Award winning films

2025

Ritter Sport Film Award (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG):
"Jah!" (Estonia 2024) by Madli Lääne
Poem by Joonas Veelmaa

Goethe Filmpreis – Die Kunst des Zuhörens (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"Thronebosis" (Portugal 2024) by Marco Espirito Santo
Poem by Marco Espirito Santo

ZEBRA-Award for the best Poetry Film (endowed by Haus für Poesie):
"Extremely Short" (Japan 2024) by Koji Yamamura
Poem by Furukawa Hideo

2023

ZEBRA-Award for the best Poetry Film (endowed by Haus für Poesie):
Fitzgerald & Rimini – "D Frou Bovary de Porrentruy" by Yannick Mosimann (Switzerland)
Poem by Ariane von Graffenried

Goethe Film Award – Grenzen (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"Kin ma belle" by Junior Mozese (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Poem by Junior Mozese

Ritter Sport Film Award (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG):
"Legs" by Jennifer Still, Christine Fellows and Chantel Mierau
Poem by Jennifer Still

2022

ZEBRA-Award for the best Poetry Film (awarded by Haus für Poesie):
"BLACK. BRITISH. MUSLIM. OTHER" by Enas Saeed
Poem by Enas Saeed

Goethe Film Award - Nachhaltig leben (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"TERRA DEI PADRI" by Francesco Di Gioia (Italy)
Poem by Fadil Hasin Ash-Shalmani

Ritter Sport Film Award (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG):
"IMAGININGS" by Anja Hiddinga (Netherlands)
Poem "Walls and Dreams" by KITCHEN's LIGHT

2021

ZEBRA-Award for the best international Poetry Film (endowed by Haus für Poesie):
"DIESER FILM HEISST AUS RECHTLICHEN GRÜNDEN BREAKING BERT" by Anne lsensee
Poem "Wer zu Hause bleibt" by Bertolt Brecht

Goethe Film Award - Kulturen der Gleichberechtigung (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"THEM PEOPLE" by Nausheen Javed (Germany/India)
Poem by Nausheen Javed

Ritter Sport Film Award (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG):
"COLOUR STUDY" by Anthem Jackson (Canada)
Poem by Chelene Knight, Charles Demers and Shazia Hafiz Ramji

2020

ZEBRA-Award for the best Poetry Film (endowed by Haus für Poesie):
"Évian" (Germany 2020) by Ghayath Almadhoun
Poem by Ghayath Almadhoun

Goethe Film Award (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"Cos Endins / Inside the body" (Italy 2019) by Eduard Escoffet and Gianluca Abbate
Poem by Eduard Escoffet

Award for the best Film for Tolerance (endowed by Auswärtiges Amt):
"A Barcode Scanner" (Iraq 2019) by David Shook
Poem by Zêdan Xelef

Ritter Sport Film Award, (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG):
"The Opposites Game" (USA 2019) by Anna Samo and Lisa LaBracio
Poem by Brendan Constantine

2019

Goethe Film Award (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"Notizen aus dem Unterbewusstsein" by Susann Arnold
Poem by Susann Arnold

Ritter Sport Film Award (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG):
"O Catator Sem Cabeça" (The Headless Gatherer) by Igor Shin Moromisato (Brazil/Germany)
Poem by Silvia Voss

Award for the best Film for Tolerance (endowed by Auswärtiges Amt):
"Four Acts for Syria" by Kevork Mourad and Waref Abu Quba
Poem by Raed Wahesh

2018

Award in the category “Best Film for Tolerance" (endowed by Auswärtiges Amt):
"Hate for Sale" (Netherlands 2017) by Anna Eijsbouts
Poem by Neil Gaiman

"Ritter Sport Filmpreis“ in the German-language-competition (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH und Co KG):
"Standard Time" (Germany 2017) by Hanna Slak
Poem "silhouetten in turbulenz“ by Daniela Seel

2016

ZEBRA-Award for the best Poetry Film at the International Competition (endowed by Haus für Poesie):
"Off the Trail" (UK 2015) by Nick Jordan
Poem "Endless Streams and Mountains“ by Gary Snyder
 
