Robert Geisendörfer Prize
The Robert Geisendörfer Prize (spelling: Robert Geisendörfer Prize ) is the media prize of the Evangelical Church in Germany . It has been awarded annually since 1983 for works in the radio and television sector . The Robert Geisendörfer Prize recognizes journalistic achievements that deepen the Christian faith, promote human responsibility, promote social cohesion in groups and the avoidance of violence.
The prize is named after Robert Geisendörfer (1910 to 1976), who is considered the mentor of church journalism in post-war Germany. His name stands for a high profile evangelical engagement in the field of the media in the Federal Republic. The Bavarian pastor and church council was able to convey to the Evangelical Church as a whole at an early stage the decisive role that radio and television in particular would play in the new possibilities of communication.
From 1998 two radio and two television prizes will be awarded annually. The jury can also award a special prize. From 2004 a children's television prize will also be awarded. The winners will be presented with the "Robert Geisendörfer Medal" which is endowed with € 5,000.
Radio and television programs of all types and lengths can be submitted for the competition for the Robert Geisendörfer Prize. B. Documentaries, reports and features, radio plays, live broadcasts, television films, documentaries and series and series (each with up to three parts), spots, commentaries, discussion programs and meditations.
The public and private program providers in Germany can each submit two broadcast television productions. Radio providers can also submit two broadcast radio productions each. In addition to the programs nominated by the television and radio broadcasters, the respective pre-jury can propose up to three further radio and television productions for the competition.
Award winners
Radio category
2000
- Home in the foreigner, Dinka C. - a refugee fate, Karla Krause (book), DR radio play feature
- Conversations with the living and dead based on “Chernobyl - A Chronicle of the Future”, Swetlana Alexijewitsch (literary source), Frank Werner (radio play version), Ulrich Gerhardt (director), SR radio play
2001
- Visit by Bach, Andreas Berger (script and direction), MDR-1 Radio Saxony - Culture and Society
- Lisabetha, Susanne Krahe (book), Gottfried von Eine (director), Radio Bremen radio play
2002
- Not guilty. War criminals from the former Yugoslavia before the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Slavenka Drakulic (book), Nikolai von Koslowski (director), SFB / ORB feature
- One subject - one hour, legal? Illegal! I do not give a shit? - Where are the limits of state power ?, Thies Marsen (book), BR-Zündfunk
2003
- Everything for two marks. The Buchenwald prisoner brothel , Rosemarie Mieder (book), Gislinde Schwarz (book), Sabine Ranzinger (director), MDR (feature / artistic word)
- Ten years of Sibir, German forced laborers in Schadrinsk (1945-1948), Charlotte Drews-Bernstein (script and director), Barbara Entrup (director), SFB / ORB (SFB feature department)
2004
- Love that knows goodbye. Vom Leben mit Alzheimer, Karla Krause (book), Robert Matejka (director), DeutschlandRadio Berlin / BR (radio play and feature)
- The lonely conscience or: The way of Kurt Gerstein, Wolf Scheller (book), Hein Bruehl (director), WDR3 (feature and literature)
2005
- Barred world. Katrin L .: The story of an anorexia, Helga Dierichs (book), Nikolai von Koslowski (director), NDR Info (the feature)
- "And I saw an animal rise from the sea". Apocalyptic visions in contemporary world views, Hans-Eckehard Bahr (book), Antonio Pellegrino (director), BR (night studio)
2006
- Under the influence. Suicide exercises in Jonestown, Carrie Asman (book), Renate Jurzik (director), Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (feature)
- Hits from Heaven, Angela Behrens (book), Tobias Michatsch (program director), Hit-Radio Antenne (Evangelischer Kirchenfunk Niedersachsen)
2007
- The concrete horror of war. The Bundeswehr and Death, Udo Zindel (author), Nikolai von Koslowski (director), MDR (feature / artistic word)
- Der Kick, Andres Veiel , Gesine Schmidt (authors), Martin Zylka (director), RBB (radio play)
2008
- The world justice bazaar. The "Case Bhutan" and the United Nations Human Rights Council, Jörn Klare (author), Heide Schwochow (director), DLF (feature)
- Tödliches Erbe, Karla Krause-von Fumetti (author), Friederike Wigger (director), RBB (feature, cultural radio)
2009
- My dear Heinrich. A Low German family assembly, Elke Suhr (author), NDR Info (The Feature)
- My dear Anne! Feature based on letters and documents from the years 1933 to 1983, Ricarda Bethke (author), Thomas Zenke (director), DLF (background culture)
2010
- The assistant, Paul Plamper (author and director), Nils Kacirek (author), WDR (radio play / acoustic art)
- Herbst '89, Gethsemane Church Berlin. Protocols of a peaceful revolution, Claudia Klein and Sabine Smit (authors and directors), RBB (artistic word / feature)
2011
- Angelica. Approaching a Children's Life, Charly Kowalczyk (author), Deutschlandradio Kultur (feature / radio play)
- Burned in police cell No. 5. The death of the asylum seeker Oury Jalloh in Desssau, Margot Overath (author), MDR (feature / artistic word)
2012
- About someone who set out not to fear death , Karla Krause (author), Deutschlandradio Kultur (feature / radio play)
- Mr Meyer is now on TV, Jörn Klare (author) and Friederike Wigger (director), NDR (info / feature department)
2013
- Oops, wrong planet !, Gesine Schmidt (book), Walter Adler (director), DLF (radio play)
- Six days - six countries. Life in times of the euro crisis, Peter Heilbrunner , Edgar Heinz (editors), SWR (SWR3 / chief editor for radio)
2014
- Foreign mother, foreign child. Forced adoptions in the GDR, Gabriele Stötzer (book), Wolfgang Bauernfeind (director), MDR (feature / artistic word)
- Das Hacker-Syndrom, Johannes Nichelmann (book), Nikolai von Koslowski (director), WDR (radio art / feature)
2015
- Not enough, Chris Ohnemus (book), Martin Zylka (director), SR (radio play)
- Grandhotel für Alle !, Marianne Weil (script and direction), Deutschlandradio Kultur (radio play / production Wort)
2016
- Auschwitz stumbling blocks. Stumbling against oblivion, Christian Hinkelmann , Sharon Welzel (authors), NDR / N-Joy
- Illegal helpers, Maxi Obexer (book), Martin Zylka (director), WDR (radio art radio play)
2017
- Most Africans cannot swim, Holger Böhme (author), Stefan Kanis (director), Eva Löbau (actress), Devid Striesow (actor), MDR
- Nice new madness. A self-made conspiracy theory, Christian Schiffer , Christian Alt (authors), Nikolai von Koslowski (director)
2018
- Die Umsiedler , Anna Pein (author), Oliver Sturm (director), NDR, coproduction WDR
- Loud love words , Karlheinz Koinegg (author), Martin Zylka (director), WDR
2019
- Endstation Sahel , Martin Durm (author), Maidon Bader (director), SWR
- The fallen girls , Christiane Hawranek (author), Nadine Ahr (author), BR
Category television
2000
- Wonderful Wrodow, Rosa von Praunheim (script and direction), NDR culture documentary
- Florian - love with all my heart, Rodica Doehnert (book) Dominique Othenin-Girard (director), RTL fiction / TV movie
2001
- Unveiling a marriage, Nicole Walter-Lingen (book), Michael Verhoeven (director), Nina Hoger (performance), Dominique Horwitz (performance), SWR-FS-Film
- My God, Europe! How does the individual live European reality ?, Colin Luke (artistic director), arte-Dokumentationen - Magazine
2002
- Does he have work? , Beate Langmaack (book), Kai Wessel (director), ZDF / ARTE television play
- Teachers - unloved and drained. Working conditions of a difficult job, Anja Kretschmer (script and direction), SFB Church
2003
- The big drama, staging politics in permanent, election campaign, Stephan Lamby (script and direction), Klaus Radke (script and direction), PHOENIX
