SHORT NEWS

Award Winners
2026

March 2026

TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE FIRE by Nikola von Leffern & Jakob Carl Sauer
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Best Doc Prize – CGIL Bergamo
Bergamo – Filmmeeting


February 2026

ROSE by Markus Schleinzer
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Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance – Sandra Hüller
Berlinale – Competition

THE LONELIEST MAN IN TOWN by Tizza Covi & Rainer Frimmel
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Giuseppe Becce Award
♦ Special Mention for Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse Cinemas
Berlinale – Competition

FOUR MINUS THREE by Adrian Goiginger
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LABEL EUROPA CINEMAS
♦ 2nd Place – Panorama Audience Award (Feature film)
Berlinale – Panorama

THE MINSTREL by Bernhard Pötscher
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Best Documentary
International Film Festival – Würzburg

FAR FROM BEING LIPIZZANS by Olga Kosanović
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Second Prize – Documentary Competition 
International Film Festival – Würzburg

MOTHER'S BABY by Johanna Moder
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Grand Prix
Festival du film fantastique – Gerardmer


January 2026

MILITANTROPOS by Yelizaveta Smith, Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi 
♦ Audience Award – Best Documentary
Trieste Film Festival

MOTHER'S BABY by Johanna Moder
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Award for the Most Disturbing Fiction
Tournai Ramdam Festival du film qui dérange

DAYS YET UNKNOWN by Jola Wieszorek
♦ Max Ophüls Preis –
Best Documentary
Festival Max Ophüls Preis – Saarbrücken