARE AFRAID YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO YOUR MOUTH AND SMILE  by Marie Luise Lehner
Teddy Jury Award
CICAE Arthouse Cinema Award | Forum
Berlinale – Forum

GINA by Ulrike Kofler
3rd Prize | Best Feature Film
Internationales Filmwochenende – Würzburg

DEAR BEAUTIFUL BELOVED by Juri Rechinsky
Main Award – Everyday Struggles | Feature Length Competition
BIDF – Budapest International Documentary Festival


January 2025

TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nicola von Leffern & Jakob Carl Sauer
MOP Best Music – Documentary Film
Film Critics' Award – Best Documentary
Festival Max Ophüls Prize – Saarbrücken