July 2026

Best Feature Film, German Production

The Baron

Fritz Pittner

Best Documentary

TOGETHER – PALESTINE: From Violence to Vision

Truls Lie

Best Short Film

Stelle nel Pozzo

Paolo Carboni

Best Actress - Short Film

Camilla Fosso

Out of Sync

Best Actor - Short Film

Tim Adam

Sygfried

Best Director - Documentary

Penhsamnang Kan, LinDa Saphan

Our Old Home

Best Actress - Feature Film

Elina Miyake

tsuchi

Best Short Documentary

Surreal Syria

Dihat Kaya

Best Music Video

Wouldn't it be nice

Jonna Bo Lammers

Best Student Film

Pure

Moritz Samuel Kestenbaum

Best Experimental Film

Black September

Hua Zeng

Best Animation

Host

Deniz Türker

Best Health and Medicine Subject Related Film

To Comfort Always

Xinyue Lu, Haoxiang Yang, Zhirong Zhang

Best Dance Film (Short)

attune (2026)

Dana Yoon

Best Green & Environment Film

Footprints

Laura Segal

Honorable Mention

A View Over the Inlet

Vasco Durao

Best Trailer

"All For Tomorrow" Teaser Trailer

Russ Emanuel

Best Editing

Please wait a moment

Alexis Rauber, Isaac Gorin

Best Cinematography

Silent Knights

Finn Ross

Best Original Score

Born Remembering - A Story of Conscious Birth

Ulrike Urvasi Burghardt, Serena Aurora

Best Historical Film

Silent Knights

Ethan Hughes

Best First Time Director, Feature

Debasish Banerjee

The Unexpected

Best First Time Director, Short Film

Alexis Rauber

Please wait a moment

Best First Time Director, Documentary

Yvonne Hotz, Monia Ben Larbi

Happily Forgetting into Death

Best War Theme Film

VESTIGIUM

Michele Alberto Chironi

Best AI-generated Film

Saibā Riot - Neon Masquerade (Episode 1)

Carène Jonathan

Best First Time Director - Short Documentary

Marissa Dimitrion, Aaron Dworetzky

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