Sarnet's dark folklore fairy tale in high-contrast black and white received prize money of 10,000 EUR.

Bernadett Tuza-Ritter won the Award of the City of Wiesbaden for Best Director, with a monetary prize of 7,500 EUR, for the Hungarian/German film A Woman Captured.

Festival director Heleen Gerritsen said: “I am enthusiastic about the loyal goEast core audience, who met with great passion in the cinema, participated in film talks and was very open-minded about our innovations such as virtual reality. As a new director, you feel right at home.”

The International Film Critic's Award (FIPRESCI Prize) went to the Czech/Slovak film Ice Mother by Bohdan Sláma.

The complete list of goEast 2018 prize winners follows:

Best Film:
November (Estonia, Netherlands, Poland)
Directed by Rainer Sarnet
Produced by Homeless Bob Production
Coproduced by PRPL, Opus Film

Award of the City of Wiesbaden for Best Director:
A Woman Captured (Hungary, Germany)
Directed bu Bernadett Tuza-Ritter

Award of the Federal Foreign Office for Cultural Diversity:
The Other Side of Everything (Serbia, France, Qatar)
Directed by Mila Turajlić
Produced by Dribbling Pictures
Supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, Film Center Serbia, CNC – Cinémas du monde, Doha Film Institute and HBO Europe

International Film Critic's Award (FIPRESCI Prize) – Feature Film:
Ice Mother (Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, France)
Directed by Bohdan Sláma
Produced by Negativ
Coproduced by Why Not Productions, ARTILERIA , Česká televize, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, Barrandov Studios, i/o post 
Supported by the  Czech Film Fund, Creative Europe – MEDIA, Eurimages, CNC, Slovak Audiovisual Fund, Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

International Film Critic's Award (FIPRESCI Prize) – Documentary:
A Woman Captured

Open Frame Award:
Nominal Empire (Russia)
Denis Semenov and Natalia Severina

goEast Development Award
RETURN MY HANDS
Russia, Konstantin Selins