Competitions

Only the most innovative, best, daring, experimental and original films of the last year make it into the competition. An independent selection committee consisting of Wand 5-members and film lovers doing this job voluntarily is in charge of viewing and selecting the entries and compiling the programmes.


The following awards are bestowed by the Short Film Jury.

For the twelfth time, Filmwinter Stuttgart has called for submissions from emerging artists to take part in this international short film competition for films of up to 2 minutes. The jury will assess works that realize the format in a creative and innovative way.

Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart and Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Festival for Expanded Media are now awarding the state-wide music video competition for innovative, experimental and unconventional works for the fourth time. Music videos from Baden-Württemberg may be submitted. A commission with representatives from the Pop-Büro Region Stuttgart and Filmwinter Stuttgart will select the competition entries. (Starting July 22, 2023, music videos can be submitted for the Open Call Buggles Award 2024).

Besides the classic presentation of samples of film and video art at the Stuttgarter Filmwinter, since 1996 new media were included and works of art presented on CD-Rom and on the internet. An independent selection committee is in charge of viewing and selecting the entries for the exhibition. The committee is consisting of Wand 5-members, artists and connoisseurs of media art doing this job voluntarily. The exhibition features positions reflecting society, performances, installations, performative videos, interactive projects and the social web as well as technically refined transformations of the internet. The following awards are bestowed by the jury.