Ralf Ludwig (Intendant Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk)

Katrin Kleeberg (Vice president of the Saxon State Authority for Private Broadcasting and New Media)

Michael Harbauer (Festival Director) und Ben Blümel (Moderator)

Ben Blümel (moderator), Michael Harbauer (festival director) and Klaus-Dieter Felsmann, who received the honorary award

Cosima Stracke-Nawka presents festival director Michael Harbauer with a Schlingel on the occasion of the anniversary.

Ralf Ludwig (Director General of Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) and Michael Harbauer (Festival Director)

Luis Vorbach

Margit Auer

Presenter Linda Drescher during a film discussion with lead actress Villő Demeter and director Nóra Lakos of ‘I Accidentally Wrote a Book’

Director Reza Memari and producer Maite Woköck of ‘The Last Whale Singer’ with festival director Michael Harbauer

Director Reza Memari and producer Maite Woköck of ‘The Last Whale Singer’

Director Reza Memari and producer Maite Woköck of ‘The Last Whale Singer’ during a film discussion with moderator Linda Drescher

Director Reza Memari and producer Maite Woköck of ‘The Last Whale Singer’ during a film discussion with moderator Linda Drescher

The director Reza of ‘The Last Whale Singer’ signs the poster.

Festival director Michael Harbauer with producer Maite Woköck, director Reza Memari and production designer Sebastian Gadow from ‘The Last Whale Singer’

Antje from the SCHLiNGEL team with director Uli Seis from ‘Mitmalmeister ifffffffff’

Michael Harbauer (festival director), Dr Markus Görsch (mdm – Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung), Stephan König (State Secretary for Media and Europe and Representative of the Free State of Thuringia to the Federal Government in the Thuringian State Chancellery) with Emilia Maier, Luis Vorbach, Loris Sichrovsky, Thilo Fridolin Matthes, Purnima Grätz, Meike Kordes (producer), Emilia Pieske and Margit Auer (author) of ‘School of Magical Animals 4’

Emilia Maier, Luis Vorbach, Loris Sichrovsky, Thilo Fridolin Matthes, Purnima Grätz, Meike Kordes (producer), Emilia Pieske and Margit Auer (author) of "School of Magical Animals 4"

Emilia Maier, Luis Vorbach, Loris Sichrovsky, Purnima Grätz, Thilo Fridolin Matthes and Emilia Pieske from the cast, as well as Meike Kordes (producer) of "School of Magical Animals 4"

Emilia Maier

Loris Sichrovsky

Thilo Fridolin Matthes

Purnima Grätz

Luis Vorbach

Emilia Pieske

Yuan Li, programmer of the CICFF film festival in China and presenter of ‘Football on the Roof’, and moderator Tim Gernitz during the film discussion.

Moderator Anne Hofmann, lead actress Elma Maria Ufacik and director Elin Maria Christina Grönblom during the film discussion on ‘Ella and Friends – Operation Otter’

Autograph session for ‘School of Magical Animals 4’

Lead actress Maryam Akbari received an honourable mention for the film ‘Live for Me’.

Lead actress Maryam Akbari received an honourable mention for the film ‘Live for Me’.

The Fair Play Jury selected ‘The Boy with Pink Pants’ as its winner.

The youth jury also selected ‘The Boy with Pink Pants’ as their winner.

The Award of the Junior Jury went to ‘I Accidentally Wrote a Book’.

The children's jury selected ‘The Children of Silver Street – Take a Stand’ as their favourite film.

Cosima Stracke-Nawka delivered the laudatory speech for the winner of the Egmont Elschner Award.

Daniela Adomat (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk)

Daniela Adomat (Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk) and Michael Harbauer (festival director)

Katrin Kleeberg presents the SLM Top Award for the film ‘Fränk’ to lead actor Derek Leheste.

Amelia Golda, the lead actress in the film ‘Pixie. The New Beginning’, was named best child actress.

Producer Jamila Wenske accepted the award for Best German Language Film for ‘Karla’.

Film director Michael Harbauer with award winner Amelia Golda and director Krzysztof Komander from the film ‘Pixie. The New Beginning’.

Moderator Clarissa Corrêa da Silva

Romy Heere and Ivy Faulborn, the leading actresses in the film ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Elephant ’, were presented with the audience award.

Director and screenwriter Eliana Niño received the Egmont Elschner Prize for her film ‘Seeds’.

Producer Xiong Hui accepted the CIFEJ Jury Prize for the film ‘Football on the Roof’.

Lead actor Jonathan Köhn accepts the ECFA jury award for ‘Tomorrow I'll be brave’

The FIPRESCI jury awarded the film ‘Brightly Shining’.

The FIPRESCI jury awarded the film ‘Brightly Shining’.