The award The Political Film of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung goes to the directors Monika Borgmann und Lokman Slim for TADMOR (Lebanon, France, Switzerland, Qatar, United Arab Emirates 2016)

The Art Cinema Award goes to director Xavier Dolan for IT'S ONLY THE END OF THE WORLD (Canada, France 2016)

The NDR Young Talent Award goes to director Mustafa Kara for COLD OF KALANDAR (Hungary, Turkey 2015)

The Commerzbank Audience Award goes to director Jesper W. Nielsen for THE DAY WILL COME (Denmark 2016)

The Hamburg Film Critic Award goes to director Cristian Mungiu for GRADUATION (France, Romania, Belgium 2016)

MICHEL Award goes todirector Lola Doillon for FANNY'S JOURNEY (France 2016)