The Golden Horsemen
FILMFEST DRESDEN is one of the best endowed short film festivals in Europe with prizes and awards worth € 71,000. Respective juries award the best films in each festival competition section.
International Competition Awards:
| Golden Horseman Animated Film Sponsor: State Chancellery of Saxony |
€ 7,500 |
| Golden Horseman Short Film Sponsor: Public Media Authority for Private Broadcasting (SLM) |
€ 7,500 |
| Golden Horseman of the Audience Sponsor: Sächsische Zeitung |
€ 3,000 |
| Golden Horsemen of the Youth Jury Sponsor: Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden |
€ 2,000 |
| Dresden Short Film Award of the German Film Critics Association Sponsor: German Film Critics Association |
unendowed |
National Competition Awards:
| Golden Horseman Animated Film Sponsor: DIAF German Institute for Animated Films, Friends of FILMFEST DRESDEN |
€ 3,000 |
| Golden Horseman Short Film Sponsor: Filmnächte am Elbufer |
€ 3,000 |
| Golden Horseman of the Audience Sponsor: MDR Public Broadcaster |
€ 4,000 |
| Golden Horsemen of the Youth Jury Sponsor: Melli-Beese-Oberschule Dresden (Semper Bildungswerk) |
€ 2,000 |
| Saxon Film Promotion Prize Sponsor: Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism |
€ 20,000 |
| DEFA Promotion Prize Animation Sponsor: DEFA Foundation |
€ 3,000 |
Central German Competition:
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Golden Horseman Central German Competition Sponsor: Saxony Film Association |
€ 3,000 |
Cross-Competitive Awards:
| ARTE Short Film Prize (towards purchase of a film) Sponsor: ARTE |
€ 6,000 |
|
"Fully Political" - Short Film Award for Democratic Culture |
€ 3,000 |
|
Golden Horseman Sound Design |
€1,500 non-cash prize for studio shot + € 1,500 prize money |
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LUCA Film Award for GenderEquality |
€ 2,000 |