Wolfgang Längsfeld Award

Since 2012, the Freundeskreis Wolfgang Längsfeld e.V. has awarded their prize at FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH. In memory of Längsfeld, who founded the Munich student filmfestival in 1980, an independent three-member jury looks for the most unique film in the international program each year. The Wolfgang Längsfeld Award is endowed with 3,000 euros. 

2023

THE LOAD

Director: Miranda Namicheishvili 

Filmschool: Shota Rustaveli Film and Theatre / Tbilisi State University 

2022

LIQUID BREAD

Director: Alica Bednáriková

Filmschool: Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava 

2021

HARMONIA

Director: Thom Lunshof

Filmschool: The Netherlands Film Academy, Netherlands

2020

THE DRAGON WITH TWO HEADS

Director: Páris Cannes

Filmschool: INSAS, Institut National Supérieur des Arts du Spectacle et techniques de diffusion, Belgium

2019

FINE

Director: Maya Yadlin

Filmschool: Minshar School For the Arts, Israel

2018

SIMON CRIES

Director: Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento

Filmschool: IAD, L'Institut des arts de diffusion Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

2017

SOG

Director: Jonatan Schwenk

Filmschool: HFG, University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main, Germany

2016

BARK

Director: Paloma Rincón

Filmschool: Escuela de Cine y Televisión, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

2015

HERMAN THE GERMAN

Director: Michael Binz

Filmschool: Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Germany

2014

SUMMER SECRET (MING YUE DE SHU QI RI JI)

Director: Zeng Zeng

Filmschool: Beijing Film Academy, China

2013

COCOONS

Director: Joasia Goldyn

Filmschool: National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK

2012

HOW I KILLED RABIN (EICH RATSACHTI ET RABIN)

Director: Michael Alalu

Filmschool: Sam Spiegel Film &Television School Jerusalem, Israel