WINNERS Season 3

Berlin Indie Shorts Festival

WINNERS Season 3

March – May 2026

BEST SHORT FILM

WINNER
A Mother’s Love
by Harald Schwarzenbacher (Austria)

BEST FEATURE SHORT FILM

WINNER
The Last Sun
by Nigel Canepa & Orlando Charvetto (Gibraltar)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

WINNER
The Hirsch Effekt
by Florian Glock (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
Echoes of Saudade
by Marius Böttcher (Germany)
NOMINEE
Two Worlds, One Ocean
by Michael Zani (Italy)

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

WINNER
Memories of the Little Pond
by Yeon Choi (United States)
HONORABLE MENTION
Face to Face
by C. O’Reilly, R. Reitzman, S. Vreeburg, M. Poulsen (Spain)
NOMINEE
Inside
by Birnur Karatimur Çutsay (Türkiye)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM

WINNER
Journey
by Lee O’Connor (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
99 years
by Adam J.K.N. Mitchell (United Kingdom)
NOMINEE
Second Shadow
by Vernor Schneider (United States)

BEST DEBUT SHORT FILM

WINNER
Labyrinth of Shadows
by Robert Kowalewski (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
A Taxi Ride in Fall
by Johannes Wilczek (Germany)
NOMINEE
The Red Book
by Kyprianos Dimosthenous (Cyprus)

BEST AI SHORT FILM

WINNER
Pepe – Be Yourself
by Soegimitro BOOM (Indonesia)
HONORABLE MENTION
Companionship
by Li Zhang (China)
NOMINEE
Two Robots
by Eyal Padan (Israel)

BEST THRILLER SHORT FILM

WINNER
Confluences
by Hadi Alkhateeb (Germany)
HONORABLE MENTION
The Love Monsters
by Juliana Rodriguez (United States)
NOMINEE
Harder!
by Divyansh Dubey (India)

BEST SUPER SHORT FILM

WINNER
The Bird
by Eyal Padan (Israel)
HONORABLE MENTION
Hard Feelings
by Rachael Sampson (Australia)

BEST MUSICAL SHORT FILM

WINNER
Stop Forcing
by Derek Yang (Australia)
HONORABLE MENTION
Mix Art Clic
by Sylvie Kay (France)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

WINNER
Melpomene
by Kai Sieber (Germany)

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

WINNER
Eastern Fitness
by Ekaterina Mytova (Russian Federation)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER
The Confession
by Marcus Schütz (Germany)

BEST SILENT SHORT FILM

WINNER
A Framed Memory
by Bruce Reilly (Australia)

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER
Xanderiel
by Kor Wren & Eloísa De Jesús (United States)

BEST SCREENWRITER

WINNER
The Boy and The Dog
by Andrew James Bleidner (United States)

BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC

WINNER
Reverie
by Cem Pesket (Türkiye)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

WINNER
The Original
by Luisa Liebmann (Germany)

FINALIST

Elle
by Robert Michalke (Switzerland)
Fresh Powder
by Lucas Liskowski (Germany)
How to get caught
by Alexandre Bassard (France)
Products of Loneliness
by Patrick Fitzgerald (United Kingdom)
T3X-R3
by Paul Yoshio Steinwachs (Germany)
The Confidential Agents
by Grace Flash (France)
The Last Lie
by Boyeon Kim (South Korea)
& That Fifth Toy
by Sandeep Sinha (India)