Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize
The film festival Max Ophüls Preis (original spelling) is an annual film festival in Saarbrücken for young filmmakers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It was founded in 1980 by Albrecht Stuby. Nucleus of the festival was that of the artist group workshop Koop organized Nachtstudio the Camera , a Saarbrücken cinema . At that time, 700 viewers attended the event, since then the number of audiences and the number of films submitted has risen steadily. In 2018 the festival had 43,500 visitors. It is regarded by experts as one of the most important forums for young German-speaking films. The 41st film festival took place from January 20th to 26th, 2020.
Awards and winners
The competition can German-speaking junior directors until the third full-length play - and documentary attend. Independent juries of experts are appointed annually to select the winners. The main jury decides, among other things, on the winners of the Max Ophüls Prize and the Film Prize of the Saarland Prime Minister. Other juries assess short films, documentaries and scripts or award the Ecumenical Jury Prize (Interfilm Prize until 2014) and the Youth Jury Prize. There are also audience awards for long, medium and short films.
Max Ophüls Prize
The namesake Max Ophüls (1902–1957), born in Saarbrücken, is considered one of the great European film directors of the 20th century. In 1933, Max Oppenheimer, who was born into a Jewish family, had to flee from the National Socialists and found refuge first in France and later in the USA. Max Ophüls returned to Europe in the 1950s.
With the eponymous main prize of the festival, the state capital honors directing work on a feature or documentary film with a length of approx. 60 minutes or more. The winner is determined by the competition jury. In 2008 the prize was endowed with 18,000 euros (including 3,000 euros worth of copies ) and a further 18,000 euros in distribution funding. Feature films and documentaries with a length of approx. 60 minutes or more could be nominated.
In 2017, the minimum length of the feature films to be nominated was defined as 65 minutes and the prize money was endowed with 36,000 euros. The German premiere of the film, which continues to be awarded by a jury, shares the award in three equal parts for the director, the producer and the distributor, who will release the film within twelve months of the festival.
Award winners
- 1980: The Willi Busch Report by Niklaus Schilling
- 1981: Taxi to the Toilet by Frank Ripploh
- 1982: E Nachtlang Füürland by Clemens Klopfenstein and Remo Legnazzi
- 1983: Café Malaria by Niki List
- 1984: Peppermint Peace by Marianne Rosenbaum
- 1985: Raffl by Christian Berger
- 1986: Not nothing without you by Pia Frankenberg
- 1987: Francesca by Verena Rudolph
- 1988: Wendel by Christoph Schaub
- 1989: Ice cream from Berthold Mittermayr
- 1990: Schalom General by Andreas Gruber
- 1991: Never in the life of Helmut Berger
- 1992: The Erdnußmann of Dietmar Klein
- 1993: wedding night by Pol Cruchten
- 1994: false pregnancy by Denis Rabaglia
- 1995: One of my oldest friends of Rainer Kaufmann
- 1996: The Mistrunner of Jörg Helbling
- 1997: Tired companions of Zoran Solomun
- 1998: Mammamia by Sandra Nettelbeck
- 1999: Three Below Zero by Simon Aeby
- 2000: Get out of here by Franziska Buch
- 2001: The white noise by Hans Weingartner
- 2002: My Russia by Barbara Gräftner
- 2003: My first miracle from Anne Wild
- 2004: Muxmäuschenstill by Marcus Mittermeier
- 2005: The day Bobby Ewing died from Lars Jessen
- 2006: Sleeper by Benjamin Heisenberg
- 2007: Full Metal Village by Cho Sung-hyung
- 2008: self-talk by André Erkau
- 2009: Universalove by Thomas Woschitz
- 2010: Gravity by Maximilian Erlenwein
- 2011: The Albanian by Johannes Naber
- 2012: Michael by Markus Schleinzer
- 2013: The shine of the day by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
- 2014: Love Steaks by Jakob Lass
- 2015: Chrieg by Simon Jaquemet
- 2016: One of us from Stephan Richter
- 2017: Seventeen by Monja Art
- 2018: Landrauschen by Lisa Miller
- 2019: The melancholy girl by Susanne Heinrich
- 2020: New building by Johannes Maria Schmit
Price for medium length films
The prize for directing medium-length films (feature films and documentaries between approx. 25 and approx. 65 minutes) from the competition was awarded for the first time in 2008 under the name BMW-Group-Förderpreis Film , was endowed with 7,500 euros and was sponsored by BMW . Since 2009, the prize for the best film from the Mittelanger Film competition has been awarded by an expert jury. It is donated by the Saarland Minister for Education and Culture Ulrich Commerçon and is endowed with 5,000 euros (as of 2019). An audience award for medium-length films has also been awarded since 2014. It is also endowed with 5,000 euros, donated by Sparkasse Saarbrücken (as of 2019).
