The winners in 2026 have been announced!
These are the winners of the 15th edition of the QUEER-STREIFEN festival Regensburg:
Most popular feature film
The non-monetary Audience Award for the best feature film goes to:
ON SERA HEUREUX / WE’LL FIND HAPPINESS
Canada, Luxembourg 2026 | 101 min | Original with German Subtitles | Directed by: Léa Pool
The story is set in several locations: Iran, France, Spain, Canada and Morocco. We follow a young illegal immigrant who is prepared to do anything to prevent the deportation of his Iranian lover. Unfortunate circumstances have forced him to hide in the cellar of a church.
The 2026 audience award for feature films goes to the deeply moving love story WE’LL FIND HAPPINESS, a Canadian film by Léa Pool.
Audience Awards at € 250 per short film programme, funded by
FEIL ARCHITEKTEN Partnerschaft mbB
The Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper
Germany 2026 | 8 min | Directed by: Rory Midhani
This short film is “actually” or “perhaps” about the meaning of life. How does one cope with carrying out one’s daily duties when one lives all alone and longs for closeness and physical contact? Or: “Is there more to this life than servicing the buoys?”.
The 2026 Audience Award for gay short films goes to the German short film “The Duties of a Lighthouse Keeper” by Rory Midhani.
Kode M (Code M)
Norway 2026 | 8 min | Directed by: Fride Mork
This short film is about identity, gender and football. It explores these themes in a light-hearted and relaxed tone, depicting a young trans boy’s first – and unsettling – experience of menstruation.
The 2026 Audience Award for queer short films goes to the Norwegian short film “Kode M” by Fride Mork.
Selma
Germany 2025 | 29 min | Directed by: Christina Maria Schmid
This short film tells a story that is both deeply personal and politically charged. At its heart, this film is about love, but also about fear, courage and the high price of standing idly by in the face of increasing oppression and violence. We meet two women who are trying to survive, remain true to themselves and support one another.
The 2026 Audience Award for lesbian short films goes to the German short film ‘Selma’ by Christina Maria Schmid.
QUEER-STREIFEN Jury Award Best Short Film (750 €):
The jury, consisting of Amrei Keul, Lukas März and Dominic Wittrin, awards the main prize 2026 to
Dickflip
Poland 2025 | 15 min | Directed by: Dominik Hadziewicz
Statement of the jury:
Sambor befriends a group of young men at the skate park. But, fearing they might find out he is trans, he gets into a row.
Throughout the film, the audience’s perspective remains closely focused on the main character, who moves between physical self-confidence in private and lingering insecurity in public spaces. Not being allowed to reveal one’s own identity is – it seems – the story’s ongoing conflict. The audience also takes this conflict for granted, given the widespread social resentment and structural discrimination against trans people around the world.
This makes the film’s ending all the more surprising, when it becomes clear that there is indeed room for everyone within the group, perhaps there always has been, even if much remains unspoken for the time being.
Through its concise narrative style and the precise use of cinematic storytelling techniques, the filmmakers manage to maneuver between tension, intimacy and light-heartedness. For this, we are awarding DICKFLIP by Dominik Hadziewicz this year’s Jury Prize in the International Short Film Competition.
