Award of the Student Jury

This award makes the perspective of students at the IFFMH visible and goes to the film in the competition ON THE RISE with which the jurors make the most passionate connections.

The award is presented by the Student Jury, which consists of three film-enthusiastic students from the region.

This is our Student Jury 2024!

Allegra Bosch

Allegra Bosch, born in 2005, is studying German language and literature with media and communication studies in Mannheim. She is a Scheffel Prize winner, is involved in the Mannheim Literature Collective, performs at poetry slams and on the theater stage. She is a freelancer for the RHEINPFALZ newspaper in Ludwigshafen and knows almost every movie theater in the metropolitan region from the inside.

Linda Luna

Linda Luna is an actress and visual artist. She studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart and focuses on collage and video art. At the age of 13, she went to school in New Zealand on a full scholarship, where she majored in acting and art, among other subjects. In film, as in art, she is drawn to the elements of ambivalence, aesthetics and nature.

Sirus Naraghi Marin

Sirus Naraghi Marin was born in Madrid, grew up in Tehran and is studying Biology at the University of Heidelberg. In film, he sees a form of expression that appears differently to each viewer. Utilizing his mixed background and a balance of scientific and artistic perspectives, he brings a nuanced viewpoint to the film-festival.