Previous Award Winners

Here is a list of all previous OFF winners.

Today this includes the following categories:
– The International Competition
– The Danish Competition
– The Animation Competition
– The Documentary Competition
– The Youth Competition
– The Audience Competition
– Pitch Me Baby
– Robert Award for Best Short Film
– European Film Awards (EFA) Qualification

You can learn more about the competitions HERE

  • Best International Short Award: Vox Humana, Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Philippines, Singapore, USA, 2024
    Grand prix prize: 25.000 DKK.
  • Soapbox Award: Pharmacies, Martín Montellano, Mexico, 2025
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Artist Award: A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers, Birdy Wei-Ting Hung, Taiwan, 2024
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Børge Ring Award: Sisowath Quay (Quai Sisowath), Stephanie Lansaque & François Leroy, France, 2025
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Short Award: Ritardando, Selma Sunniva, Denmark, 2025
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Youth Award: Resort, Emma Birkø, Denmark, 2025
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • YOU-Audience Award: The Terrorist, Meena Rathor, Norway, 2024

 

Audience Award: A Friend of Dorothy, Lee Knight, Storbritannien, 2025

  • First prize: ‘Musik for døve ører’, Selma Munksgaard Hansen
    Prize: 35.000 DKK.
  • Second prize: ‘Et Liv’, Pernille Lund
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.

The nominees are:
What Remains, by Malthe Jagd Miehe-Renard
Korean Bloom, by Lin Jo Skytte
Ladybugs, by Thor Zing
Ritardando, by Selma Sunniva
Sir Stella, by Lina Vain Illalla

Candidate for European Film Awards 2024 (EFA): Stomach Bug, Matty Crawford, United Kingdom, 2024

  • Best International Short Award: Crust, Jens Kevin Georg, Denmark, 2023
    Grand prix prize: 25.000 DKK.
  • Soapbox Award: With All Due Humanity, Kacper Checinski, France, 2023
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Artist Award: Jungle Law, Madli Lääne, Estland, 2024
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Børge Ring Award: Electra, Daria Kashcheeva, Czech Republic, 2023
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Short Award: Puddle (Vandpyt), Mads Theodor Bonde & Maria-May Backhaus Brown, Denmark, 2024
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Best Short Documentary: Leila, Fariba Haidari, Sverige, 2023
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Documentary: Sit.Play.Stay., Cecilie Flyger Hansen, Denmark, 2024
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.

Fyens Stiftstidende Audience Award: Get A Grip (Kolde Hænder), Jonas Robstad Nielsen & Magnus Axelsen, Denmark, 2024

  • First prize: ‘Sorg’, Malthe Miehe-Renard
    Prize: 35.000 DKK.
  • Second prize: ‘Pseudo’, Claudia Munksgaard-Palmqvist, Lana Tankosa Nikolic, and Matilde Digmann
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.

 

The nominees are:
Companion, by Nivetha Balasubramaniam
En Anden Uden Mig (Another Without Me), by Emilie Fabricius Hacke
En Undersøgelse Af Empati (A Study Of Empathy), by Hilke Rönnfeldt
Seeking Hwa Sun, by Sandra Yi Sencindiver
Wild Child, by Sif Lina Lambæk

Candidate for European Film Awards 2024 (EFA): The Film Might Be White (Filmen Känns För Vit), Sebastian Johansson Micci, Sverige, 2023

  • The HCA Award: Skinned, Joachim Hérissé, France, 2022
    Grand prix prize: 25.000 DKK.
  • Storyteller Award: Circle of Trust, Victor Nyåker, Sweden, 2022
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Artist Award: Asterión, Francesco Montagner, Czech Republic, 2022
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Short Film: An Example, Selma Sunniva, Denmark, 2022
    Prize: 25.000 DKK.
  • FilmFyn’s Talent Award: The Shift, Amalie Maria Nielsen, Denmark, 2022
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Acting Performance: Kimmie Liv Sennova from Stranded, Denmark, 2023
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Børge Ring Award: Amok, Balász Turai, Hungary, 2022
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • The Talent Award, Animation: Let Them Eat Cake, Mathias Rodrigues Bjerre, Denmark, 2023
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Best Short Documentary: Neighbour Abdi, Douwe Dijkstra, The Netherlands, 2022
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Soapbox Award: Squid Fleet, Will N. Miller & Ed Ou, USA, 2023
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Youth Award: Dream, Snobar Avani, Denmark, 2023
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • YOU-Audience Award: From Above, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Denmark, 2023

Fyens Stiftstidende Audience Award: Papa – Notes on life and death, Andreas Bøggild Monies, Denmark, 2023

Fyens Stiftstidende Audience Award: Papa – Notes on life and death, Andreas Bøggild Monies, Denmark, 2023

  • First prize: ’Alperne og Strygebræt’, Marie-Louise Højer Jensen & Ditte Lundsgaard Nielsen
    Prize: 35.000 DKK.
  • Second prize: ‘Etnisk Smerte’, Nivetha Balasubramaniam
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.

The nominees are:
– An Example, by Selma Sunniva
– IVALU, by Anders Walter
– The Last Straw, by Andrias Høgenni
– Salmon, by Mattis Huus Heurlin
– The Shift, by Amalie Maria Nielsen

Candidate for European Film Awards 2023 (EFA):
Papa – Notes on life and death, Andreas Bøggild Monies, Denmark, 2023

  • The HCA Award: Astel, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Senegal/France, 2021
    Grand prix prize: 35.000 DKK.
  • Storyteller Award: Lili Alone, Zou Jing, China, 2021
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Artist Award: The Shift, Chiara Marotta & Loris Giuseppe, Italy , 2021
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Short Film: Nest, Hlynur Pàlmason, Denmark, 2022
    Prize: 20.000 DKK.
  • FilmFyn’s Talent Award: The Dinner, Marco Lawson, Denmark, 2022
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Børge Ring Award: The Seine’s Tears, Yanis Belaid, Eliot Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur, France, 2021
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • The Talent Award, Animation: I’ll Be Your Kettle, Tobias Rud, Denmark, 2021
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Bedste Korte Dokumentar: The Game, Andreas Haubjerg, Denmark, 2022
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Soapbox Award: How I Like It, Nida Mehboob, Pakistan, 2021
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.

