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Awards

Melanie Waelde

4 wins & 16 nominations

Grimme Award

  • Arazay Zink Campis, Laila Mascher, and Aleyna Kus in Echt (2021)
    2022 Nominee Adolf Grimme Award
    • Children & Youth
    • Echt
    Shared with: Süheyla Schwenk · Anna Sofie Hartmann · Riccarda Schemann · Bahar Bektas · Jonas Lobgesang · Naomi Achternbusch · Sophia Bierend

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Nominee Best First Feature Award
    • Best First Feature
    • Naked Animals
  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Nominee Encounters Award
    • Naked Animals
  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Winner Best First Feature Award - Special Mention
    • Naked Animals

Dresden Film Festival

  • What We Were (2019)
    2019 Nominee Golden Horseman
    • Best Short Fiction Film - National Competition
    • What We Were
    Shared with: Hannah Martin

Giffoni Film Festival

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Nominee Gryphon Award for Generator +16
    • Best Film
    • Naked Animals

JuFinale - Bavarian Youth Film Festival

  • Motten (2017)
    2018 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Motten
  • Großer starker Bruder (2013)
    2014 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Großer starker Bruder

Palm Springs International ShortFest

  • What We Were (2019)
    2020 Nominee Best Student International Short
    • What We Were
    Shared with: Hannah Martin

São Paulo International Film Festival

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Nominee New Directors Competition
    • Best Fiction
    • Naked Animals

German Film Critics Association Awards

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2021 Nominee German Film Critics Award
    • Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)
    • Naked Animals
  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2021 Winner German Film Critics Award
    • Best Feature Film Debut (Bestes Spielfilmdebüt)
    • Naked Animals

New Faces Awards, Germany

  • Bad Influencer (2024)
    2025 Nominee New Faces Award
    • Director
    • Bad Influencer
    Shared with: Lilli Tautfest

Seville European Film Festival

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Nominee New Waves Award
    • Best Film
    • Naked Animals

Guanajuato International Film Festival

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Nominee International Feature Competition
    • Best Film
    • Naked Animals

Neisse Film Festival

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2020 Nominee Neiße-Fische
    • Best Feature Film
    • Naked Animals

Film Festival Cologne

  • Marie Tragousti, Sammy Scheuritzel, Luna Baptiste Schaller, Michelangelo Fortuzzi, and Paul Michael Stiehler in Naked Animals (2020)
    2019 Winner European Work in Progress
    • European Work in Progress ZOOM Medienfabrik Award
    • Naked Animals

Und Bitte!

  • What We Were (2019)
    2019 Nominee Und Bitte Award
    • What We Were
    Shared with: Hannah Martin
  • Motten (2017)
    2018 Nominee Und Bitte Award
    • Best Film
    • Motten
  • Irrdisch (2013)
    2013 Winner Und Bitte Award
    • Best Film
    • Irrdisch

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