First Steps (Film Award)
First Steps - The German Young Talent Award (spelling: FIRST STEPS) has been an annual competition for graduation films by students at German-speaking film schools since 2000 , at which the First Steps Awards are presented. The prize was launched in 1999 as a private initiative of the film industry by producers Bernd Eichinger and Nico Hofmann . It is organized by the German Film Academy in partnership with ARRI , Mercedes-Benz , ProSiebenSat.1 TV Germany , UFA and Warner Bros.
Award
The First Steps Awards, endowed with a total of 112,000 euros, are now awarded to feature films, documentaries and advertising films in nine categories , as well as an undoped honorary award. All genres , formats and lengths are accepted for evaluation. Up to five films are nominated in advance in each category.
- Short or animated film up to approx. 25 minutes: 10,000 euros
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: 15,000 euros
- Full-length film: 25,000 euros
- Documentary: 12,000 euros
- Commercial Award for advertising films: 10,000 euros
- NO FEAR Award for production graduates: 10,000 euros
- Michael Ballhaus Prize for Camera Graduates: 10,000 euros
- FIRST STEPS script award: 10,000 euros
- Götz George award for young actors: 10,000 euros
Award winners (selection)
Four independent and annually reassembled juries decide on the nominations and the award of prizes in the various categories.
2019
- Short and animation film: are you listening, mother? Director: Tuna Kaptan, University of Television and Film Munich
- Medium-length film: From tomorrow I will ... , director: Ivan Marković, Berlin University of the Arts
- Full-length feature film: Futur Drei , director: Faraz Shariat, free submission
- Documentary: Out of Place , Director: Friederike Güssefeld, University of Television and Film Munich
- Commercial: Would You Listen? , Director: Veronika Hafner, University of Television and Film Munich
- NO FEAR Award: Romana Janik, Production 1986, German Film and Television Academy Berlin
- Michael Ballhaus Prize: Sabine Panossian, camera off season, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
- Screenplay Award: Jacob Hauptmann, screenplay Zeit der Monster , German Film and Television Academy Berlin
- Götz-George Young Talent Award: Drama Ensemble Banafshe Hourmazdi , Eidin Jalali , Benjamin Radjaipour in Future Three , Director: Faraz Shariat , Free Submission
- Honorary award: Andrea Hohnen
2018
- Short and animation film: In der Zwischenzeit / Meanwhile , director: Mate Ugrin, University of Fine Arts Hamburg
- Medium-length film: Am Himmel , director: Magdalena Chmielewska, Vienna Film Academy
- Full-length feature film: Hagazussa , director: Lukas Feigelfeld , German Film and Television Academy Berlin
- Documentary: Tackling Life Director: Johannes List, University of Television and Film Munich
- Commercial : myBorder's joyFence , director: Michael Kranz, University of Television and Film Munich
- NO FEAR Award: sooner or later , production: Marius Ehlayil , University of Television and Film Munich
- Michael Ballhaus Prize: Hagazussa , camera: Mariel Baqueiro, German Film and Television Academy Berlin
- Script award: The stork is dead , script: Janett Lederer, Baden-Württemberg Film Academy
- Götz George Young Talent Award: Zejhun Demirov in Oray , Academy of Media Arts Cologne
- Honorary award: Dieter Kosslick
2017
- Full-length feature films: The best of all worlds (Director: Adrian Goiginger )
- Medium length films: Final Stage (Director: Nicolaas Schmidt)
- Short and animation films: Watu Wote (Director: Katja Benrath )
- Script Award: Terra Murata (Script: Daphne Ferraro)
- Götz George Young Talent Award: Jonas Dassler in LOMO - The Language of Many Others
- NO FEAR Award for young producers: Watu Wote (Production: Tobias Rosen )
- Documentary: Without This World (Director: Nora Fingscheidt )
- Commercials: ABC of Death (Director: Dorian Lebherz, Daniel Titz)
- Michael Ballhaus Prize for camera graduates: LOMO - The Language of Many Others (camera: Michał Grabowski)
- Honorary award 2017: Nina Haun , caster
2016
- Full-length feature film: House without a roof (Director: Soleen Yusef)
- Medium length film: Henry (Director: Philipp Fussenegger )
- Short and animation film: Millimeterle (Director: Pascal Reinmann)
- No Fear Award for young producers: Fado (Production: Tara Biere)
- Documentary: Raving Iran (Director: Susanne Regina Meures )
- Commercial : Moonjourney (Director: Chiara Grabmayr)
- Michael Ballhaus Prize for camera graduates: Valentina (camera: Luise Schröder)
- Honorary Award: One Fine Day Films ( Sarika Hemi Lakhani , Marie Steinmann-Tykwer , Tom Tykwer )
