Awards
Achievements
Here you will find a compilation of student projects’ successes at film festivals, TV broadcasts and cinema releases:
Jan Capar ’s graduation film (Hessen Talent 2022) premiered at the NewFilmmakers Film Festival in Los Angeles. The animated film was screened in the ‘Infocus: International Animation’ section of the festival, hosted by Warner Bros. Discovery and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
The graduation film by Janina Lutter (Director) and Wiebke Ehrhard (Cinematographer) premiered at the Landshut Short Film Festival and was nominated for the D-A-CH competition. It was screened at Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt, Filmfest Dresden and Sehsüchte in Potsdam.
Niklas Bauer ’s graduation film was screened at the Bundesfestival junger Film and at the 6th edition of the Filmfest Bremen. It also won the ‘Best Sound Design’ award at the 41st European Film Festival Göttingen.
Tajo Hurrle’sBachelor's film won the ‘Best Short Film’ and the ‘Impact Award’ at the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. At the BUFF Malmö Film Festival, it won the “Region Skåne Short Film Award”, and it was screened at what claims to be the world’s largest children’s film festival – and one of only two Oscar-qualifying festivals: the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival!
At the Bundesfestival Junger Film 2022, it won an award for outstanding acting by its lead actor, Sky, an award for a film of particular social relevance, and the audience award! At the Bundes.Festival.Film, it won the German Youth Film Prize and the Audience Award.
At FILMZ, it won the City of Mainz Special Prize for Best Screenplay; at the KUKI Young Short Film Festival Berlin, it won Best Short Film for Children. It was also screened at the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival as part of the special programme ‘filmreif! Bundesfestival Junger Film’.
The Hessenschau, in collaboration with the LUCAS Film Festival, dedicated an article to the film. It was also broadcast on KiKa, a television channel run by ARD and ZDF.
Check out all the festivals and screenings for *Weil ich Leo bin* here!
Tajo Hurrle’sshort film won Best Youth Film at the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, the renowned festival for students from the Babelsberg Film School in Potsdam. It also took first place in the ‘Young Professionals’ category at Visionale Hessen.
It was screened at numerous festivals, including LUCAS – International Festival for Young Film Fans, FILMZ – Festival of German Cinema, Euroshorts Young Filmmakers, Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, and the up-and-coming International Film Festival Hannover.
Theresa Wort’s short film was screened at the Lichter Filmfest 2018.
Dennis Baumann’s film was screened at the Lichter Filmfest 2018.
The graduation film by Tom Fröhlich (director) and Christoph Bockisch (cinematographer) won the Hessian University Film Prize, which carries a prize of €7,550. It was screened at the Hof Film Festival and the Lichter Filmfest.
Janis Marx’sgraduation film was screened in the regional competition at the 10th Lichter Filmfest in Frankfurt.
The short film by Florian Stratenwerth and Max Rainer was screened as part of the regional short film programme at the 10th Lichter Filmfest in Frankfurt.
Marco Hülser’sgraduation film won second place at the BETS pitching event at the Berlinale. The film was also screened at the Genzfilmtage, the Pakistan International Film Festival and on hr Fernsehen.
Simon Pilarski’sBachelor's film has won the 2016 Hessian University Film Prize, which comes with a prize of €7,500.
Vince Dolezal’sgraduation film has won third place in the special competition organised by the Hessian State Agency for Civic Education, ‘Grenz-Erfahrungen’, at Visionale Hessen 2016.
The final project by Gabriel Sahm, Bernd Macht and Oliver Geibel won first place in the ‘professionals’ category at the Nuremberg Youth Film Festival.
Marco Hülser’sgraduation film was screened at the renowned Max Ophüls Preis Festival.
Theo von Asmuth’sgraduation film won second place in the European Film School category at the Cannes Lions and the New Ways Award from Porsche.
Alumni
Here you will find a selection of examples of former Motion Pictures students who are now working successfully in the media industry.
Niklas Bauer won the District Jury Prize at the LUCAS Festival for young film fans. The film was screened at the Max Ophüls Prize and the Bamberger Kurzfilmtage festivals, and was also broadcast on free-to-air TV on Kika, Das Erste (link to the full film) and ARD.
Daniel Götz was the cinematographer for the documentary film *FASHION REIMAGINED*, which had its world premiere at the TriBeCa Film Festival and was screened at many renowned international film festivals. See them all here.
Joschua Kessler’s short film premiered at the Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt, where it received a ‘special mention’. It was also screened at the Berlin Independent Film Festival and the Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival.
Marco Eisenbarth (Hessen Talent 2010) received the Best Documentary award for the wrestling documentary series BASTARDS 2. BAD COMPANY. The second series of his programme, co-produced with HR, has now been invited to numerous international festivals. The series follows the German-Iranian duo ‘Pretty Bastards’ as they navigate the German wrestling scene. All episodes are available on ARD Medienthek.
The documentary *DAS PERFEKTE SCHWARZ* by director Tom Fröhlich (Hessen Talent 2015) celebrated its world premiere in competition at the 53rd Hof Film Festival. It was also broadcast on open TV as part of the SWR Doku Festival. Synopsis: Six people share their interpretation of the perfect black and set out in search of it.
Christian Stadach, Stephan Böhl and Thomas Meudt from the film production company Tag & Nacht Media received the award for Best Production Design for their mystery web series ANOMALIE at the Gießen web series festival, die Seriale. At the international Buenos Aires Series 2020 festival, it won two awards in the ‘International Digital Series’ category. The prize for ‘Best Cinematography’ went to Marco Eisenbarth, whilst the prize for ‘Best Sound’ went to Stephan Böhl and Thomas Meudt . See all the awards here.