These are our winners 2026
International Competition
Short Film Award by Bayerischer Rundfunk, Main Award (5.000 Euro):
Cosmonauts by Leo Černic
BMW Group Award for Social Sustainability (4.000 Euro):
Their Eyes by Nicolas Gourault
Special Mention: Dancing Pigeons by Christofer Nilsson
Jury: Clàudia Cedó, Juanjo Pereira, Peter Cerovšek
City of Regensburg Short Film Award (1.000 Euro):
Shadows by Rand Beiruty
Special Mention: Home is where the heart is by Timothée Engasser
Young Jury: Maxi Auberger, Camille Prudhomme, Lorin Helwig, Anna Höcherl, Julian Hölzl, Mila Lepper
Kinokneipenpreis Audience Award (333 Euro):
Because Today is Saturday by Alice Eça Guimarães
Architecture Film Competition
Architecture Film Award (1.500 Euro):
The Other Side of the Mountain by Yumeng He
Special Mention: Wohnjuwel by Simon Spitzer
Jury: Madli Lääne, Ysabel Fantou, Prof. Dr. Daniel Buggert
German Competition
Candis-Award (1.500 Euro):
Cold Call by Stefanie Schröder
Max-Bresele-Memorial-Award (1.000 Euro):
Upload DDR by Merlin Rainer
Special Mention: I can't think of anything right now by Hussen Ibraheem Jury: Katrin Küchler, Maria Trigo Teixeira, Milena Hügli Regionalfenster –
Regional Film Competition
Regionalfenster-Award (500 Euro):
Still by Melvin Feiner & Max Tauscher
Regionalfenster-Award (500 Euro):
In Twilight by Milena Hingel
Special Mention: Zugzwang Blutbahn by Michael Markhof & Pascal Sommer Jury: Alexandra Lermer, Dr. Norbert Lim, Johannes Preisser
