WINNERS Season 2

Berlin Indie Shorts Festival

WINNERS Season 2

November 2025 – January 2026

BEST SHORT FILM

WINNER
Will This Still Work…?
by Marco Girnth (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
Grimal
by Alexander Kleiner (Germany)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

WINNER
Unseen Line
by Niklas von Klitzing & Leo Stolz (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
Dimensions-Kunlun Mountain Ranges
by Wu Chang Qing (China)

BEST FEATURE SHORT FILM

WINNER
A Thousand Questions and One Miracle
by Esther Wenger (Austria)
HONORABLE MENTION
The Soldier and the Orphan
by Fabian Becker (Germany)
NOMINEE
The Funeral Rehearsal
by Ronald Zuidinga (Netherlands)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

WINNER
Timosha
by Elena Malenkina (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
Blau
by Antonia Rehnen (Netherlands)
NOMINEE
The Paperclip from the Year 5000
by Lukas Chad Sedelmeier (United States)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

WINNER
Please Remain Seated
by Fourate Chahal El Rekaby (Lebanon)
HONORABLE MENTION
To Turn a Blind Eye
by Leander Kämpf (Germany)

BEST DEBUT SHORT FILM

WINNER
Poison Ivy
by Merel van Kuijen (Netherlands)
HONORABLE MENTION
Nordic Curse
by Aaron Kalahar (United States)

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM

WINNER
Happiness
by Antti Lahtinen (Finland)
HONORABLE MENTION
Drift
by Anna Pavlova-Garshyna (Ukraine)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER
Hellbound Swing-Dorian Graves
by Marcus Schütz (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
Niemandsland
by Aaron Karls (Germany)

BEST AI SHORT FILM

WINNER
Reef 1000
by Solo Avital (United States)
HONORABLE MENTION
Mercy
by Dean Bubello (United States)
NOMINEE
Georges
by Alphonse Marcel (France)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

WINNER
Threatening Letter on Hold
by Thomas Schuster (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
A Film by Roland Wehap
by Roland Wehap (Austria)
NOMINEE
Barely Missed
by Amira Demirkiran (Germany)

BEST MUSICAL SHORT FILM

WINNER
Avagunthan
by Dhani Jhankal (India)
HONORABLE MENTION
Vertigo
by Sylvie Kay (France)

BEST BLACK-AND-WHITE SHORT FILM

WINNER
Once Again
by Christopher Luke McCulloch (United Kingdom)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

WINNER
A Witness
by Noelle Miller (United States)

BEST SILENT SHORT FILM

WINNER
The Reminder
by Filipa Martins (Portugal)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

WINNER
Dillnbock
by Dominic Lehner (Germany)

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER
Ball Lightning
by Catriona Trina Baker (United States)

FINALIST

Pause
by Khaled Mursi Hammoud (Egypt)
The Mirror That Consumes You
by Gabriella Leonardi (United Kingdom)
The Youtuber
by Joshua Meszaros (Ireland)
Weekend at Maury Island
by Bradley Wilkinson (United States)
Bhoom Shankara
by Mahesh Raj (India)
Sanad
by Noor Al-Nasr (Qatar)
Kazbegi
by Yakiv Antypenko (Slovakia)
Restoration
by Chloi Syranidou (Belgium)