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ArteKino International Award

The ArteKino International Award is a prize of €6,000 for the producer of a standout project to support its development, sponsored by the European culture channel ARTE’s foundation for the promotion of arthouse cinema.

Winners per edition

2022
Sorella di Clausura
by Ivana Mladenovi (Romania/Serbia)

2021
A Dutiful Wife by Haolu Wang (China)

2020
Sleepwalkers by Radu Jude (Romania)

2019
La fiebre
 (Argentina) by Mateo Bendesky 

2018
A White, White Day
(Iceland/Denmark) by Hlynur Pálmason 

2017
Martin Eden
(Italy/France) by Pietro Marcello

2016
Birds of Passage
(Colombia) by Ciro Guerra

2015
Luxembourg
by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy (Ukraine), a production of Tandem Production (Germany).

2014
Happy Time Will Come Soon
by Alessandro Comodin (Italy/France), a co-production of Okta Film (Italy) and Shellac Sud (France).

2013
The Lobster by Yorgos Lanthimos, a production of Element Pictures (United Kingdom).

2012
Duncharon by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece), a co-production of Haos Films and Faliro House Productions (Greece), Maharaja Films (France) and The Match Factory GmbH (Germany).

2011
Touch Me Not by Adina Pintilie (Romania/France), a co-production of Manekino Film (Romania) and 4 Proof Film (Romania). 

2010
Layla Fourie by Pia Marais, co-production of Pandora Filmproduktion GmbH/DV8 Films/IDTV Film B.V (Germany/South Africa/the Netherlands)

2009
HIM by Lance Weiler, Seize the Media (US)

2008
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology by Sophie Fiennes, The Kasander Film Company (UK/the Netherlands)

2007
A Rational Solution by Jörgen Bergmark, Hepp Film AB (Sweden)
Pieds nus sur les limagces by Fabienne Berthaud, Agat Films & Cie (France)

2006
A Mexican Story by Arturo Aristakisian, No Dream Cinema (Mexico/Russia) 
Hei tie de ri zi by Wang Bing, Wang Bing Film Workshop / Aeternam Films (China)

2005
Five Worlds by filmmakers Sobhi al-Zobaidi (Palestina), U-Wei bin Hajisaari (Malaysia), Kamal Tabrizi (Iran), Homayoun Paiz (Afghanistan), Garin Nugroho (Indonesia) and producer leBrocquy Fraser Productions Ltd (Ireland)
Daratt by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, Chinguitty Films (France)