Award Winners 2023
- Best Film by a Female or LGBTQ+ Filmmaker
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- Lost and Found - Maya Duftschmid (Germany)
- Best First Time Filmmaker
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- Rust - Rafal Malecki (Poland)
- Best International Short
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- +963 - Daood Alabdulaa (Germany)
- Best German Language Short
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- Lost and Found - Maya Duftschmid (Germany)
- Best Short Documentary
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- Rust - Rafal Malecki (Poland)
- Best Underground Short
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- Alder Queen - Benjamin Kramme (Germany)
- Best Film (Audience Award)
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- Safe Space - Julia Köttrisch (Austria)
- Best Director
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- Lost and Found - Maya Duftschmid (Germany)
- Best Cinematographer
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- Alice - Anna Maria Ryń (Poland)
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
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- +963 - Dara Lalo (Germany)
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role
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- Lost and Found - Selen Kabatas, Tolga Tufan & Melissa Binakaj (Germany)
- Honorable Mentions
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Some films were quite beloved and mcuh discussed by our audience. But since there can only be one winning film, we wanted to give a shout-out to those who almost won an award, both in the categories judged by our jury as well as our audience award:
- The Application
- Todeskuss
- Valkyries
- A Real Adventure
- Nature Attack
- A Small Circle
- Angelique
- HAZI: A Long Wrong Day
- Getting him Back

