Award winners
- 2008: Bad pictures from Stefan Schaller
- 2009: Torpedo by Helene Hegemann
- 2010: Battering ram by Marvin Kren
- 2011: Half servings from Martin Busker
- 2012: Christmas Eve with Lilli Thalgott's rabbit
- 2013: Level Three by Nathan Nill
- 2014: Visited in the forest by David Gruschka and Elena Gruschka
- 2015: Everything will be fine by Patrick Vollrath ; Honorable Mention: Foreign body from Christian Werner
- 2016: Invention of Trust by Alex Schaad
- 2017: Forest of Echoes by Maria Luz Olivares Capelle
- 2018: Best Man by Florian Forsch
- 2019: Label Me by Kai Kreuser
- 2020: Lychen92 by Constanze Klaue
Short film award
The prize for directing short films (up to approx. 25 minutes) is awarded by a separate jury. In 2013 the prize money was 5,000 euros and is being paid by the Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft Saarbrücken mbH (VVS).
Award winners
- 1995: His Mother's Voice by Oliver Paulus
- 1996: In Your Shoes by Christoph Röhl
- 1997: 12 pictures for Konrad by Katharina Werner and The wedding of Husam Chadat
- 1998: fake! by Sebastian Peterson
- 1999: Gfrasta by Ruth Mader
- 2000: Dobermann by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- 2001: I have to go by Florian Mischa Böder
- 2002: You and I, we can belong to each other by Sven Harguth
- 2003: Island of the Turtle by Maru Solores
- 2004: gray area of Karl Bretschneider
- 2005: Rain Is Falling by Holger Ernst
- 2006: 37 without onions by André Erkau
- 2007: Fair Trade by Michael Dreher
- 2008: Dark red by Frauke Thielecke
- 2009: Schautag by Marvin Kren
- 2010: close season by Irene Ledermann
- 2011: Between Heaven and Earth by York-Fabian Raabe; Honorable Mention: Armadingen
- 2012: DVA by Mickey Nedimovic
- 2013: group photo of Mareille Klein
- 2014: Where we are by İlker Çatak
- 2015: Sadakat by İlker Çatak ; Honorable Mention: Discipline by Christophe M. Saber
- 2016: Pitter Patter Goes My Heart by Christoph Rainer
- 2017: The transfer of Michael Grudsky
- 2018: Sacrilège by Christophe M. Saber
- 2019: Boomerang by Kurdwin Ayub
- 2020: The best orchestra in the world by Henning Backhaus
In addition, an audience award for short films from the Energie SaarLorLux competition is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Actor Awards
This award is given for outstanding performance in the field of acting. The Max Ophüls Prize: Best Young Actors (Leading Role) is endowed with 3,000 euros and is provided by SHS Strukturholding Saar GmbH . The Max Ophüls Prize: Best Young Actors (supporting role) has the same price level and is donated by the festival sponsors (as of 2019).
