writer, director etc. This prize can be awarded twice if required. Special Mentions of Mannheim-Heidelberg for a memorial film or special achievements like acting, photography, music, and montage. Up to three special mentions can be awarded. The International Film Critics Prize given by the FIPRESCI Jury for a film of the competition. Prize of the Ecumenical Jury given by the Ecumenical Jury for a film of the competition. Audience Award of Mannheim-Heidelberg for the film most liked by the Festival audience, regardless of genre and length. Recommendations of the Jury of Cinema Owners for a film of the competition which should be released theatrically in Germany. Master of Cinema Award In addition, since 1998 in sporadic intervals, the honorary Master of Cinema Award is issued to outstanding cineastic artist: 2017 – István Szabó 2015 – Olivier Assayas 2009 – Atom Egoyan 2006 – Aleksandr Sokurov 2004 – Wim Wenders, Edgar Reitz 2003 – Raoul Ruiz 2002 – Zhang Yimou 1999 – Otar Iosseliani 1998 – Theo Angelopoulos New Master of Cinema Award In addition, since 2013, the honorary New Master of Cinema Award is issued: 2014 – Geoffrey Enthoven 2013 – Frédéric Fonteyne List of award winners 2021 Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg Il Buco, Michelangelo Frammartino, Italy Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award – Best Screenplay Zero Fucks Given, Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre, France/Belgium Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award – Best Screenplay - Special Mention Haruhara-san's Recorder, Kyoshi Sugita, Japan FIPRESCI International Film Critics' Prize The Sleeping Negro, Skinner Myers, USA Prize of the Ecumenical Jury My Night, Antoinette Boulat, France/Belgium Award of the Student Jury The First Fallen, Rodrigo de Oliveira, Brazil Audience Award The First Fallen, Rodrigo de Oliveira, Brazil 2020 Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg My Mexican Breztel, Nuria Giménez Lorang, Spain Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award – Best Screenplay Single Cycle, Zhang Qi, China Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award – Best Screenplay - Special Mentions Come Closer, Saskia Walker and Ralf Walker, Germany; Beginning, Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgia/France FIPRESCI International Film Critics' Prize My Mexican Breztel, Nuria Giménez Lorang, Spain Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Una promessa, Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, Italy/France/Belgium Prize of Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention The Slaughterhouse, Abbas Amini, Iran Award of the Student Jury Lorelei, Sabrina Doyle, USA Award of the Student Jury - Special Mention Shithouse, Cooper Raiff, USA Audience Award Lorelei, Sabrina Doyle, USA 2019 Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg (ex aequo) The Grizzlies, Miranda