Awards December 2021
K3: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Villach (A) || 18.12.2021 Short Film Award: SO THAT HUMANITY CAN SURVIVE, Teja Miholic, Slovenia Special Mention: CIVILIZATION, Christoph Schwarz, A Audience Award: HOME IS WHERE… Read More
K3: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Villach (A) || 18.12.2021 Short Film Award: SO THAT HUMANITY CAN SURVIVE, Teja Miholic, Slovenia Special Mention: CIVILIZATION, Christoph Schwarz, A Audience Award: HOME IS WHERE… Read More
For his short film with the striking German title of PROLL!, the filmmaker Adrian Figueroa received the German Short Film Award in November 2021: Consisting of a golden metal band set on a base and swirling upwards spiral-like, as tall perhaps as a bottle of champagne. Congratulations!
Adrian Figueroa comes from theatre. Having grown up in Frankfurt am Main, he took drama studies and applied theatre in England, gaining an education that was as theoretical as it was practical. Read More
Entrevues, Belfort (F) || 28.11.2021 Grand Prix: PERCHÉS, Guillaume Lillo, F Prix One+One: LE BOUG DOUG, Théo Jollet, F Prix du Public: AUCUN SIGNAL, Adrien Genoudet, F Foyle… Read More
Anne Isensee likes getting right to the point. And that in both her works and conversation. With her at times very short films, the animator artist who lives in Berlin has enjoyed success at numerous festivals for years now. In 2017, she achieved an impressive debut with her mere 101-second-long film “Mega Trick” (2017), which garnered the Golden Dove for the Best German Short Film at the DOK Leipzig International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film. Read More
In 2020, Roxana Reiss won the German Short Film Award in the category of documentaries up to 30 minutes with ALTURAS. Conny Klauß met the director for us. A conversation… Read More
Jannis Alexander Kiefer won the German Short Film Award in the category fiction film up to 10 minutes in 2020 with MEETING. Conny Klauß met the director for us in… Read More
Katharina Huber won the German Short Film Award in the animated film category in 2020 with DER NATÜRLICHE TOD DER MAUS (The Natural Death of a Mouse). Conny Klauß met… Read More
In 2020, Borbála Nagy won the German Short Film Award in the category of short fiction films up to 30 minutes with PANNÓNIA DICSÉRETE (Land of Glory). Conny Klauß met… Read More
Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzsch were nominated in 2020 for the German Short Film Award in the category fiction film of more than 10 to 30 minutes with MASEL TOV… Read More
Doclisboa, Lisboa (P) || 31.10.2021 Best Portuguese Short: DISTOPIA, Tiago Afonso, P Portuguese Authors Society Portuguese Competition Jury Award: HALF A LIGHT-YEAR, Leonardo Mouramateus, P Schools Award for Best… Read More
Tirana International Film Festival (Albania) || 30.09.2021 Best Short Film: MENARCA, Lillah Halla, BR Best Live Action Short Film: TITAN, Valéry Carnoy, B Best Animation Short Film: HEART OF GOLD,… Read More
Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Gilching (D) || 31.08.2021 Goldenes Glühwürmchen: EIN OZEAN, Paul Scheufler, D Short Plus Award: ALA KACHUU, Maria Brendle, D VIDEO ART-Preis: ABSENT WOUND, Maryam Tafakory, D … Read More
Giffoni Film Festival, Salerno (I) || 31.07.2021 Miglior Cortometraggio Elements +3: FLY, Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado, ES Miglior Cortometraggio Elements +6: THE SCIENCE OF WISHES, Michelle Bado, Lebanon Miglior Cortometraggio… Read More
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (USA) || 28.06.2021 Best of the Festival Award: UNFORGIVABLE, Marlén Viñayo, El Salvador Best Animated Short: STEP INTO THE RIVER, Weijia Ma, CN… Read More