Award winners
- 1989: Karina Fallenstein and Horst Günter Marx
- 1990: Anne-Laure Luisoni and Klaus Rohrmoser
- 1991: Julia Jäger and Thomas Kretschmann
- 1992: Maria Schrader and Andreas Herder
- 1993: Anna Thalbach and Til Schweiger
- 1994: Katja Studt and Johannes Brandrup
- 1995: Claudia Michelsen and Fritz Karl
- 1996: Christiane Paul and Felix Eitner
- 1997: Jule Ronstedt and Lars Rudolph
- 1998: Marie Zielcke and Simon Schwarz
- 1999: Janina Sachau and Xaver Hutter
- 2000: Henriette Heinze and Marco Girnth
- 2001: Jana Thies and Florian Stetter
- 2002: Marie-Luise Schramm and Michael Finger
- 2003: Maria Simon and David Rott
- 2004: Johanna Bantzer and Stipe Erceg
- 2005: Lavinia Wilson and Jacob Matschenz
- 2006: Anna Fischer and Ludwig Trepte
- 2007: Gabriela Hegedüs and Florian Bartholomäi
- 2008: Alice Dwyer and Jörg Pohl
- 2009: Irina Potapenko and Sergej Moya
- 2010: Nora von Waldstätten and Sebastian Urzendowsky
- 2011: Sarah Horváth and Burak Yiğit
- 2012: Peri Baumeister and Michael Fuith
- 2013: Jasna Fritzi Bauer and Maximilian Mauff
- 2014: Liv Lisa Fries and Vincent Krüger
- 2015: Lore Richter and Benjamin Lutzke
- 2016: Odine Johne and Ben Münchow
- 2017: Elisabeth Wabitsch and Leonard Kunz
- 2018: Loane Balthasar (leading role) and Anna Suk (supporting role)
- 2019: Joy Alphonsus and Simon Frühwirth
- 2020: Maresi Riegner and Mehdi Meskar
Film award from the Saarland Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of Saarland awards the Max Ophüls Prize: Best Director , which is awarded for a German premiere at the Max Ophüls Prize film festival. It is endowed with 5,500 euros and is supplemented by a distribution grant of 5,500 euros.
Award winners
- 1987: Young people in the city by Karl Heinz Lotz
- 1988: Butterflies by Wolfgang Becker
- 1989: The white dwarfs by Dirk Schäfer
- 1990: Caracas by Michael Schottenberg
- 1991: Heaven or Hell by Wolfgang Murnberger
- 1992: The Blue Hour by Marcel Gisler
- 1993: Frankie, Jonny & the others by Hans-Erich Viet
- 1994: India by Paul Harather
- 1995: Under the Milky Way by Matthias X. Oberg
- 1996: The Ant Route by Michael Glawogger
- 1997: Honey and Ashes by Nadia Fares
- 1998: The Siebtelbauern by Stefan Ruzowitzky
- 1999: Oi! Warning from Benjamin and Dominik Reding
- 2000: Paul Is Dead by Hendrik Handloegten
- 2001: The attack by Florian Flicker
- 2002: Fucking fish by Almut Getto
- 2003: Oltre il confine by Rolando Colla
- 2004: Michael Sturminger's son of a bitch
- 2005: Hallesche Kometen by Susanne Irina Zacharias
- 2006: Princess of Birgit Grosskopf
- 2007: Karger from Elke Hauck
- 2008: Alone in four walls by Alexandra Westmeier
- 2009: A Moment of Freedom by Arash T. Riahi
- 2010: Picco by Philip Koch
- 2011: Flying fish have to go into the sea by Güzin Kar
- 2012: Transpapa by Sarah-Judith Mettke
- 2013: Talea by Katharina Mückstein
- 2014: Family fever from Nico Sommer
- 2015: Drifting by Karim Patwa
- 2016: Fado by Jonas Rothlaender
- 2017: Vanatoare by Alexandra Balteanu
- 2018: Blue My Mind by Lisa Brühlmann
- 2019: Cronofobia by Francesco Rizzi
- 2020: Goods once revolutionaries of Johanna Moder
Documentary Award
The Max Ophüls Prize: Best Documentary Film is awarded by the jury to a film from the Documentary Film Competition. It is made available by Saarland Medien GmbH and is endowed with 7,500 euros (as of 2019).
