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Toni Servillo and David Duchovny received the 2026 CineMerit Award for their contributions to cinema.
The Bernd Burgemeister TV Production Award for Best Series went to Wake Up, directed by Mia Maariel Meyer and Tim Trachte and produced by Katrin Haase and Oliver Arnold. Haase and Arnold share one €25,000 award in unrestricted prize money.
German Cinema New Talent Award — Best Director
Ella Cieslinski€30,000 prize shared with Nina Wesemann.
Trailer Ella Cieslinski, Nina Wesemann
Dear Future SelfNico, a filmmaker, returns to her hometown to lead a storytelling workshop with her…German Cinema New Talent Award — Best Director
Nina Wesemann€30,000 prize shared with Ella Cieslinski.
Trailer Ella Cieslinski, Nina Wesemann
Dear Future SelfNico, a filmmaker, returns to her hometown to lead a storytelling workshop with her…German Cinema New Talent Award — Best Screenplay
Susanne Heinrich€10,000. Bavaria Fiction mentoring led by Ronald Mühlfellner.
German Cinema New Talent Award — Best Production
Christoph Otto€20,000. 50,000 FFA reference points toward funding.
German Cinema New Talent Award — Best Acting Performance
Ricarda Seifried€10,000.
Trailer Ella Cieslinski, Nina Wesemann
Dear Future SelfNico, a filmmaker, returns to her hometown to lead a storytelling workshop with her…CineCoPro Award
Sophie Ahrens€100,000. Additional FFF Bayern subsidy with the Bavarian State Chancellery.
CineMasters Award
€10,000.
CineVision Award
€10,000.
CineRebels Award
€15,000. Sponsored by Audi.
Trailer Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý
Hair, Paper, Water…She was born in a cave, more than 60 years ago. Now she lives in a village, with many…CineKindl Award
€3,000. Sponsored by megaherz.
Young Jury Award
€2,500. 2026 endowment sponsored by HAKRO.
FIPRESCI Prize
Tom Schreiber
National Audience Award
International Audience Award
CineKindl Audience Award
Bernd Burgemeister TV Production Award — Best TV Movie
Doris Zander€25,000. Unrestricted prize money; sponsored by VFF.
QMS Award — Best Fictional Feature
Jose Mari Goenaga€4,000 prize shared with Aitor Arregi.
Trailer Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga
MaspalomasVicente is 76 and living it up in Gran Canaria after breaking up with the man he left his…QMS Award — Best Fictional Feature
Aitor Arregi€4,000 prize shared with Jose Mari Goenaga.
Trailer Aitor Arregi, Jose Mari Goenaga
MaspalomasVicente is 76 and living it up in Gran Canaria after breaking up with the man he left his…QMS Award — Best Documentary
Roy Cohen€4,000.
Fritz Gerlich Prize
Akio Fujimoto€10,000.
One Future Prize
One Future Prize
Starter Film Award
Anna-Maria Dutoit€8,000.
Starter Film Award
Lea El Attal€8,000 prize shared with Anton Augsten.
Starter Film Award
Anton Augsten€8,000 prize shared with Lea El Attal.
Starter Film Award
Mira-Belle Rose Bryld€8,000.
Starter Film Award — Production
Gisela Carbajal RodríguezPHAROS post-production services worth €10,000 for a future film.
