2025

Jury Award – Best Animation
Contradiction of Emptiness (Germany 2024)
Animation & Text: Irina Rubina

Jury Award – Best Video
YES! (Estonia 2024)
Direction: Madli Lääne
Text: Joonas Veelmaa

Audience Award
February Storm (Germany 2025)
Direction: Camil “Calimaat” Bahtijarević, Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç, Tayfun Guttstadt
Text: Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç

Jury
Aline Helmcke (Germany)
Nadya Svirskaia (USSR)
Michaël Vandebril (Belgium)

Program Commission
Ana María Vallejo
Guido Naschert

2024

Jury Award – Best Animation
09.01. Berkovitch (Germany 2024)
Director: Anya Ryzhkova

Jury Award – Best Video
Für Immer (Germany 2023)
Director: Christian Tung Anh Nopper

Special Mention – Animation
Oskar (Canada 2022)
Director:Max Vannienschoot

Special Mention – Video
Trains passing (Germany 2023)
Director: Ani Mrelashvili

Audience Award
09.01. Berkovitch (Germany 2024)
Director: Anya Ryzhkova

Jury
Sarah Tremlett (England)
Rike Bolte (Germany)
Pierre Guiho (France)

Program Commission
Ana María Vallejo
Guido Naschert

2023

Jury Award – Best Animation
Soaked In (China 2022)
Director: Shiyu Tang

Jury Award – Best Video
Fabien, auxiliaire de vie (France 2021)
Director: Pierre Guiho
Author: Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869)

Special Mention – Animation
Wind Whisperer (Ecuador 2022)
Director: Fernanda Caicedo

Special Mention – Video
Know (Bulgary 2022)
Directors: Ralitza Toneva & Spartak Yordanov
Author: Radoslav Chichev

Audience Award
Wind Whisperer (Ecuador 2022)
Director: Fernanda Caicedo

Jury
Milena Tipaldo (Italy)
Ulrike Almut Sandig (Germany)
Christian Schunke (Germany)

Program Commission
Ana María Vallejo
Guido Naschert

2022

Jury Award – Best Animation
A Body (Italy 2021)
Director: Milena Tipaldo

Jury Award – Best Video
Jangan Lupa (The Netherlands 2021)
Director: Jeremy Flohr
Author: Robin Block

Special Mention – Animation
The Poetry of Non-self (Israel 2021)
Director: Dor Bar Shlomo

Special Mention – Video
Zyklus (Germany 2021)
Directors: Eva Matz & Jonas Schmieta

Audience Award
Zyklus (Germany 2021)
Directors: Eva Matz & Jonas Schmieta

Jury
Bibiana Rojas (Colombia)
Katharina Wenty (Austria)
Henryk Balkow (Germany)

Program Commission
Ana María Vallejo
Guido Naschert

2021

Jury Award – Best Animation
Verse von der Winterkampagne des Jahres 1980 (Germany 2021)
Directors: Rene Reinhardt & Thadeusz Tischbein

Jury Award – Best Video
In the Bags of Strangers (Germany 2020)
Director: Raaed Al kour

Special Mention
Ursula (Portugal 2020)
Director: Eduardo Brito

Audience Award
The posh mums are boxing in the square (UK 2021)
Director: Helmie Stil
Author: Wayne Holloway-Smith

Jury
Anna Eijsbouts (The Netherlands)
Nora Fleischer (Germany)
Moritz Gause (Germany)

Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2020

Jury Award – Best Animation
Subconscious Notes (Germany 2018)
Director: Susann Arnold

Jury Award – Best Video
Fine China (USA 2020)
Director & Author: David Gaines

Audience Award
Der und die (Germany 2019)
Director: Peter Böving
Author: Ernst Jandl

Jury
Helmie Stil (The Netherlands)
Kathrin Tillmanns (Germany)
Jan Röhnert (Germany)

Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2019

Jury Award – Best Animation
The Right To Fall Apart (Germany/Egypt 2019)
Animation: Rika Tarigan
Text: Yara M. Ahmed

Jury Award – Best Video
Hiatus (Brasil 2018)
Director: Vivian Ostrovsky
Text: Clarice Lispector

Special Mention
The Opened Field (UK 2018)
Director: Helmie Stil
Text: Dom Bury

Audience Award
Hate For Sale (The Netherlands 2017)
Animation: Anna Eijsbouts
Text: Neil Gaiman

Jury
Belén Montero (Spain)
Sonja Hofmann (Germany)
Timo Berger (Germany)

Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2018

Jury Award – Best Poetry Film
The Desktop Metaphor (UK 2017)
Director: Helmie Stil
Text: Caleb Parkin

Special Mention
Blue Flash Flash (UK 2017)
Director: Jane Glennie
Text: Julia Bird

Audience Award
Patata Day (Germany 2016)
Director: Peter Böving
Text: Marie Nimier

Jury
Daniela Danz (Germany)
Cathy de Haan (Germany)
Kristian Pedersen (Norway)

Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2017

Jury Award – Best Poetry Film
Standard Time (Germany 2017)
Director: Hanna Slak and Lena Reinhold
Text: Daniela Seel

Special Mention
Heartbreak (Ireland 2017)
Director: Dave Tynan
Text: Emmet Kirwan

Audience Award
The Last Time (UK 2016)
Director and Text: Christine Hooper

Jury
Ebele Okoye (Germany)
Dave Bonta (USA)
Stefan Petermann (Germany)

Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert

2016

Jury Award – Best Poetry Film
What About the Law (South Africa 2014)
Director: Charles Badenhorst
Text: Adam Small

Audience Award
Steel and Air (USA 2015)
Directors: Chris u. Nick Libbey
Text: John Ashbery

Jury
Nancy Hünger (Germany)
Hubert Sielecki (Austria)
Thomas Zandegiacomo del Bel (Germany)

Program Commission
Aline Helmcke
Guido Naschert