ARRI Award

The ARRI company has sponsored this prize since 2005, and each year it is awarded to the best documentary film from the international competition. The ARRI Award is endowed with a voucher valid for all services offered by ARRI Rental Group or for ARRI Equipment worth 4,000 euros. The winner is selected by the five-member FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH jury. 

2023

TO DIE BEFORE DYING

Director: Jesús Lacorte 

Filmschool: Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola, Lacørte Films 

2022

THE EMPTY SPHERE

Special Mention: ARALKUM

Director: Stéphanie Roland 

Directors: Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko 

Filmschool: Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains

Filmschool: HFF München

2021

A DANCE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

Special Mention: 75000$

Director: Paula González García, Gloria Gutiérrez, Andrés Santacruz

Director: Moïse Togo

Filmschool: The Madrid Film School, Spain

Filmschool: Le Fresnoy – Studio des Arts Contemporains, France

2020

FOR EUNICE

Director: Jaan Stevens

Filmschool: RITCS School of Arts, Belgium

2019

THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE IS NOT HATE

Director: Hadas Hechter

Filmschool: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School, Israel

2018

SON OF WIND

Director: David Noblet

Filmschool: INSAS, Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et Techniques de Diffusion, Belgium

2017

THE SOUND OF WINTER

Director: Tizian Büchi

Filmschool: IAD, Institut des Arts de Diffusion, Belgium

2016

CINDERELLA 

Director: Alexander Zubovlenko

Filmschool: Russian State University of Cinematography, Russia

2015

CONVERSATION OVER THE FENCE

Director: Lisa Gerig

Filmschool: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK), Switzerland

2014

HONEY ON WOUNDS

Director: Iulia Stoian

Filmschool: National Film and Television School Beaconsfield, UK

2013

BALAZHER. THE CORRECTION OF REALITY (BALAZHER. KORREKTUREN DER WIRKLICHKEIT)

Director: Lesia Kordonets

Filmschool: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK), Zürich, Switzerland

2012

DYING NOT PLANNED FOR (STERBEN NICHT VORGESEHEN)

Director: Matthias Stoll

Filmschool: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM), Germany

2011

THE MOON IS A WONDERFUL PLACE (DER MOND IST EIN SCHÖNER ORT)

Director: Anne Maschlanka & Viktoria Gurtovaj

Filmschool: Internationale Filmschule Köln (ifs), Germany

2010

HOLDING STILL

Director: Florian Riegel

Filmschool: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM), Germany

2009

ARSY - VERSY

Director: Miro Remo

Filmschool: Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Film and Television Faculty, Bratislava, Slovakia

2008

COSMIC STATION

Director: Bettina Timm

Filmschool: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film, München, Germany

2007

SCARLET SUNRISE

Director: Eduardo Grau & Edward Edwards

Filmschool: The National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK

2006

WE ARE THE FAITHFUL (WIR SIND DIR TREU)

Director: Michael Koch

Filmschool: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (KHM), Germany

2005

THE PRAYER

Director: Ewa Stankiewicz

Filmschool: The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School, Łódź, Poland