The Ecumenical Jury at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival 2022 awarded its €2,500 prize to the Israeli-Ukrainian co-production "Valeria Is Getting Married" by Michal Vinik, and a Commendation to "The Dam" by Ali Cherri. The International Newcomer Award for Best Film in Competition was won by "You Won't Be Alone" by Goran Stolevski. "The Maiden" by Graham Foy received the FIPRESCI Award, the Student Award and an Honourable Mention from the International Festival Jury.
On 17.11, the Festival opened with the romantic comedy "Diary of a Parisian Affair" by Emmanuel Mouret. The Ecumenical Jury gave its awards to a film in the competition section "On the Rise", in which the festival showed a total of 16 films. Other sections included "Pushing the Boundaries", a retrospective, a children's film festival and "Facing New Challenges", in which the festival presents new forms of moving image beyond narrative cinema. Master classes were given by cinematographer Benoît Debie and director Alice Winokur.