Goethe-Film Award (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"Goldfish" (Germany 2016) by Rain Kencana
Poem "Golden Fish“ by Shuntaro Tanikawa
 &
"Process: Breath" by Line Klungseth Johansen
Poem "Process:Breath“ by Line Klungseth Johansen

Award for the Best Film for Tolerance (endowed by Auswärtiges Amt):
"Steel and Air" (USA 2016) by Chris & Nick Libbey
Poem "Steel and Air“ by John Ashbery
&
"Hail the Bodhisattva of Collected Junk" (Taiwan 2015) by Ye Mimi
Poem "Hail the Bodhisattva of Collected Junk“ by Ye Mimi
 
Ritter Sport Film Award in the German-language competition (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH und Co KG):
"Die Angst des Wolfs vor dem Wolf" (Germany 2014) by Juliane Jaschnow
Poem "Die Angst des Wolfs vor dem Wolf“ by Stefan Petermann
 
Audience Award (endowed by Deutsche Lufthansa AG):
"Vögel auf Stromleitungen" (Germany 2014) by Dean Ruddock
Poem "Vögel auf Stromleitungen“ by Dean Ruddock

2014

"La’eb Al Nard / The Dice Player" by Nissmah Roshdy (Egypt 2013)
Poem "La’eb Al Nard" by Mahmoud Darwish

"Pipene / The Pipes" by Kristian Pedersen (Norway 2014)
Poem "Pipene" by Øyvind Rimbereid

"essen – stück mit aufblick" by Peter Böving (Germany 2013)
Poem "essen – stück mit aufblick" by Ernst Jandl

"The Aegean or the Anus of Death" by Eleni Gioti (Greece 2014)
Poem "The Aegean or the Anus of Death" by Jazra Khaleed

2012

ZEBRA – Award for the best Poetry Film (endowed by Literaturwerkstatt Berlin):
"Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation“ (Germany 2010) by Martin Wallner and Stefan Leuchtenberg
Poem by Martin Wallner

Goethe Film Award (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"I come from...“ (UK 2011) von Daniel Lucchesi and Alex Ramseyer
Poem „I come from...“ by Joseph Buckley

RITTER SPORT Film Award (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG):
"Life and Deaf“ (UK 2012) by Eelyn Lee
Poem "That’s not All of Me“ by deaf people from the UK

Award in the category “Best Film for Tolerance" (endowed by Auswärtiges Amt):
"Blood is Blood“ (Canada 2010) by Carolyn Marie Souaid
Poem "Blood is Blood“ by Endre Farkas & Carolyn Marie Souaid

Award in the Category "Best Debut" (endowed by Literature Across Frontiers):
"Heimweg“ (Germany 2010) by Franziska Otto
Poem "Heimweg“ by Peh

Award in the category “Best Cinematic Poetry Performance” (endowed by Literature Across Frontiers):
"Why I Write“ (Cambodia 2011) by Masahiro Sugano
Poem "Why I Write“ by Kosal Khiev

radioeins-Audience Award: "Balada Catalana“ by Laen Sanches (France 2010)

Best Poetry Film for Children and young People: "Der Zauberlehrling“ von Kerstin Höckel (Germany 2012)

2010

ZEBRA-Award for the best Poetry Film (endowed by Literaturwerkstatt Berlin):
"Der Conny ihr Pony" by Robert Pohle and Martin Hentze (Halle, Deutschland)
Poem by Gabriel Vetter

Film Poetry Award (endowed by Goethe-Institut):
"To the Marriage of true Minds“ von Andrew Steggall (UK)
Poem "Sonnet 116" by William Shakespeare

Ritter Sport-Award (endowed by Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co KG):
"Anna Blume“ by Vessela Dantcheva
Poem by Kurt Switters

radioeins-Audience Award:
"Breathe“ by Emma Passmore (UK)

Best Children Film:
"About Bigmouse“ by Constantin Arefiev (Russische Förderation)
Poem by Ludmila Ulanova