Vote for your Rising Stars 2026
Screen the 9 Audio and Video productions competing for the PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Awards Rising:
* PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
abbruch – On Access to Reproductive Care in Saxony-Anhalt - Anne-Victoria Hofacker - Germany
Myth by Plato - Jutte Van Nuffel- Belgium
Nothing is Over - Ida Frisk Carstensen - Denmark
The Boys - Veronika Hušková- Czech Republic
* PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Video
Dad’s Expiry Date - Chiara Felicia Temmel - Switzerland
Kanaan - Dominik Mirecki - Poland
Selma - Christina Schmidt - Germany
They were all named Anzhelika - Alexandra Kutsen Kutsen - Poland
The land of others - Elise Houben - Belgium
All projects are now online for viewing / listening for 4 days:
from Monday, 12 October until Thursday, 15 October 2026.
You can take part in the PRIX EUROPA 2026 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, therefore please only vote once.
The projects which receive the most points in the online voting will receive the two Awards:
PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Video.
Thank you for voting!
The Rising Star winners will be announced at the PRIX EUROPA 2026 Awards Ceremony on Friday 16 October 2026 in Berlin (starting at 19:00 - live stream!).
NOMINATIONS
These are the 10 nominated projects competing for the PRIX EUROPA Student Awards - Rising Star. It was a particularly difficult selection process this year, and we would like to congratulate all nominated entrants: CONGRATULATIONS - well done!
* PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
abbruch – On Access to Reproductive Care in Saxony-Anhalt - Anne-Victoria Hofacker - Germany
Myth by Plato - Jutte Van Nuffel- Belgium
Nothing is Over - Ida Frisk Carstensen - Denmark
The Boys - Veronika Hušková- Czech Republic
* PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Video
Dad’s Expiry Date - Chiara Felicia Temmel - Switzerland
Kanaan - Dominik Mirecki - Poland
Selma - Christina Schmidt - Germany
They were all named Anzhelika - Alexandra Kutsen Kutsen - Poland
The land of others - Elise Houben - Belgium
The projects nominated for the competition will be available online for viewing / listening and voting from 12 to 15 October 2026 on www.prixeuropa.eu.
We will invite the PRIX EUROPA community to take part in the PRIX EUROPA 2026 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 2026 Awards Ceremony on Friday, 16 October 2026.
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 14 September 2026 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 and 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 2026:
Entries nominated for the competition will be available online for viewing and voting from
12 to 15 October 2026 on www.prixeuropa.eu.
The audio and the video project which receives the most points in the 4 days of the public online voting will be awarded the
* PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Audio
* PRIX EUROPA 2026 Student Award - Rising Star Video
The announcement of the winners will take place at the
PRIX EUROPA 2026 Awards Ceremony on 16 October 2026.
The Awards Ceremony will be streamed live at www.prixeuropa.eu.