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 2026

megaherz Student Award 2026

The films of this year’s Student Award at a glance

Two programs, one experience: The focus on looking beyond borders

Film students from the HFF Munich and the EsCine Ciudad de México present their documentary works.

Participating film schools

We present the participating film schools of the Student Award.

The previous award-winning films of the megaherz Student Award

2025

WOMAN/MOTHER
Regie: Klara Harden

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)