Youth Award: The Stupid Boy, Phil Dunn, UK, 2022
Prize: 10.000 DKK.

Fyens Stiftstidende Audience Award: The Stupid Boy, Phil Dunn, UK, 2022

  • First prize: ’Forventningens Glæde’, Alexender Olai Sau, Danmark
    Prize: 35.000 DKK.
  • Second prize: ‘Den Sidste Dråbe’, Andrias Høgenni, Danmark
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.

The nominess are:
Katastrofer by Tone Ottilie
Nest by Hlynur Pàlmason
Shegod by Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
The Dinner by Marco Lawson
The Last Sacrament by Jahfar Muataz

Candidate for European Film Awards 2022 (EFA):
Nest, Hlynur Pàlmason, Denmark, 2022

  • Best Danish Short Film: Amourteur, Sylvia Le Fanu, Denmark, 2020
    Prize: 20.000 DKK.
  • FilmFyn Talent Award: When the Moon was Gibbous, Erika Grace Strada, Denmark, 2021
    Prize: 15.000 kr.
  • Børge Ring Award: The Expected, Carolina Sandvik, Sweden, 2020
    Prize 15.000 DKK.
  • Talent Award, Animation: Favorite Daughter, Susi Haaning, Denmark, 2020
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Best Short Documentary: A View from Above, Dylan Werkman, Netherlands, 2020
    Prize 15.000 DKK.
  • Soapbox Award: Three Songs for Benazir, Elizabeth Mirzaei og Gulistan Mirzaei, Afghanistan, 2021
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.

Youth Award: Turned, Anders Walter, Denmark, 2020
Prize: 10.000 DKK.

Fyens Stiftstidende Audience Award: Turned, Anders Walter, Denmark, 2020

  • First prize: ’Bon Voyage’, Andreas Roland Jensen, Denmark
    Prize: 35.000 DKK.
  • Second prize: ‘Ulve i Fåreklæder’, Hooman Aznavy, Denmark
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • First prize: ’PlasticC’, Sachin Vs, India
    Prize: 2500 €
  • Second Prize: ‘Plastic Ecosystem’, Stefie Gan, USA
    Prize: 1250 €
  • Third Prize: ‘PALASTIK’, Asghar Besharati, Iran
    Priza: 500 €

The nominees are:
Amourteur, Sylvia Le Fanu
BUFF COPS, Camilla Kaufmann
It’s So Charming, Svend Colding
Inherent, Nicolai G. H. Johansen
Wild Minds, Hannah Elbke

Candidate to European Film Awards 2021 (EFA):
The Long Goodbye, Aneil Karia, UK, 2020

  • The HCA Award: Nina, Hristo Simeonov, Bulgaria, 2019
    Grand prix prize: 35.000 DKK
  • Artist Award: On the Boat, Baizak Mamataliev, Kirgisistan, 2020
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Storyteller Award: Wade, Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi, India, 2019
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Short Film: In the Blink of an Eye, Katrine Brocks, Denmark, 2020
    Prize: 20.000 DKK.
  • FilmFyn’s Talent Award: The Nannies, Signe Barvild Stæhr, Denmark, 2020
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Børge Ring Award: Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic, Paul Bush, Denmark, 2020
    Prize 15.000 DKK.
  • Talent Award, Animation: Totem, Katrine Glenhammer, Denmark, 2020
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.
  • Best Short Documentary Award: Mama Rosa, Dejan Barac, Switzerland, 2019
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Soapbox Award: Everything for Riana, Mihai Dragolea, Romania, 2019
    Prize: 10.000 DKK.

Youth Award: Manifest, Assa Rytter, Denmark, 2019
Prize: 10.000 DKK.

Fyens Stiftstidende Audience Award: Bonaparte, Jesper Quistgaard, Denmark, 2020

  • First prize: ’Splittet’, Jahfar Muataz, Denmark
    Prize: 35.000 DKK:
  • Second prize: ‘Kvalt’, Amalie Maria, Danmark
    Price: 15.000 DKK:

The nominees are:
Bleed, Hannah Elbke
100,000 Acres of Pine, Jennifer Alice Wright
A Calling, Christian Bengston
Pinkie’s Funeral, Simon Mortensen
In the Blink of an Eye, Katrine Brocks

OFF Candidate for European Film Awards 2020 (EFA):
Nina, Hristo Simeonov, Bulgarien, 2019

  • The HCA Award: Child Eater, Mohammad Kart, Iran, 2018
    Grand prix prize: 35.000 DKK.
  • Artist Award: Nursery Rhymes, Tom Noakes, Australia, 2018
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Storyteller Award: Fun Factory, Lisa Brooke Hansen & Even Hafnor, Norway/Germany, 2019
    Prize: 15.000 DKK.
  • Best Danish Short Film: Mount Everest, Rasmus Nyholm Schmidt, Denmark, 2018
    Prize: 20.000 DKK.
  • FilmFyn’s Talent Award: Drawn, Christian Bengtson, Denmark, 2018
    Prize: 15.000 DKK: