QueerScope Debut Film Award
As all QueerScope festivals rely on new films being produced, we would like to encourage young filmmakers by awarding the QueerScope Debut Film Prize. The prize has been awarded annually since 2016. The winning film is announced in summer and presented alternatingly at one of the festivals in autumn.
The programmers of the QueerScope festivals are not only film buffs, but also extraordinary experts for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual films. They probably watch more queer films than anybody else in Germany, for their programming jobs and in their leisure time.
Although several QueerScope festivals have audience and/or jury awards, these don’t reflect the exceptional competence of the programmers. And in addition these awards are restricted to the respective festival selections. But there are many great films, which don’t make it into the festival programmes for various reasons.
Gewinner*innen
2024
2023
2022
Schwule Filmwoche Freiburg and
Freiburg Lesbian Film Festival