… and the winners are:
PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star AUDIO
Behind Closed Doors - Vivian Waldvogel - Switzerland
PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star VIDEO
Dancing King - Igor Kuna - Poland
Congratulations!
THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR YOUR RISING STAR!
Entries nominated for the competition were available for online for viewing and voting from
5 to 8 October 2025.
The vote is now closed.
The announcement of the winners will take place at the
PRIX EUROPA 2025 Awards Ceremony on Friday, 10 October 2025.
The Awards Ceremony will be streamed live at www.prixeuropa.eu.
Vote for your Rising Stars!
Screen the 10 nominated productions competing for the PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Awards Rising Star. All projects are now online for viewing / listening for 4 days (from Sunday, 5 October until Wednesday, 8 October 2025).
You can take part in the PRIX EUROPA 2025 competition by choosing your favourite video AND audio and sending an email to submissions@prixeuropa.eu.
Please make sure you nominate a favourite in BOTH categories (audio and video).
(Solitary votes will be ignored!) Only ONE VOTE is allowed per person:
* PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
Behind Closed Doors - Vivian Waldvogel - Switzerland
No Going Back - Naomi Bloomstein - United Kingdom
The Emperors - Klára Salcmanová - Czech Republic
The Language Between Us - Emilie Frei - Belgium
Unland - Alina Talipova - Belgium
* PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Video
Dancing King - Igor Kuna - Poland
Fuck them all - Polina Biliaieva - Poland
Positive Gymnastics - Anna Sochorova - Germany
small talk - Zana Selimi & Justus Briese - Switzerland
Tschäggättä - Raphael Stäger - Switzerland
The projects which receive the most points in the online voting will receive the two Awards:
PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Video.
Thank you for voting!
The Rising Star winners will be announced at the PRIX EUROPA 2025 Awards Ceremony on Friday 10 October 2025 in Berlin, starting at 19:00. The event will be streamed live on www.prixeuropa.eu.
NOMINATIONS
These are the 10 nominated projects competing for the
PRIX EUROPA Student Awards - Rising Star.
CONGRATULATIONS!
* PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
Behind Closed Doors - Vivian Waldvogel - Switzerland
No Going Back - Naomi Bloomstein - United Kingdom
The Emperors - Klára Salcmanová - Czech Republic
The Language Between Us - Emilie Frei - Belgium
Unland - Alina Talipova - Belgium
* PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Video
Dancing King - Igor Kuna - Poland
Fuck them all - Polina Biliaieva - Poland
Positive Gymnastics - Anna Sochorova - Germany
small talk - Zana Selimi & Justus Briese - Switzerland
Tschäggättä - Raphael Stäger - Switzerland
The projects nominated for the competition will be available online for viewing / listening and voting from 5 to 8 October 2025 on www.prixeuropa.eu.
We will invite the PRIX EUROPA community to take part in the PRIX EUROPA 2025 competition by choosing their favourite video AND audio and sending an email to submissions@prixeuropa.eu.
The audio and video project which receives the most points in the 4 days of the online voting will receive the
* PRIX EUROPA Student Award - Rising Star Audio
* PRIX EUROPA Student Award - Rising Star Video
The announcement of the winners will take place at the PRIX EUROPA 2025 Awards Ceremony on Friday, 10 October 2025. The Awards Ceremony will be streamed live at www.prixeuropa.eu.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The competition for the PRIX EUROPA Rising Star Awards is open to students from European film- and media schools, universities and training institutions. It is looking for short audio and video projects that show vision, distinct thought and also public responsibility.
Submit your productions by 10 September 2025 to submissions@prixeuropa.eu.
Please send the following:
a) application letter including the following information:
Your name and contact details.
Name of your school/university, etc.
Names of writer, director, cinematographer, producer and other key staff.
Production dates and
Project description / synopsis.
b) For each audio / video submission we need an English subtitled video (.mov or .mp4) - this also applies to all audio submissions without exception!
All files should be made available to us via a link that can be used for downloading.
Please do not send viewing links!
By submitting, you agree to make your project available for viewing online at www.prixeuropa.eu if it is nominated. Please make sure that you have cleared all rights.
Pre-selection results will be published online on 1 October 2025:
Entries nominated for the competition will be available online for viewing and voting from
5 to 8 October 2025 on www.prixeuropa.eu.
The audio and the video project which receives the most points in the 4 days of the online voting
will be awarded the
* PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
* PRIX EUROPA 2025 Student Award - Rising Star Video
The announcement of the winners will take place at the
PRIX EUROPA 2025 Awards Ceremony on 10 October 2025. The Awards Ceremony will be streamed live at www.prixeuropa.eu.