The annual SCORE Bernhard Wicki Award is a competition for extraordinary feature films and is decided on by audience vote. Our main award goes to the feature film with the highest audience rating in the competition.
The award itself was named after the great director Bernhard Wicki (1919-2000). With this award the Festival honours his services to German filmmaking as well as to the development of the Emden Film Festival in the years 1990 to 1999.
The SCORE Bernhard Wicki Award has a purse of € 10,000 provided by the SCORE GmbH.
Nominated Films:
Árru (N/S/FIN 2026) by Elle Sofe Sara Chéri, ich komme! – Die Erfindung der Lust (F 2026) by Reem Kherici Everything Must Go (N 2025) by Arild Østin Ommundsen Frühstück bei Audrey (F 2026) by Sophie Beaulieu Hangashore (CAN 2025) by Justin Oakey Heysel 85 (B/NL/D 2026) by Teodora Ana Mihai In a Whisper (F/TN 2026) by Leyla Bouzid Lebensansichten eines Huhns (D/GR/H 2025) by György Pálfi Muganga (F/B 2025) by Marie-Hélène Roux No Good Men (D/F/N/DK/AF 2026) by Shahrbanoo Sadat Once Upon a Time in a Cinema (IRE/D/B 2026) by David Gleeson Prosecution (D 2026) by Faraz Shariat Sommer auf Asphalt (D 2026) by Simon Ostermann Sunny Dancer (UK 2026) by George Jaques The Musicians (F 2025) by Grégory Magne Trad (IRE 2026) by Lance Daly What We Dreamed of Then (CAN 2025) by Taylor Olson