Edimotion is the oldest festival in Europe to focus exclusively on the editing process. This year, the Cologne festival celebrated its 21^st edition, offering once more a platform specifically to features, documentaries and short films from the German-speaking region. With film screenings but also panels and workshops, the festival encourages the dialogue between filmmakers and their audience.

Besides a special focus this year on films from the UK, the main programme is organised into three main sections: feature films, documentaries, and short films, and a best editing prize goes to one project in each category. Among the feature films nominated were The Trouble with Being Born [+lee también:
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entrevista: Sandra Wollner
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entrevista: Burhan Qurbani
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entrevista: Bettina Oberli
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The latter, Swiss editor Kaya Inan, was awarded the prize of € 7,500. The jury composed by five members, among them directors Antonin Svoboda (Cry Baby, Cry [+lee también:
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entrevista: Antonin Svoboda
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entrevista: Nora Fingscheidt
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The main award in the documentary section, also connected to a money prize of € 7,500, went to Bettina Böhler, editor and director of Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bettina Böhler
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entrevista: Milo Rau
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entrevista: Salomé Jashi
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Both juries together also decided on the winners of a special prize named “The Edit Space,” endowed with € 2,500. It went to the young editing duo Famil Aghayev and Fabio Thieme for their work on the mockumentary and short film Suite by Fabio Thieme.

Each year, the festival also pays a tribute to an editor for his or her career. With Ingrid Koller, this edition honoured for the first time an Austrian editor (The Best of All Worlds [+lee también:
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Artistic director Kyra Scheurer and administrative director Jenny Krüger draw a positive conclusion on this year's edition of the festival, that earned on top of everything the label of being the first festival in North Rhine-Westphalia to take place on a complete climate-neutral basis, by reducing CO2 emission on every level.

Here is the complete list of award winners at Edimotion:

Award for the Best Editing in a Feature Film (NRW Schnitt Preis Spielfilm)
My Wonderful Wanda [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bettina Oberli
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Award for the Best Editing in a Documentary (NRW Schnitt Preis Dokumentarfilm)
Schlingensief – A Voice that Shook the Silence [+lee también:
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entrevista: Bettina Böhler
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The Edit Space Award - The Young Talent Award
Suite – Fabio Thieme (Germany)

Tribute
Ingrid Koller (Austria)