German Film Award / Best Foreign Film
The German Film Prize in the category Best Foreign Film was awarded to non-German films from 1996 to 2004 at the German Film Prize. The selection was made by a special jury, which only chose the winner in this category. When the members of the German Film Academy took over the election of the award winners in 2005 , the category was abolished.
Award winners
| year | Award winners | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Smoke | Wayne Wang |
| 1997 | Sense and sensuality | Ang Lee |
| 1998 | Brassed Off - With timpani and trumpets | Mark Herman |
| All or nothing | Peter Cattaneo | |
| 1999 | Life is Beautiful | Roberto Benigni |
| 2000 | Everything about my mother | Pedro Almodovar |
| 2001 | In the mood for love | Wong Kar-wai |
| 2002 | The piano player | Michael Haneke |
| 2003 | The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity | Stephen Daldry |
| 2004 | Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola |