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Kick-off · 23 December 2026 · climax at 2:28 a.m. CET
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until the cult rises – in the light of the supermoon.
Kick-off: at 2:28 a.m. the cult rises.
The CultAWARD invites you to its kick-off in the night before Christmas Eve. The celebration lasts until the moment the full moon comes closer to the Earth than on any other night this year. Seventeen years after the first idea, a house opens for what a country loves together.
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The first certificates: 2010 to 2011
A look at the nominations of the first classes.
A woman reaches for the star
How Monique, the CultAWARD trophy, came about – from the first sketch to the 35-centimetre print.
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