With the German Animation Screenplay Award, the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (May 5-10, 2026) honours authors for high quality screenplays for an animated feature-length film. The prize for the best screenplay for an animated feature film comes with prize money of 2,500 €, sponsored by the Animation Media Creators Region Stuttgart (AMCRS). Furthermore the ITFS presents the award for the German screenplay with the biggest international market potential, endowed with 2,500 € donated by Sola Media. The aim of the German Animation Screenplay Award is to recognise the central role of screenwriters in the creation of outstanding films and to create incentives to develop extraordinary stories for animated film. Both awards will be presented on Thursday, May 7 at 19:00 CET as part of the AniX Awards at the Festival Centre / Eugen-Bolz-Saal, where the Trickstar Business Award for the most innovative business model will also be presented.
The nominated screenplays are:
- Dreamers – The Hunt for Shadowclaw | Script: Jörg Ihle, Dominik Hochwald, Robert Moreland, Alison James, Christopher Jenkins | Producer: Ulrich Schwarz, Ivy Stein
- Emmi & Einschwein – Einhorn kann jeder! | Script: Anna Böhm | Producer: Stephan Joachim Wagner
- Petronella Apfelmus – Der Film | Script: Claudio Winter, Seraina Nyikos | Producer: Dirk Beinhold, Valentin Greulich | Co-producer SERU Animation, funded by MFG
- Trüffel | Script: Sonja Knyssok
The jury consists of Matthias Drescher, Sophia Bierend, Solveig Langeland, Jørn Precht and Silke Wilfinger.
Learn more about the nominees in the Workshop-Talk: German Animation Screenplay Award – The Nominees on Thursday, May 7, 15:30 CET (Festival Centre / Veronika-Saal). Jørn Precht, Professor of Storytelling and Computer Animation at Stuttgart Media University, will present this year’s nominees for the German Animation Screenplay Award. The winning screenplay, “The Last Whale Singer,” which has already been adapted into a film, will also be presented by writer and director Reza Memari as well as producer Maite Woköck. It won the award for screenplay with the greatest international market potential at ITFS 2020. More information
