Past Winners

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe:

Das ist keine Figur, das ist Verrat (director: Romina Küper, Germany)

Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe:

Do Something (director: Sofija Zivkovic, Germany)

Indie Award for best feature film:

Intruders (director: Réza Serkanian, France)

Female Award for best female director:

Ladylike (director: Olga Hajnosz, Poland)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

Feferle (director: Alica Khaet, Germany)

Best Short Shortfilm:

Turmspringer (director: Oscar Bittner, Germany)

Best Actress:

Rajshri Deshpande (film: Hema, USA)

Best Actor:

Horst Heiss (film: Ineinanderfallen, Germany)

Movie Award of Press Club Karlsruhe:

Aus der Ferne (director: Hoang Quynh Nguyen/Benjamin Hujawa, Germany)

Best Medium Length Award:

Tram – Wasch Dir vorm Sterben nochmal die Hände (director: Martin „Gotti“ Gottschild/ Christian Klandt, Germany)

Film Composer Award:

Amaury Laurent Bernier (film: Elli: Ungeheuer geheim, Germany)

UNESCO City of Media Arts Film Award:

Mensch Maschine (director: Laura Baalmann/Louis Brückner, Germany)

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe:

Besser so (director: Lotta Schweikert, Austria)

Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe:

How to burry a fish (director: Elsa van Damke, Germany)

Indie Award for best feature film:

Cherry Juice (director: Mersiha Husagic, Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Female Award for best female director:

Staudamm (director: Noreen Erkarda, Germany)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

Dead Air (director: Ronja Ehlers, Inês Filipa Palma Martins, Melissa Fabienne Klein, Lucía Artiles De Urioste, Spanien)

Best Short Shortfilm:

It's time (director: Charif Ounis, Germany)

Best Actress:

Babetida Sajo (film: Hematoma, Belgium)

Best Actor:

Niklas Löffler (film: Cherry Juice, Bosnia-Herzegovina)

Movie Award of Press Club Karlsruhe:

Istina/Truth (director: Tamara Denic, Germany)

Best Medium Length Award:

Komm, wir fliegen über das Brandenburger Tor (director: Esther Zimmering, Germany)

Film Composer Award:

Luke Kay/Pablo Mengin-Lecreulx (film: Scarlet Blue, La Réunion)

UNESCO City of Media Arts Film Award:

Alive Buildings (director: Salome Vepkhvadze, Georgia)

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe:

Batik’s Room (director: Maria Khalpakhchi, Ukraine)

Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe:

Digital Investigations (director: Jonathan B. Behr, Germany)

Indie Award for best feature film:

Ring Wandering (director: Masakazu Kaneko, Japan)

Female Award for best female director:

We are the Prototypes (director: Ayesha Adamo, USA)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

Die Macht der Entscheidung (director: Anton Algrang, Germany)

Best Short Shortfilm:

Herr Herrmann Mann (director: Lars Smekal, Germany)

Best Actress:

Claudia Kaatsch (film: Glitchig, Germany)

Best Actor:

Andreas Berg (film: Schlussklappe, Germany)

Film Composer Award:

Eric Wehner (film: To Cut A Long Story Short, Germany)

Underground Award:

Blaustrumpf (director: Andreas Dahn, Germany)

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe:

Wild Lea (director: María Teresa Salcedo Montero, Colombia)

Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe:

BAHAM – together (director: Shahab Habibi, Iran/Germany)

Indie Award for best feature film:

The Unfinished Portrait of Klara Bellini (director: Namik Ajazi, Albania)

Female Award for best female director:

Mother Nature (director: Natalia Shaufert, Republic of Moldova)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

SOYKA (director: Anastasiya Sergienya, USA)

Best Short Shortfilm:

Pripiat (director: Stéphane Ryters, Switzerland)

Best Actress:

Melodie Wakivuamina (film: I am, Germany)

Best Actor:

Anil Fastenau (Film: QAZI, Germany)

Film Composer Award:

Dascha Dauenhauer (film: Have a Nice Dog!, Germany)

Underground Award "Die Goldene ID2021":

KOPACABANA (director: Marcos Bonisson/Khalil Charif, Brasil)

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe:

