Award Categories

The European Wildlife Film Awards present the highest prize money for a nature film competition in Europe. The prizes are awarded in six categories. Five of the winners are selected by an independent jury. The winner of the Audience Award is chosen by the audience and will be awarded the following year.

• Best European Film: Wildlife

  This prize is awarded to the film that entails the most fascinating and impressive animal footage. The animals must be wild animals that are found in Europe.

  Endowed with 15,000 Euros

  Sponsor: German Wildlife Foundation

• Best European Film: Biodiversity

  The prize is awarded to the film that shows the diversity of European flora and fauna in a special way, presents wildlife habitats, natural areas, landscapes or ecosystems and, if applicable, addresses their endangerment.

  Endowed with 10,000 Euros

  Sponsor: VILSA-BRUNNEN Otto Rodekohr GmbH

• Best European Film: Nature Conservation

  The prize is awarded to an outstanding film that focuses on measures or people who are committed to the protection of nature and species. In addition to the problems of species extinction and the destruction of nature, solutions should also be shown.

  Endowed with 10,000 Euros

  Sponsor: German Wildlife Foundation

• Audience Award

  The viewers of the competition award marks to the films shown. The film with the best overall rating wins the Audience Favorite Award. Every film shown as part of the competition program has the chance to win the Audience Award.The prize will be awarded for the first time in February 2026.

  Endowed with 5,000 Euros

  Award sponsor: N. N.

• Best Story

  This award recognizes the best story in a film.

  Endowed with 5,000 Euros

  Sponsor: POPULAR GmbH

• Best Short Film

  The prize is awarded to a short film that manages to present a topic in a special way in 1 to 15 minutes. Decisive factors can be originality, cinematic quality, a good story or special aesthetics.

  Endowed with 2,500 Euros

  Sponsor: Frankonia Handels GmbH & Co. KG

We are thrilled! 245 films have been entered to the first European Wildlife Film Competition!

Our selection commitee for the feature length films has now picked 50 films for the „Official Selection 2025“.
These 50 films will be screened at the theatre of the Wildlife Embassy and are now beeing viewed by an independent jury in consideration for the different awards.