Young Director Award 2026
83 prizes · 73 filmsOfficial results
Grand Prix
Young Director Award
82 prizes
To My Old Nightmare
Sooyeon Shin
[To My Old Nightmare]Asics Moving Between Spaces
Souf Kinani
[Asics]Virgin Alpha
Laura Almstrup
[Virgin Alpha]Losing Voices
Elias Ben Dahhou
RF-SISU 'Swedish Sport Confederation'
Gustav Bondeson
[RF-SISU 'Swedish Sport Confederation']Sorry
Lisa Mausbach
[Sorry]The Periodic Fable
Olivia De Camps
Yellow Pages - Ella Douglas
Tom Oliver
La Mar
Jean Chapiro
[La Mar]Even in Darkness
Kitalé Wilson
[Even in Darkness]Opal Fever
Lucy Knox
GoldDocumentary - Up To 10 MinsTHE MISSING POST OFFICE
Clement Lefer
Losing Voices
Elias Ben Dahhou
A Sparrow's Song
Tobias Eckerlin
[A Sparrow's Song]Bela Koprena (White Veil)
Ziga Ciber
[Bela Koprena (White Veil)]Sotto il Vesuvio
Kevin Koch
[Sotto il Vesuvio]Read In For Me
Štefánia Lovasová
[Read In For Me]Shutterspeed
Jasper De Maeseneer
[Shutterspeed]Echoes Beneath The Hill
Aime Octave Ishimwe
Inkubus
Reza Sam Mosadegh
Beat Bunny
Tanner K Williams

I AM THE PRIZE
Sai Karan Talwar
[I AM THE PRIZE]Losing Voices
Elias Ben Dahhou
U-Haul: The Way To What's Ahead
Devin Whetstone & Micah Gendron
[U-Haul: The Way To What's Ahead]Virgin Alpha
Laura Almstrup
[Virgin Alpha]Glitter Kiss
Augustė Gerikaitė
[Glitter Kiss]Rise
Jessica J Rowlands
[Rise]When Winter Comes
Yuan Yuan
[When Winter Comes]Between Late April and Early May
Sophia Smith
[Between Late April and Early May]IVAR
Markus Tangre
Castelos & Ruínas (Castles & Ruins)
Willy Hajli, Poeta Visual
[Castelos & Ruínas (Castles & Ruins)]anyone lived in a pretty how town
Daniel Kreizberg
[anyone lived in a pretty how town]Thundercat ft. Mac Miller She Knows Too Much
LEA ESMAILI

Toe Wrestling
Alfie Whiteman
[Toe Wrestling]KidSuper If He Could, Why Couldn’t They?
Segraphy, Joachim Spruijt, Robin van Geemen
Still Life
Natasja Briers
[Still Life]Paper Angels
Sebastian Hill-Esbrand
[Paper Angels]W.T.F. Wait, That's Fair?
Caleb Hansen
Help Keep the Night Silent
Jan Sederlöf
[Help Keep the Night Silent]Home Is Where The Hurt Is
Bonnie MacRae
[Home Is Where The Hurt Is]Läskvarten — One Quarter A Day
Leia Kågeson
[Läskvarten — One Quarter A Day]W.T.F. Wait, That's Fair?
Caleb Hansen
THAT'S AI
Sebastian Lopez
[THAT'S AI]Changes
Florence Poppy Deary
[Changes]Operation: Make Pamela a Hyytiäinen
Eino Manner

Qualità Artigianale (Quality takes a lifetime)
Ludvig Frøkjær Thomsen
[Qualità Artigianale (Quality takes a lifetime)]Czech Philharmonic Our Friends in Japan Understand Us
Prokop Jelinek
SilverCommercialLove & Anarchy - Helsinki International Film Festival Pulp Gospel
Jan Sederlöf
Sorry
Lisa Mausbach
[Sorry]Welcome to Made-It Pro
Avery Stedman
[Welcome to Made-It Pro]Yves Klein Archive International Klein Blue
Jan Hellwich
Losing Voices
Elias Ben Dahhou
Ten Feet Tall and I’m Bulletproof
Ricky Dick
IKEA - Rooms
Daria Maximova
[IKEA - Rooms]Grindr Peas
Leve Kühl
Epiphany
Tobias Dolphin
[Epiphany]Yves Klein Archive International Klein Blue
Jan Hellwich
TAUT
Ilya Barrett
[TAUT]Chicken Lady
Shuqi Yuan
[Chicken Lady]Iron Lake
Grant Swanson
[Iron Lake]What Could You Buy With Your Body Count?
Štefánia Lovasová
[What Could You Buy With Your Body Count?]Chaos and cold coffee
Joséphine Reboh
[Chaos and cold coffee]Cloud 99
Leila Murton Poole
[Cloud 99]Degree of Certainty
Simon Schneider
[Degree of Certainty]Karnama (Well of Death)
Pranav Dawar

Watch Me Burn
Sofia Spotti
[Watch Me Burn]Helium - Chainsmokers
Alex Acy
SilverMusic VideoGenesis Owusu - STAMPEDE
Isaac Brown

Abondance
Christian Goue
[Abondance]Insufficient Fare
Scrap Metals
SilverPassion ProjectLove Thy Nation
Steezus

EGGS
Zac Dov Wiesel
[EGGS]Fender Bender
Brian Herrera Gladstone
SilverShort Film - 10 Mins and OverThe Good Farmer and the Failed Son
Ailill Martin

Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts
Shervin Kermani
[Ramón Who Speaks to Ghosts]With You Always
Florence Poppy Deary
Two Drops of Blue
D+Y

Jellyfish
Jesse May Fisher
[Jellyfish]Talk To Me
Ng Kai Wei
[Talk To Me]Sorry
Lisa Mausbach
[Sorry]In The Heart of the Flower Citadel
Adam Muscat
WinnerSpecial MentionEchoes Beneath The Hill
Aime Octave Ishimwe
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