The Best Orchestra in the World (director: Henning Backhaus, Austria)

Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The GOLDEN ID2019":

Stone / TAŞ (director: Alican Yücesoy, Turkey)

Indie Award for best feature film:

Kopfkino - Das Musical (director: Peter Lund, Germany)

Female Award for best female director:

My Romanian Diary (director: Carmen Lidia Vidu, Romania)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

Depth of Color (director: S. Tiziana Schindler, Germany)

Roncalli-Forum Filmpreis:

Prohlis (director: Marlena Molitor/Felix Länge, Germany)

Best Short Shortfilm:

Way Back (director: Per Kasch, South Africa)

Best Actress:

Kate Molchanova (film: Benzin, Germany)

Best Actor:

Bela Gabor Lenz (film: Benzin, Germany)

Film Composer Award:

Robin Wächter (film: RIA, Germany)

Underground Award "Die Goldene ID2020":

OSUBA (director: Federico Marsicano, Italy)

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe:

Hans im Pech (director: Rena Dumont, Germany)

Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The GOLDEN ID2019":

Carneval of Waiters (director: Alexander Peskador, Austria)

Georg Fricker Award:

Prisoner of Society (director: Rati Tsitelazde, Georgia)

Roncalli-Forum Award:

Tracing Addai (director: Esther Niemeier, Germany)

Indie Award for best feature film:

Unmasked (director: Mostafa Keshvari, Canada)

Female Award for best female director:

The Great British Race Off (director: Natasha Jatania, Great Britain)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

Sand im Getriebe (director: Sebastian Heidelberger/Florian Manz, Germany)

Best Short Shortfilm:

Fairy Tail (director: Justin and Kristin Schaack, USA)

Best Actress:

Esther Maaß (film: Ingenium, Germany)

Best Actor:

Markus Hering (film: Hans im Pech, Germany)

Die Kleine ID: 

Teppichluder (director: Alexander Lony, Germany)

Film Composer Award:

Maarten Buning and Stan Koch (film: Something about Alex, The Netherlands)

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe and Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The GOLDEN ID2018":

Excuse me, I'm looking for the ping-pong room and my girlfriend (director: Bernhard Wenger, Austria)

Georg Fricker Award:

Musician (director: Aleksei Borovikov, Russia)

Roncalli-Forum Award:

Exit (director: Katharina Woll, Germany/Israel)

Indie Award for best feature film:

The Forest (director: Roman Zhigalov, Russia)

Female Award for best female director:

Heartstrings (director: Sinje Köhler, Germany)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

No Magic (director: Julia Kuzmicheva, Russia)

Best Actress:

Felicity Steel (film: Ruthless, Australia)

Best Actor:

John Bradley (film: Roger, Great Britain)

Die Kleine ID:

Follower (director: Jonathan Behr, Germany)

Movie Award of the Cultural Foundation of Sparkasse Karlsruhe:

Pitter Patter goes my heart (director: Christop Rainer, Austria)

Movie Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The GOLDEN ID2017":

Game Night (director: Jan van Gorkum, The Netherlands)

Georg Fricker Award:

Souls dead (director: Victor Krasovskiy, Belarus)

Roncalli-Forum Award:

On the pulpit (director: Tomasz Wisniewski, Poland)

Indie Award for best feature film:

Alptraum (director: Manuel Lobmaier, Switzerland)

Female Award for best female director:

IM perfekt (director: Zsuzsanna Koszti, Hungary)

Newbie Award for best first time movie:

True (director: Simon Schneider, Germany)

Best Actress:

Susi Stach (film: Deadlock, Austria)

Best Actor:

Lucas Prisor (film: Samira, Germany)

Low-Budget-Contest:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: Alienation (Director: Laura Lehmus, Germany)

2. Price: Scrabbel (Director: Björn Härtel, Germany)

3. Price: Am Strand (Director: Nele Mueller-Stöfen, Germany)

No-Budget-Contest:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2016":

Aftermath (Director: Ralf Beyerle, Germany)

Best-Microfilm-Award:

Lucid (Director: Henrik Bjerregaard Clausen, Denmark)

Newbie-Award:

Bleu (Director: Kevin Hoed, Belgium)

