Student Award

The Student Award presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools and academies. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, endowed with 3,000 euros.

The Student Award 2025

Student Award jury

The jury of the Student Award 2025

 

MEXICO, MONTREÁL AND MORE…

DOK.special: Students from Montréal, Mexico and Munich show works from their semesters abroad.

 

CROSSING BORDERS: PARIS

A television journalism project from HFF München, Paris, 2025. Six students and three projects.

 

Participating film schools

We present the participating film schools of the Student Award.

 

The previous award-winning films of the megaherz Student Award

2024

HAUSNUMMER NULL
Director: Lilith Kugler

 

2023

BORDER CONVERSATIONS
Director: Jonathan Brunner

 

2022

PUSHING BOUNDARIES
Director: Lesia Kordonets

 

2021

THE CASE YOU
Director: Alison Kuhn

 

2020

REGELN AM BAND, BEI HOHER GESCHWINDIGKEIT  
Director: Yulia Lokshina

 

2019

IN SEARCH...
Director: Beryl Magoko

 

2018

SAND UND BLUT
Directors: Matthias Krepp and Angelika Spangel

 

 

2017

PER SONG
Director: Shuchang Xie

 

2016

LA FIN D’HOMÈRE
Director: Zahra Vargas (Megaherz Filmschulpreis)