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Prizes totalling around 60,000 euros euros are awarded in the various competitions.

Juries

Film Awards

All short and feature-length films in the competitions have the chance to be honoured. The prizes are awarded by international juries made up of outstanding personalities from the industry and our children’s jury. In the photos you can see the winners of 2024.

Nominees 2026

Videobotschaft des Preisträgers wird auf Bühne eingeblendet

ITFS International Competition

Grand Prix

Animation Award of the State of Baden-Württemberg and the City of Stuttgart in the amount of 10,000 euros. The winning film qualifies for the Academy Awards.

ITFS International Competition

Audience Award

Award for the Best Animated Film voted by the Audience in the amount of 6,000 euros, sponsored by SWR.

Glückliche Preisträgerin mit Statue

ITFS Student Competition

Student Award

Award for the Best Animated Student Film in the amount of 4,000 euros, sponsored by LFK Baden-Württemberg and MFG Baden-Württemberg, MFG Film Funding.

Glückliche Preisträgerin mit Statue

ITFS Student Competition

Lotte Reiniger Promotion Award

Award for the Best Animated Graduation Film in the Student in the amount of 10,000 euros, sponsored by MFG Film Funding Baden-Württemberg.

Videobotschaft des Preisträgers wird auf Bühne eingeblendet

ITFS AniMovie Competition

AniMovie Award

Award for the Best Animated Feature Film in the amount of 2,000 euros, sponsored by ITFS Booster Club.

Preisträgerin mit Urkunde und Statue auf der Bühne

ITFS Trickstar Nature Award

Trickstar Nature Award

Award for the Best Animated Short Film on Nature and the Environment in the amount of 7,500 euros, sponsored by Verband Region Stuttgart

Große LED-Leinwand auf dem Stuttgarter Schlossplatz

ITFS Tricks for Kids Competition

Tricks for Kids Award

Award for the Best Animated Short Film for Children in the amount of 4,000 euros, sponsored by L-Bank, Staatsbank für Baden-Württemberg.

Project Awards

We honour outstanding and innovative projects, business models, screenplays and games. The Screenplay Awards and the Trickstar Business Award will be presented at the AniX Awards on Thursday, the Animated Games Award at the Award Ceremony on Saturday evening.

Games Nominees 2026

Filmemacher im Gespräch auf der Bühne

German Animation Screenplay Award

Award for the Best German Screenplay for an Animated Feature Film in the amount of 2,500 euros, sponsored by Animation Media Creators Region Stuttgart (AMCRS).

Filmemacher im Gespräch auf der Bühne

German Animation Screenplay Award

Award for the German Screenplay with the Biggest International Market Potential in the amount of 2,500 euros, sponsored by Sola Media GmbH.

Die Gewinner des Games Awards auf der Bühne mit Urkunde und Preis

Animated Games Award Germany

Award for the Best German Animated Computer Game in the amount of 5,000 euros, sponsored by Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg, MFG Games BW Förderung.

Stolze Gewinner mit Preisstatue

Trickstar Business Award

Award for the Best Innovative and Groundbreaking Business Model for a Project or a Company in the Field of Animation in the amount of 7,500 euros, sponsored by Verband Region Stuttgart.