Female-Award

Omessa (Director: Charlène Favier, France)

Indie-Award:

Lost in Laos (Director: Vincent Lodder and Jonathan Kray, The Netherlands)

Low-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: 

Der späte Vogel (Director: Sascha Vredenburg, Germany)

2nd Place: Habib und der Hund (Director: Viviane Andereggen, Germany)

3rd Place: Wächter der Spieluhr (Director: Marco J. Riedl, Germany)

No-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2015":

Dad In Mum (Director: Fabrice Bracq, France)

2nd Place: Electric Indigo (Director: Jean-Julien Collette, Belgium)

3rd Place: Guinea Pig (Director: Harry Michell, Great Britain)

Newbie-Award for best first time director:

Zwei Zucker (Director: Thore Schneemann, Germany)

Female Award for best female director:

My Kingdom (Director: Debra Solomon, Great Britain)

Indie Award for best feature film:

Glance up (Director: Eric Ribes und Oriol Martinez, Spain)

Future Shapes - Karlsruhe 3.000:

1st Place: Story of R32 (Director: Vladimir Vlasenko, Ukraine)

2nd Place: Pineapple, Inc. (Director: Benjamin Herkert, Germany)

3rd Place: LIFE - Patented (Director: Arne von Nostitz-Rieneck, Austria)

Low-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: 

Stufe 3 (Director: Nathan Nill, Germany)

2nd Place: Süße Seeluft (Director: Stefan Siebert und Thomas Hessmann, Germany)

3rd Place: Penny Dreadful (Director: Shane Atkinson, France)

No-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2014":

Comeback to go! (Director: Florian Sailer, Germany)

2nd Place: The Mass of Men (Director: Gabriel Gauchet, Great Britain)

3rd Place: Perfektes Timing (Director: Alexander Vafiopulos, Germany)

Low-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: 

Wie ein Fremder (Director: Lena Liberta, Germany)

2nd Place: Ein Augenblick in mir (Director: David M. Lorenz, Germany)

3rd Place: Der Philatelist (Director: Jan-Gerit Seyler, Germany)

No-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2012":

Dulce (Director: Ivan Rúiz Flores, Spain)

2nd Place: Vaterlandsliebe (Director: Nico Sommer, Germany)

3rd Place: Splitter (Director: Thomas Borowiak, Germany)

Low-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: 

Uwe + Uwe (Director: Lena Liberta, Germany),

2nd Place: Kopfsache (Director: Salomon Schulz und Irmela Göhl, Germany)

3rd Place: Von Hunden und Dieben (Director: Jérôme Gemander, Germany)

No-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2011":

Freie Radikale (Director: Steffen Heidenreich, Germany)

2nd Place: Keine Zeit für Helden (Director: Sobo Swobodnik, Germany)

3rd Place: Inanimentum (Director: Ben Kaufmann, Konstantin Balke, Dustin Schmidt, Germany)

Low-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: 

Zwölf Seiten (Director: Philipp Gnadt, Germany)

2nd Place: Effecto Domino (Director: Gabriel Gauchet, Great Britain)

3rd Place: Leerfahrt (Director: Matis Burkhardt, Germany)

No-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2010":

Brei Brumm Brumm (Director: Elisa Klement, Germany)

2nd Place: Malfunction (Director: Ayce Kartal, Germany)

3rd Place: Serendipity (Director: Dave Lojek, Germany)

Low-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: 

Das heimliche Geräusch (Director: Michael Watzke, Germany)

2nd Place: Rabenmutter (Director: Alex Schmitt, Germany)

3rd Place: Solo (Director: Burckhard Feige, Germany)

No-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2009":

Kopfgeburtenkontrolle (Director: Jan Riesenbeck, Germany)

2nd Place: Titanikchen (Director: Silvia Bins, Germany)

3rd Place: Antje und wir (Director: Felix Stienz, Germany)

Low-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the Cultural Fundation of the Sparkasse Karlsruhe: 

Grey Hawk (Director: Linos de Paoli)

No-Budget-Competition:

Film-Award of the City of Karlsruhe "The Golden ID2007":

Freilandeier (Director: Daniel Faigle)