- The human catcher. The power of photos by Jupp Darchinger, Dieter Oeckl (script and direction), RTL (AZ Media TV)
2004
- Death in Gibraltar, Joakim Demmer (script and director), ZDF / 3sat (3sat film editor)
- Section 40, episode: Streets of the night, Christoph Darnstädt (book), Florian Kern (director), RTL (series)
2005
- 7 Brothers , Sebastian Winkels (script and direction), ZDF (Das kleine Fernsehspiel)
- the story: revenge on an air traffic controller. The second tragedy on Lake Constance , Caterina Woj ( script and direction), WDR (the story)
2006
- The case of Mischa E. The life of a murderer, Stella Tinbergen (script and direction), ARTE / ZDF (documentary film)
- Bella block. The carpenter's wife , Beate Langmaack (book), ZDF (television play)
2007
- Feuertod, Antonia Rados , (author and chief correspondent), RTL (editor-in-chief)
- Time without parents, Celia Rothmund (author and director), ZDF / 3sat
2008
- The Last Piece of Heaven , Michael Watzke (author), Jo Baier (co-author and director), BR (TV film)
- "My parents", Benedikt Fischer (author and director), HR (politics and society / horizons)
2009
- The discarded. The story of a deportation, Anita Blasberg , Marian Blasberg , Lutz Ackermann (authors and directors), ZDF (domestic politics)
- Polizeiruf 110 - Rosis Baby , Andreas Kleinert (Director), Alex Buresch , Matthias Pacht (Authors), BR (TV film)
2010
- Defeating the dragons, Franziska Buch (director), Rodica Doehnert (book), BR (TV film)
- Tiananmen. 20 years after the massacre - tell the victims, Thomas Weidenbach and Shi Ming (authors and directors), WDR (documentary / society)
2011
- Hunger , Marcus Vetter (script and direction), Karin Steinberger (script and direction), SWR (culture)
- Aghet - Ein Genölkermord , Eric Friedler (script and direction), NDR (culture and documentation)
2012
- And we're not the only ones , Christoph Röhl (script and direction), 3sat (film editor)
- Kehrewende , Johannes Rotter (book), Dror Zahavi (director), Dietmar Bär (actor), WDR (TV film / cinema / series)
2013
- The case of Jakob von Metzler , Jochen Bitzer (book), Stephan Wagner (director), Robert Atzorn (actor), ZDF (HR TV film I)
- Blaubeerblau , Beate Langmaack (book), Rainer Kaufmann (director), BR (series and multi-part series)
2014
- Nothing like before , Henriette Piper (book), Oliver Dommenget (director), SAT.1 (German fiction & co-production)
- Around the world in Germany. Israel in Berlin, Pierre M. Krause (moderator), deputy. for the team, EinsPlus / SWR (EinsPlus / digital projects)
2015
- To die for Allah? German warriors of God on the way to Syria, Peter Gerhardt , Ilyas Mec , Ahmet Senyurt , ( script and direction), HR (FS politics and society)
- Our mothers, our grandmothers in World War II, Julia Driesen-Rosenberg , Amrei Topcu , ( script and direction), VOX (program development / entertainment)
2016
- #A MomentDerStay. When refugees tell stories, Daniela Raskito , Sven Hille , ( script and direction), NDR (broadcasting line and trailer editing)
- The consequences of the act, Julia Albrecht, Dagmar Gallenmüller ( script and direction), WDR (FS politics and society)
2017
- La buena vida - The good life, Jens Schanze (script and direction), Börres Weiffenbach (camera), 3sat / ZDF (3sat film editor)
- Bataclan terminus. From bus driver to assassin, Alexander Smoltczyk (author), Grit Lederer (director), Maurice Weiss (camera), Radio Bremen / ARTE (producer: Irene Höfer)
2018
- Life afterwards , Eva and Volker A. Zahn (authors), Nicole Weegmann (director), WDR , coproduction Polyphon
- The poison of the Mafia , Christian Gramstadt (author, director), Radio Bremen / ARTE
2019
- See You , Sobo Swobodnik (author and director), Katya Mader (responsible editor), ZDF / 3sat
- Panorama - the reporters: Back in the East , Birgit Wärnke (author), NDR
Children's television price
The children's prize will be awarded from 2004.
