Awards & Winners

Winners present at the Award Reception on November 10, 2024 in the Roter Salon - All festival impressions here

LAUDATIONES 2024 here

 

International Competition

Berlin-Brandenburg Short Award - Best Film: La Gran Obra / The Masterpiece Alex Lora // Spanien // 2024 // 20:00 min
6.000,- €
sponsored by
Medienboard BerlinBrandenburg

Best Live Action: Queen Size Avril Besson // Frankreich // 2023 // 18:56 min
3.000,- €
sponsored by
Katholisches Filmwerk
(associated use of the non-commercial educational rights for the German-speaking region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) for the film by KFW)

The prize-winning film will qualify for consideration in the Short Film Category of the Annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided that the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

Best Animation: W lesie sa ludzie / There Are People in the Forest Szymon Ruczyński // Polen // 2023 // 09:53 min
2.500,- €
sponsored by
AG Animationsfilm ASIFA Germany
Lumatic Animation
Animation Network Berlin

The prize-winning film will qualify for consideration in the Short Film Category of the Annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided that the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules.

Best Cinematography: Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Sam Manacsa // Philippinen // 2023 // 17:00 min
Postproduction worth 10.000,- €
sponsored by
D-Facto Motion

Best Sound Design: Gimn Chume / Hymn of the Plague Alexander Epikhov / Dimitri Gorbaty / Philipp Ivanov // Deutschland, Russische Föderation // 2024 // 12:36 min
Ableton Live 11 Suite worth 600,- €
sponsored by
Ableton

German Competition

Best German Film 1st Prize: Amanhã não dão chuva / It Shouldn't Rain Tomorrow Maria Trigo Teixeira // Portugal, Deutschland // 2024 // 11:30 min
2.000,- €
sponsored by
Young Talent Foundation Berlin

Best German Film 2nd Prize: Immaculata Kim Lêa Sakkal // Frankreich, Deutschland // 2024 // 21:40 min
1.000,- €
sponsored by
Young Talent Foundation Berlin

Audience Award: Rose Annika Mayer // Deutschland // 2024 // 18:45 min
1.000,- €
Sooner
++INTERFILM nominee for the European Short Film Audience Award 2025/26++

FBW-Sonderpreis zur Förderung des besonderen Kurzfilms / FBW Special Award for the Promotion of Special Short Film: Rose Annika Mayer // Deutschland // 2024 // 18:45 min
A free submission
sponsored by
FBW - Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung

Documentary Competition

Best Documentary Film: A menos que bailemos / Unless We Dance Fernanda Pineda / Hanz Rippe Gabriel // Kolumbien // 2023 // 14:39 min
1.000,-€
sponsored by
Sooner

Green Film Competition

Best Environmental Film: A madár gyermekei / Children of the Bird Julia Tudisco // Ungarn // 2024 // 11:25 min
2.000,- €
sponsored by
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V.

Eject_XXIV - The Long Night Of Weird Shorts

Audience Award for the Weirdest & Most Wonderful Film: Spätsommer 91 / Late Summer 91 Olaf Held // Deutschland // 2024 // 02:58 min
1.000,- €
sponsored by
Frey Steuerberatung

European Short Film Audience Award

ESFAA Among 9 other European national audience award winners, the INTERFILM nominee (Audience Award German Competition) will compete for the European Short Film Audience Award - 3.500,- € offered by the ESFAA Network supported by Creative Europe Media.

The final award will be presented at Brussels Short Film Festival.

Script Pitch Competition

Best Script Pitch: LING’S REQUEST Paprika Chan / Hong Kong, Frankreich /
2.000,- €
& CineSud ShortLab Training Program including 2 writers room sessions, 2 directing sessions, 1 editing and 1 distributing session (with a total value of 5.000,- €)
sponsored by
CineSud

Special Prize

Extra Offer easyDCP offers a free one-year DCPshare subscription for selected prizes.

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