GIEFF Student Film Award

The GIEFF Student Film Award is given for an outstanding film made during the course of study. Honourable mentions are also frequently awarded.

Manfred Krüger Award

The Manfred Krüger Award is given for good camera work on an ethnographic student film.

Manfred Krüger was an appreciated ethnographic cameraman, filming in Irian Jaya, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Mexico, USA, Burkina Faso, India and Europe. He was teaching not only in Germany but also in China and India. He was a co-founder of GIEFF e.V. helping always to find a new student awards. As he passed away in March 2018, friends decided to install a special award in his name for excellent camera work of social and cultural anthropology students.