2015
- Full-length feature film: Ma Folie (Director: Andrina Mračnikar , Vienna Film Academy )
- Medium-length feature film up to 60 minutes: Everything will be fine (Director: Patrick Vollrath , Vienna Film Academy )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Sadakat (Director: Ilker Çatak , Hamburg Media School )
- No Fear Award for production graduates: The Long Distance (Production: Simon Riedl , Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Documentary: Behind the Snowstorm (Director: Levin Peter , Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Commercial: Walk With Me (Director: Ju Lee, University of Television and Film Munich )
- Michael Ballhaus Prize for Camera Graduates: After Spring Comes Fall (Camera: Johannes Waltermann , Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf )
- Honorary award: Knut Elstermann
2014
- Full-length feature film: Los Ángeles (Director: Damian John Harper, University of Television and Film Munich )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Music (Director: Stefan Bohun, Vienna Film Academy )
- Short and animated film up to approx. 25 minutes: Bear (Director: Pascal Flörks, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- No Fear Award for production graduates : Backpack (Production: Sebastian Cordes, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Documentary: Human Love (Director: Maximilian Haslberger , Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Commercial: Save Your Skin (LUX) (Director: Andreas Bruns, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Michael Ballhaus Prize for Camera Graduates: Porn Punk Poetry (Camera: Julia Hönemann , Film Academy Baden-Württemberg )
- Honorary award: Heinz Badewitz
2013
- Full-length feature film: Lamento (Director: Jöns Jönsson, Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television , Babelsberg)
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Sunny (Director: Barbara Ott, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Short and animation film: Parvaneh (Director: Talkhon Hamzavi , Zurich University of the Arts )
- No Fear Award: Two Mothers (Production: Cosima Maria Degler , Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Documentary: Neuland (Director: Anna Thommen , Camera: Gabriela Betschart , Zurich University of the Arts )
- Commercial: MCP (Director: Tobias Haase , Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg )
- Honorary award: Rosa von Praunheim
2012
- Full-length feature film: Dust on Our Hearts (Director: Hanna Doose )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Sufficient (Director: Isabel Prahl )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Kellerkind (Director: Julia Ocker )
- No Fear Award: We are who again! (Production: Steffen Hofbauer)
- Documentary: Reality 2.0 (Director: Victor Orozco Ramirez)
- Commercial: Sky Nordpol (Director: Stephan Strubel)
- Honorary award: The editorial team of Das kleine Fernsehspiel
2011
- Full-length feature film: Kriegerin (Director: David Wnendt )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Papa (Director: Umut Dağ )
- Documentaries: The Photographer's Wife (Direction: Karsten Krause and Philip Widman ) and The Other Chelsea - A Story from Donetsk (Direction: Jakob Preuss )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Dígame (Director: Josephine Frydetzki)
- Commercial: We're not stealing from you either, are we? (Director: Judith Schöll)
- Honorary award: Gerd Ruge
2010
- Full-length feature film: Until the Blood - Brothers on Probation (Director: Oliver Kienle )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Philipp (Director: Fabian Möhrke )
- Documentary: A Summer Full of Doors (Director: Stefan Ludwig )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: A Lost and Found Box of Human Sensation (Directors: Martin Wallner, Stefan Leuchtenberg)
- Commercial : Roscosmos Edition I-III (Director: Florian Friedrich Dünzen)
- Special award camera: Shahada (camera: Yoshi Heimrath )
- Honorary award: Helene Schwarz
2009
- Full-length feature film: Gravity (Director: Maximilian Erlenwein )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: WAGs (Director: Joachim Dollhopf and Evi Goldbrunner )
- Documentary: The Measure (Director: Maik Bialk)
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: At the other end (Director: Philipp Döring )
- Commercial: Celebrate Sensuality (Direction: Hanna Maria Heidrich and Alex Eslam )
- Special award: Katharina Kress (screenwriter of Am Andere Ende )
- Honorary award: Susan Schulte
2008
