Awards & Winners

Internationaler Wettbewerb

TARANG / LIFE'S PEDAL Arvin Belarmino // Philippines // 2020 // 17:00 min // Live Action

Berlin-Brandenburg Short Award - Best Film
6000,- € by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

THE BIRTH OF VALERIE VENUS Sarah Clift // England/Mexico // 2020 // 15:00 min // Live Action

Best Live Action
3.000,- € by 25p cine support
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.

DCERA / DAUGHTER Daria Kashcheeva // Czech Republic // 2019 // 14:44 min // Animation

Best Animation
3.000,- € by SAE Institute
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.

DA YIE / GOOD NIGHT Anthony Nti // Belgium // 2019 // 20:00 min // Live Action

Best Cinematography
Postproduktion worth 5.000,- € by D-Facto Motion

KANYA Apoorva Satish // Czech Republic/India // 2020 // 15:30 min // Live Action

Best Sound Design
Ableton Live 10 Suite worth 600,- €

Konfrontationen Wettbewerb

1st Prize BE HICHKAS NAGOO / DON'T TELL ANYONE/ 2nd Prize: ANJA 1. Prize: BE HICHKAS NAGOO / DON'T TELL ANYONE, dir. Sahar Sotoodeh // Iran // 2020 // 15:00 min // Live Action
2.000,- € by Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

2. Prize: ANJA, dir. Benő Baranyi // Hungary // 2020 // 19:07 min // Live Action
1.000,- € by Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung

Dokumentarfilm Wettbewerb

1 A.M. IN HONG KONG Yiling Zhang // Hong Kong/China // 2020 // 13:30 min // Documentary

Best documentary film
1.000,- € by fritz-kola

Deutscher Wettbewerb

FLIESSENDE GRENZE / FLUID BORDER Joana Vogdt // Germany / 2020 // 17:00 min // Live Action

1. Preis
Postproduktion worth 5.000,- € by D-Facto Motion

NACHT ÜBER KEPLER 452B / NIGHT UPON KEPLER 452B Ben Voit // Germany // 2019 // 14:00 min // Documentary

2. Preis
Equipment rental worth 2.500,- € by 25p cine support

FLIESSENDE GRENZE / FLUID BORDER Joana Vogdt // Germany / 2020 // 17:00 min // Live Action

Audience Award
1000,- € by Sooner & Nomination to the touring program from the European Short Film Audience Award

IN DEN BINSEN / RUSHES Clara von Arnim // Germany // 2019 // 06:05 min // Live Action

FBW-Sonderpreis zur Förderung des besonderen Kurzfilms / Kinderkurzfilms by FBW - Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung

Green Film Competition

BREATHE! Matthias Kreter / Max Breuer // Deutschland // 2018 // 09:10 min
Live Action

Best environmental film
1.500,- € by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V.

Eject_XXIII - Die lange Nacht des abwegigen Films

METUBE: AUGUST SINGS 'UNA FURTIVA LAGRIMA' Daniel Moshel // Österreich // 2020 // 10:04 min // Live Action

Audience award for the weirdest & most wonderful film
1000,- € by Steuerbüro Frey

European Short Film Audience Award

FLIESSENDE GRENZE / FLUID BORDER Joana Vogdt // Germany / 2020 // 17:00 min // Live Action

10 partnerfestivals : Brussels Short Film Festival (Belgium), (Clermont-Ferrand (France), Encounters (United Kingdom), Go Short (The Netherlands), Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal), Interfilm Berlin (Germany), Alciné (Spain), Short Waves (Poland), Tampere (Finland), Wiz-Art (Ukraine))are happy to announce the launch of the European Short Film Audience Award.
After they won the favour of their national audience, the 10 short films are now on a quest to win the hearts of 511 millions Europeans !
A program of 10 short films that received the national audience award in one of the 10 partnerfestivals and will be submitted to the European publics vote.
The winner of the European Short Film Award will receive € 3500 offered by the Representation of the European Commission in Belgium.
The award will be launched in April 2021 during the 24th Brussels Short Film Festival.

Eyes Wide Open Online Award

SOLA IN DISCESA / GOING DOWN ALONE Claudia di Lascia & Michele Bizzi // Italy 2020 // Live Action // 6 min

Eyes Wide Open Online Award
1.000,- € by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V.

Script Pitch Competition

BABY IN THE CLOSET Eva Kamchevska // North Macedonia

Best Script Pitch
2.000 € & Shorts Lab Training Program by Cinesud

ANNA AND GRAVITY Zhanna Ozirna // Ukraine

Script consulting
worth 490,- € by Master School Drehbuch