Ever since 2008 we have published an annual review of the short film prizes awarded the previous year. Now it’s time to look back at the year 2020. Listing… Read More
Fastnet Short Film Festival, Schull (Ireland) || 30.05.2021 Best International Film: UN SŒUR, Delphine Girard, B Best Irish Film: SISTER THIS, Claire Byrne, Ireland Best Irish Language Film: AN GADHAR… Read More
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (D) || 25.04.2021 EMAF Award: NIGHT FOR DAY, Emily Wardill, UK Dialog-Preis zur Förderung des interkulturellen Austausches: 13 WAYS OF LOOKING AT A BLACKBIRD (13… Read More
Women’s Voices Now Online Festival, Los Angeles (USA) || 31.03.2021 Best Documentary Short: RITU GOES ONLINE, Vrinda Samartha, India Best Social-Change Documentary Short: LUPITA, Monica Wise Robles, Mex /… Read More
Preis der deutschen Filmkritik (German Film Critics’ Award) (D) || 22.02.2021 Best Short Film: FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, Tom Otte, D Best Experimental Film: UNTITLED SEQUENCE OF GAPS, Vika Kirchenbauer,… Read More
Premiers Plans, Festival d’Angers (F) || 31.01.2021 Grand Prix Européen: STAYING (Aros Mae), Zillah Bowes, UK Grand Prix français: TRONA PINNACLES, Mathilde Parquet, F Grand Prix films d’ecoles: I WANT… Read More
FilmFestival Cottbus – Festival of East European Cinema (D) || 31.12.2020 Main Prize: GREETINGS FROM NIGERIA, Peter Hoferica, Slovakia Special Prize: EGGSHELLS, Slava Doytcheva, BG DOCUMENTA MADRID (ES)… Read More
Foyle Film Festival (Northern Ireland) || 29.11.2020 Best Irish Short Film: HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU KID, Michael Lennox, Northern Ireland Best Animated Short Film: KAPAEMAHU, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer &… Read More
On November 25, Borbála Nagy was awarded the German Short Film Award 2020 in the category short fiction film with a length of 10 to 30 minutes for her short film LAND OF GLORY. We talked to the director in advance. Read More
Semana International de Cine Seminci Valladolid (ES) || 31.10.2020 Castilla y León en Corto – Espiga Verde: ÉXODO CLIMÁTICO, David Baute, ES Castilla y León en Corto – Espiga… Read More
25 FPS – International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Zagreb (HR) || 27.09.2020 Grand Prix: HOW TO DISAPPEAR, Total Refusal (Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf), A Grand Prix: APIYEMIYEKÎ?,… Read More
Festival Internacional de curtas-metragens de São Paulo (BR) || 30.08.2020 Best film in the Brazilian Competitive Exhibition: PERIFERICU, Nay Mendl, Vita Pereira, Rosa Caldeira & Stheffany Fernanda, BR Brazilian… Read More
Festival de Cinema de Avanca (P) || 26.07.2020 Short Film Prize: MOON DROPS, Yoram Ever-Hadani, IL Short Film Special Mention: QUI VIVE, Anais Debus, B Menção especial de argumento:… Read More
Festival International du film d’animation, Annecy (F) || 30.06.2020 Cristal du court métrage: PHYSIQUE DE LA TRISTESSE, Theodore Ushev, CAN Prix du Jury: HOMELESS HOME, Alberto Vázquez, F / ES… Read More
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (D) || 18.05.2020 Großer Preis der Stadt Oberhausen: A MONTH OF SINGLE FRAMES, Lynne Sachs, USA Hauptpreis: BITTERSWEET, Sohrab Hura, India e-flux-Preis: BELLA, Thelyia Petraki, GR… Read More
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (D) || 26.04.2020 EMAF-Award: UNTITLED SEQUENCE OF GAPS, Vika Kirchenbauer, D EMAF-Medienkunstpreises: UNTITLED SEQUENCE OF GAPS, Vika Kirchenbauer, D Dialog-Preis: ONCE REMOVED, Lawrence Abu Hamdan… Read More