- Full-length feature film: Night before Eyes (Director: Brigitte Maria Bertele )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: I'm gone when I'm sixteen (Director: Mark Monheim )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Robin (Director: Hanno Olderdissen )
- Documentary: Sonbol - Rally through the God state (Director: Niko Apel )
- Commercial Award (advertising films): Busballet (Director: Christian Mielmann) and Filmmaking : Fakir / Stunt (Director: Hanno Olderdissen , Markus Sehr )
- Honorary award: Stefan Aust
2007
- Full-length feature film: The Blind Spot (Director: Tom Zenker ) and Hotel Very Welcome (Director: Sonja Heiss )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: The Invisible Hand (Director: Dirk Lütter )
- Documentary: Ways of God (Director: Eva Neymann )
- Commercial: Schumann's Escape (Director: Tim Günther)
- Special Acting Award: Luise Berndt , Jagdhunde (Director: Ann-Kristin Reyels , HFF Babelsberg) and Mehdi Nebbou , Teresas Zimmer (Director: Constanze Knoche, HFF Babelsberg)
- Honorary award: Klaus Wowereit
2006
- Full-length feature film: Princess (Director: Birgit Grosskopf )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: End of a series (Director: Bastian Günther )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Fair Trade (Director: Michael Dreher )
- Documentary: The End of the Neubacher Project (Director: Marcus J. Carney)
- Commercial: Kiosk I + II (Director: Philip Haucke, Jens Junker)
2005
- Full-length feature film: Sleeper (Director: Benjamin Heisenberg )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Days of Night (Director: Jasmin L. Hermann)
- Short and animated films up to 25 minutes: Flea! (Director: Christine Wiederkehr )
- Documentary: Wrong Time in Wrong Place (Director: Tamara Milosevic )
- Commercial: Racing Beats (Direction: Steffen Hacker, Alexander Kiesl)
2004
- Full-length feature film: A pig in a poke (Director: Florian Schwarz )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: All Souls (Director: Markus Mörth )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Wackelkontakt (Director: Ralph Etter)
- Documentary: Janine F. (Director: Teresa Renn )
- Commercial: No counter-question 1-4 (Director: Frieder Wittich )
2003
- Full-length feature film: Stranger Friend (Director: Elmar Fischer )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: The Type (Director: Patrick Tauss)
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Tube Swapper (Director: Meike Walcha)
- Documentary: intimitaeten (Director: Lukas Schmid )
- Commercial: Heiser 1-3 (Director: Ulrike von Ribbeck , Birgit Möller )
2002
- Full-length feature film: First Marriage (Director: Isabelle Stever )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Towards the future through the night (Director: Jörg Kalt )
- Short and animated films up to 25 minutes: Everything different (Director: Ina Weisse )
- Documentary: The Pearl in the Poop (Director: Dirk Böll )
- Commercial: First Love (Director: Marc Lutz)
2001
- Full-length feature film: Das weisse Rauschen (Director: Hans Weingartner )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Mein Stern (director: Valeska Grisebach ) and Über Wasser (director: Kirsten Peters )
- Short and animated film up to 25 minutes: Last Help (Director: Gabriela D`Hondt)
- Documentary: Groundspeed (Director: Luzia Schmid )
2000
- Full-length feature film: Forget America (Director: Vanessa Jopp )
- Feature film up to 60 minutes: Quiero Ser (Director: Florian Gallenberger )
- Short and animated films up to 25 minutes: Hartes Brot (Director: Nathalie Percillier )
- Documentary: Dreckfresser (Director: Branwen Okpako ) and Nachttanke (Director: Samir Nasr )
Second steps
Since 2013, the German Film Academy has been offering the winners of the categories "Full-length feature film", "Feature film up to 60 minutes", "Documentary film", "NO FEAR Award" and "Michael Ballhaus Prize" a three-year junior membership free of charge. She also launched the MENTORSCHAFT project. Since August 2004, members of the academy have been sponsoring the annual winners of the FIRST STEPS young talent award. At their next film production, the winners will be professionally accompanied by a member from a section of their choice, advised on factual issues and artistically intensively supported.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Here come Germany's best young filmmakers. welt.de, August 22, 2015, accessed on February 13, 2017 .
- ↑ FIRST STEPS Award 2019: The winners and the jury statements for 2019. September 9, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 .
- ↑ FIRST STEPS AWARDS 2018 . Article dated September 24, 2018, accessed September 25, 2018.
- ↑ Award for Julia Hönemann , firststeps.de press release from April 1, 2016, accessed April 7, 2016