Nominees 2026
Award winners in blue.
FILM AWARD OF THE SPARKASSE KARLSRUHE CULTURAL FOUNDATION
Walud
Directors: Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker
Germany/Syria 2024
FILM AWARD OF THE CITY OF KARLSRUHE - AUDIENCE AWARD
Walud
Directors: Daood Alabdulaa, Louise Zenker
Germany/Syria 2024
Abseits - ein ungleiches Spiel / Offside - an unequal game
Director: Katja Stirnemann
Switzerland 2024
The undying pain of existence
Director: Oscar Jabocson
Germany 2025
No wind to hold / Le vent se lève
Directors: Mikael Abbate, Chris Conti
France 2025
Catalogues of suicides (for demanding people) / Catálogo de suicidios (para gente exigente)
Director: Diego Vargas
Spain 2025
Wo wir hingehören / Where we belong
Director: Jonah Wörgebauer
Germany 2024
Newbie Award for best DEBUT
Between Worlds
Director: Christian Keppler
Germany 2024
Am Wasser
Director: Claudius von Stolzmann
Austria/Germany 2025
The Rubik's Cube
Director: Marta Fleischauer
Germany 2023
Bereket
Director: Jule Mariebelle Heid
Germany 2024
Forces Mineures
Director: Jessamine-Bliss Bell
United Kingdom 2025
Female Award for best female director
Ever After
Director: Helen Hideko
Austria 2025
Home
Director: Esa-Lu Lorenz
Germany 2025
Syncopation
Director: Maria Rival
Russia 2025
Genesis / Génesis
Director: Ceres Machado
Spain 2024
Sonia Honey
Director: Ameesha Joshi
India/Canada 2025
Press Club Karlsruhe Award
No more stolen sisters
Director: Solveigh Jolanda Tews
Canada/Germany 2025
Forty Days Road
Director: Ali Ziani
Germany 2025
La Lixeira - the invisibles' dignity / La Lixeira - la dignità degli invisibli
Directors: Guido Galante / Antonio Notarangelo
Italy/Mozambique 2023
Home
Director: Esa-Lu Lorenz
Germany 2025
Wo wir hingehören / where we belong
Director: Jonah Wögerbaur
Germany 2024
youth jury award
Bo and Trash
Director: Tatiana Skorlupkina
Spain 2022
Looking for you
Director: Christian Scharfenberg
Germany 2025
ADHS! / ADHD!
Director: Ilja Wellmann
Germany 2024
Maya's Song
Director: Jayakrishnan Subramanian
Germany 2025
Alles&Nix / Fuck Soccer (F**K Soccer)
Director: Philip Ivancsics
Austria 2025
My dad is dead / Min pappa är död
Director: Alva van Niekerk
Sweden 2025
The Sea / Teniz
Director: Junyi Song
China 2024
Bridge - My little friends
Director: Kazuyuki Ishihara
Japan 2024
Im Kreis / Roundabout
Director: Zoe Schmidt
Austria 2025
Indie Award for best feature film
Incinerate / Calcinación
Director: Luis Navarrete
Spain 2025
The Color of Exile
Director: Azlarabe Alaoui
Ivory Coast/France/Morroco 2025
Toter Mann mit Hut
Director: Tobias Lenel
Germany/Poland 2025
Big City Pizza
Director: Dusty Saunders
USA 2025
Einhornjagd / Unicorn Hunting
Director: Häly Heinecker
Germany/Spain 2025
Best Medium Length Film
Misson Abroad: Beyond Borders
Director: Anna Lena Scholz
Germany 2025
The Man Who Never Cries
Director: Pascal Hoffmann
Germany 2025
Ghetto cleaner - 79Freiburg
Director: Samuel Niccum
Germany 2025
Toilet talks in the 21st century
Director: Steffen C. Jürgens
Germany 2025
All Stars Burn Out Eventually
Director: Minh Anh Nguyen
Germany 2024
Best Actor by Vollack Group
Eric Espin Boque
Film: Rage / Furia
Spain 2025
Claus Peter Seifert
Film: Between Worlds
Germany 2025
Lubomir Buchvarov
Film: And that's for this Christmas
Bulgaria 2024
Zabi Tajik
Film: Naims Esel
Germany 2025
Berke Çetin
Film: Home
Germany 2025
Best Actress by Vollack Group
Lea Gerstenkorn
Film: How to kill your family
Germany 2025
Bettina Hoppe
Film: ISHAQ
Germany/Irak 2025
Luisa Gavasa
Film: La mort
Spain 2024
Julie Ferrier
Film: For educational purposes / Par souci pédagogique
France 2025
Lilla Kizlinger
Film: Living Stones / ÉlÖ Kövek
Austria/Hungary 2025
Best Film Music Composer Award
Tabea Haarmann-Thiemann
Film: Cat Content - Entangled in Quatum Physics
Finland/Germany/The Netherlands 2025
Ramón Grau
Film: Incinerate / Calcinación
Spain 2025
Anthony Boulc'h
Film: The Square Symphony / Le Square Symphonie
France 2024
Marcel Barsotti
Film: Imperia
Germany 2025
Oskar Dunkelblau, Häly Heinecker
Film: Unicorn Hunting
Germany/Spain 2025
UNESCO City of Media Arts Award
Cat Content - Entangled in Quantum Physics
Director: Andreas Dahn
Finland/Germany/The Netherlands 2025
The Myth of Sisyphus
Director: Elahe Saberi
Iran 2025
Somber Tides / Marée Noire
Director: Chantal Caron
Canada 2024
Lychgate
Director: Malia Bruker, Ilana Goldman
USA 2025
Performance Improvement Plan
Director: Jinrun Han
USA 2025
Best XR-Experience
What lies beyond the woods
Director: Emil Spiewok
Germany 2024
Performance Improvement Plan
Director: Jinrun Han
USA 2025
Himmelfahrt - and the world keeps spinning.
Director: Tobias Schönenberg
Germany 2024
Lychgate
Director: Malia Bruker, Ilana Goldman
USA 2025
Deepcore: When Cave Breath
Director: Zhen Yu
China 2025
BEST AI-Film
A Little Full
Director: Bee Han, Yixuan Niu, Yiran Tian
China 2025
Fog Advisory
Director: Seongwon Park, Seonjae Kim
South Korea 2025
The Dying Ocean
Director: Lukas Eichenauer
Germany 2025
Imperia
Director: Marcel Barsotti
Germany 2025
Beyond the Screen
Director: Gyumin Kim
South Korea 2025
Special Mention
CERTIFICATE RECOGNITION OF EXCELLENCE
Der letzte Tanz / The last dance
Director: Sebastian Reiter
Germany 2025
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN AI FILMMAKING
Imperia
Director: Marcel Barsotti
Germany 2025