Awards

What would a competition be without prizes? Many thanks to our partners and sponsors!

FILM OF THE YEAR

  • awarded in the JUNGER FILM competition

  • endowed with 3,000 €, donated by MV Filmförderung GmbH/the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

  • Awarding of prizes: the jury JUNGER FILM

GoldFiSH(e)

  • awarded in the JUNGER FILM competition

  • endowed with 1.000 € each, donated by Hanseatic City of Rostock

  • Awarding of prizes: the jury JUNGER FILM

Sputnik

  • awarded in the JUNGER FILM competition

  • endowed with 500 €, donated and awarded by the cinema crew of Fusion

  • the Sputnik Award aims to support young filmmakers beyond the mainstream film industry

  • The winner is invited to present the film to the audience in the cinema programme of the Fusion Festival 2026.

Young Baltic Cinema Award

  • awarded in the OFFshorts – Young Baltic Cinema competition

  • endowed with € 2,000, donated by the Hanseatic City of Rostock

  • Given by: the OFFshorts Jury

Price of the Youth Jury

  • awarded in the OFFshorts competition

  • endowed with 1.500 €, donated by Provinzial Nord

  • Given by: the Youth Jury

Audience Award

  • sponsored by the Branchenverband Film und Medien MV and the audience,
    awarded in the JUNGER FILM and OFFshorts competitions

  • the price is composed of a 1.000 € contribution from the Branchenverband MV and proceeds from audience donations

  • the prize is awarded to the film with the best cumulative rating

  • prize awarded by the audience

Juryprice PopFiSH

  • the prize for the best music video from M-V, awarded by the PopFiSH jury

  • endowed with 1,000 €, donated by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture within the framework of the young artist:in funding acquired by PopKW.

  • The prize is awarded to the music and film makers involved in the video.

Audience Award PopFiSH

  • endowed with 350 €, donated by the Rostock Brewery

  • goes to the best music video chosen by the audience

  • Given by: the audience

School Film Award MV

  • the prize from young cinema fans from schools all over Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

  • endowed with 500,00 €, donated by Provinzial Nord

  • organised by the pupils from the Jenaplan School Rostock