Jury Student Award 2026

The Student Award is sponsored by megaherz and is endowed with 3,000 euros.

A student jury assigns the award.

 

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José Manuel Cahuantzi

Born in Mexico City, he is currently studying a bachelor's degree in Cinematography at "Escuela Superior de Cine". He's worked on multiple films in the direction and cinematography departments. He's currently finishing his first documentary short film and developing his new co-directing documentary as part of the exchange program with the HFF. For several years he's been an administrative member of one of the most prominent film clubs in Mexico City, Cineclub Casa Patricio, which has been operating for over nine years to date.

Jura Branellec

Jura Branellec studied experimental film at Schule Friedl Kubelka in Vienna. He worked as a freelancer for several years on a spectrum of projects: commercials, music videos, drama and of course: documentaries. He is now a student at ZeLIG in Bolzano, the only film school that focuses exclusively on documentary.

Lissy Giglberger

Lissy Giglberger first studied business administration at LMU, and then—after working in every conceivable role on and around film sets—went on to specialize in film production at the HFF in Munich. Her projects have been screened at national and international festivals and have won awards.