2004
- Willi wills know, what does handicapped actually mean here? What's going on without a shelter? Andreas M. Reinhard (director, representative for the team), BR (children's program)
2005
- My best years, episode: First Love, Johann A. Bunners and Michael Petrowitz (book), RTL (strategic program development)
2006
- Beutolomäus is looking for Santa Claus, Wolfgang Lünenschloß , Carsten Schulte (book), Albert Schäfer (production), KI.KA (entertainment)
2007
- Our Ten Commandments - 5th Commandment: You shall not kill, Christa Streiber (editor in charge), Ingelore König (production). MDR (Editor: Children and Social Affairs)
2008
- pure +: My parents split up, Tina Kovár (editor), ZDF (children and youth)
2009
- König Drosselbart, Anja Kömmerling , Thomas Brinx (authors), Sibylle Tafel (director), HR (family, education, service)
2010
- Der Kleine und das Best, Marcus Sauermann (book), Uwe Heidschötter and Johannes Weiland (director), ZDF (children and youth / fiction)
- Krimi.de. rEchte Freunde, Christoph Eichhorn (director), KI.KA (fiction)
2011
- The clever farmer's daughter, Wolfgang Eißler (director), Gabriele Kreis (book), MDR (children & social affairs)
- The program with the mouse. Special: South Africa, Katja Engelhardt (script and direction), Ralph Caspers (moderation), WDR (children and family)
2012
- Strong! Aleyna - Little Miss Neukölln . Stefan Höh (director), Stephan Altrichter (director), ZDF (children and youth / information)
- Krimi.de - own goal. Anja Kömmerling (author), Thomas Brinx (author), HR education / family / service / children's program
2013
- Federica - Don't be afraid of the dead, Michael Maack (script and direction), MDR (children / social)
- Beauty and the Beast , Marcus Hertneck (book), Marc-Andreas Bochert (director), ZDF (children and youth)
2014
- pure + help, I'm a prejudice! , Tim Engelmann (editor in charge), deputy. for the team, ZDF (children and youth / pure +)
- Theo cannot be stopped, Matthias Eder (script and direction)
2015
- Mohammed on the run (from the series: Look into my world!) Guido Holz (author), Eva-Maria Grewenig (editor), MDR (children / social)
- The show with the elephant: Friendship special , Heike Sistig (editor in charge), deputy. for the team, WDR (children and family)
2016
- Club der rote Bänder , Arne Nolting , Jan Martin Scharf (authors), Richard Huber (deputy for the directing team), production: Bantry Bay Productions, Cologne, Vox (management)
- Strong! Rosa - Everyone can do something, Phillis Fermer ( script and director), ZDF (children and youth / information)
2017
- CHECKER TOBI. The life and death check, Birgitta Kaßeckert (editor responsible), Johannes Honsell (director), BR (children's program)
- LOOK INTO MY WORLD! JONS WELT, Marco Giacopuzzi ( script and direction), HR (children, family and service)
2018
- Planet Willi - The show with the elephant , Birte Müller-Wittkuhn and Matthias Wittkuhn (authors), Olivia and Willi WIttkuhn (contributors), WDR for KIKA
- City, Country, Bus - The Golden Tabaluga , Felix Kost (author and director), Leonie Litschko (author and director), ZDF
2019
- "Trudes Tier" in the show with the mouse , Marcus Sauermann (author), Henrike Vieregge (responsible editor), WDR
- The fairy tale of the Regentrude , Leonie Bongartz (author), Klaus Knoesel (director), NDR
Special award winner of the jury
2000
- ARD radio studio Southeast Europe in Vienna for reporting during the Balkan crisis (lead: Bayerischer Rundfunk)
2001
- Dieter Stolte , then director of ZDF, for his outstanding life's work as a journalist
2002
- Hannelore Hoger for her outstanding character portrayals
2003
- SWR 3-Topthema-Team, for a short radio report
2004
- Jo Baier , writer and director
2005
- Edgar Reitz , author and director
2006
- Mischka Popp and Thomas Bergmann , authors and directors
2007
- Heike Hempel , editor-in-chief of television game II and Das Kleine Fernsehspiel (ZDF)
2008
- WDR for its commitment to thalidomide, accepted by Monika Piel , director of the WDR and Adolf Winkelmann , director of "Contergan"
2009
- Hans Janke , the former head of TV play at ZDF for his outstanding service to German television
2010
- Volker Heise , artistic director of “24h Berlin - A Day in Life”, RBB / ARTE
2011
- Joachim Kosack , co-managing director of SAT.1
2012
- Ashwin Raman , crisis reporter and documentary filmmaker
2013
- Angela Fitsch for the editorial team of "hr2-Der Tag"
2014
- Gunnar Dedio , (producer), Jan Peter (director and co-author), Yury Winterberg (co-author) for “14 - Diaries of the First World War” , NDR, SWR, ARTE France, WDR, ORF
2015
- Jürgen Domian (moderator of "Domian", WDR / 1LIVE and WDR television)
2016
- Dunja Hayali (journalist and presenter of the ZDF morning magazine)
2017
- Dr. Gabriela Sperl (producer for the trilogy " In the Middle of Germany: NSU ")
2018
- Bettina Rühl , for her reporting from and about Africa
2019
- Florian Hager and Sophie Burkhardt (program management funk) for the conception and development of funk (media offer) , the joint content networks of ARD and ZDF
Sponsor and benefactor
- Evangelical Church in Germany
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria
- Joint effort of Evangelical Publizistik gGmbH
- Confederation of Protestant Churches in Lower Saxony
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
- Wolfgang and Gerda Mann Foundation - Media for Children
- Evangelical Academy Tutzing