The international Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest is now in its 4th festival year. We are proud to be the first genre-specific science-fiction film festival in Germany. We are passionate about film-making and celebrate all sci-fi genres from cyberpunk to solar punk in action, drama, documentary, web-series, animation, music, experimental, fan-films and geek interests. Over the last years, we have also gone beyond the film with exhibits, art performances and book readings – in fact, all things science-fiction!
With our live festival experience, we have been offering a platform for Independent Sci-fi Filmmakers to present their work on the big screen and get in touch with a live audience in one of the most beautiful and world-famous cinemas in Berlin – The Babylon (where Metropolis was first screened in 1927). Sadly, due to the current COVID-19 situation and restrictions, the Babylon has closed for the time being and our live event postponed.
But, you can’t keep a good Independent down! With the aim of keeping the festival alive and reach out to a global audience, we have partnered with XERB.TV to create a virtual theatre experience. Our Exclusive Virtual Cinema will run for the whole weekend from the 27th November to 6th December 2020. We will feature 20 sessions packed with a mouth-watering futuristic feast of science-fiction films from around the world. There are 110 feature and short films from 28 countries in all subgenres and styles – and many filmmakers are providing us with exclusive introductions to their films!
The screening rooms will be interactive, so that guest will be able to communicate with each other and with the filmmakers. There will also be a Space Lounge where filmmakers can chat and exchange ideas.CLICK HERE for XERB.TV.
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Best Actor
Best Actress
2019 WINNERS
Best Feature – “Majic”
Best Drama Short – “Rewind”
Best Action Short – “Fight Machine”
Best Comedy Short – “Home in Time”
Best Animation – “To Your Last Death”
Best Web/TV Series – “Fight Machine”
Best Experimental/Music – “NOVA”
Best Documentary – “Artist Depiction”
Best Fan Film – “Slice of Life”
Best Director – “After We Leave”
Best Cinematography – “A Living Dog”
Best Script – “Blue Light (Luzazul)”
Best VFX – “Sundays”
Best Actor – “Time Perspective”
Best Actress – “Black Flower”
Outstanding Film Award – “Ryoko’s Qubit”
Outstanding German Contribution – “The Final Land (Das Letzte Land)”
Grand Jury Award – “The Tangle”
2018 WINNERS
Best Feature – “Cygnus”
Best Drama Short – “Generation Mars”
Best Action Short – “Through Fire She Calls”
Best Comedy Short – “Mind F*#k
Best Fan Film – “Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre”
Best Animation – “2 Aliens – Found Footage Fiasco”
Best Web/TV Series – “SWAP”
Best Experimental/Music – “Nightsatan and The Loops of Doom”
Best Documentary – “Zero Gravity”
Best VFX – “The Shipment”
Quid In Shrapnel Best Director – Ray Raghavan – “Violentia”
Crawford Talents Best Actress – Hortensia Chivite as Helena Durovic – “Bloggers”
Crawford Talents Best Actor – Robert Mika as P – “P”
Outstanding German Contribution – “Gallery of Lost Trade”
Best Cinematography – Artur Zurawski – “Close-Up”
Best Story – “Happy Birthday”
Best Trailer – “I Dream”
Grand Jury Award – “CC”
Outstanding Film – “Galactic Galaxy”
2017 WINNERS
Best Feature Film – “The Capture”
Best Web Series – “Like Them”
Best Action Short – “FTL”
Best Drama Short – “Olfactory”
Best Comedy – “Ctrl-Z”
Best Animation – “The Jovian Project”
Best VFX – “The Beyond”
Best Fan Film – “Stalled Trek: Prelude to Ax’d-We-Are”
Outstanding Film Award – “How to Build a Time Machine”
Grand Jury Award – “Adam Peiper”
Best Direction – “Appellation”
Best Actor – Hennig Heup – “TSC Theseus”
Best Actress – Chiharu Kimura – “Rococo Neuron”
Best Trailer – “The Ningyo”
Dublin SciFi Film Festival Automatic Entry – “The Unreason”