Award winners
- 2006: Mañana al Mar by Ines Thomsen
- 2007: Exile Family Movie by Arash T. Riahi
- 2008: Alone in four walls by Alexandra Westmeier
- 2009: Alias of Jens Junker
- 2010: Nowhere . Kosovo by Silvana Santamaria ; My globe is broken in Rwanda by Katharina von Schroeder
- 2011: The Other Chelsea - A Story From Donetsk by Jakob Preuss ; Honorable Mention: Sleeves
- 2012: The Pope is not a jeans boy from Sobo Swobodnik
- 2013: Dragan Wende - West Berlin by Dragan von Petrovic and Lena Müller
- 2014: Earth's Golden Playground by Andreas Horvath
- 2015: Beyond Punishment by Hubertus Siegert ; Honorable Mention: The Böhms architecture of a family by Maurizius Staerkle Drux
- 2016: Girls Don't Fly by Monika Grassl
- 2017: Without this world by Nora Fingscheidt
- 2018: Global Family by Andreas Köhler and Melanie Andernach
- 2019: Hi, Ai from Isa Willinger
- 2020: Rules on the tape, at high speed by Yulia Lokshina
Audience award
The director of the film with the most audience votes will receive the audience award. It is made available by Saarland Sporttoto GmbH and is endowed with 5,000 euros (as of 2019).
Award winners
- 1986: Westerners from Wieland Speck
- 1988: For example Otto Spalt by René Perraudin
- 1991: The rhinestone by Andreas Höntsch
- 1993: crutch of Jörg Grünler
- 1994: India by Paul Harather
- 1995: Doom for Fred Kelemen
- 1996: In addition to the time of Andreas Kleinert
- 1997: Lea by Ivan Fíla
- 1998: Endurance test by Janek Rieke
- 1999: April children of Yüksel Yavuz
- 2000: Tuvalu by Veit Helmer
- 2001: Birthday of Stefan Jäger
- 2002: My brother the vampire by Sven Taddicken
- 2003: Kiki & Tiger by Alain Gsponer
- 2004: Muxmäuschenstill by Marcus Mittermeier
- 2005: Another league from Buket Alakuş
- 2006: Mondscheinkinder by Manuela Stacke
- 2007: A matter of taste by Ingo Rasper
- 2008: Novemberkind of Schwochow
- 2009: Very close to you from Almut Getto
- 2010: Until the blood - brothers on probation from Oliver Kienle
- 2011: The Sandman by Peter Luisi
- 2012: Doll, Icke & the fat one by Felix Stienz
- 2013: Kohlhaas or the proportionality of the means by Aron Lehmann
- 2014: High performance by Johanna Moder
- 2015: Sanctuary of Marc Brummund
- 2016: scraps! by Max Zähle
- 2017: The Migrants by Arman T. Riahi
- 2018: Cops by Stefan A. Lukacs (feature film), Endling by Alex Schaad (medium- length film), sorry, I'm looking for the table tennis room and my girlfriend by Bernhard Wenger (short film)
- 2019: Kaviar by Elena Tikhonova (feature film), Die Schwingen des Geistes by Albert Meisl (medium- length film), Stilles Land Gutes Land by Johannes Bachmann (short film), Congo Calling by Stephan Hilpert (documentary film)
- 2020: We stay a little longer by Arash T. Riahi (feature film), Masel Tov Cocktail by Arkadij Khaet and Mickey Paatzsch (medium length film), Trading happiness - Trao doi hanh phúc by Duc Ngo Ngoc (short film), Lost in face by Valentin Riedl (documentary film)
Prize for the socially relevant film
The prize was awarded for the first time in 2014 and is endowed with 5,000 euros. The prize money is donated by the Federal Agency for Political Education and Deutschlandradio Kultur .
- 2014: Men show films & women show their breasts by Isabell Šuba
- 2015: Cure - The Life of Another by Andrea Štaka
- 2016: Home country of Michael Krummenacher , Jan Gassmann, Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp and Mike Scheiwiller
- 2017: Club Europa by Franziska M. Hoenisch
- 2018: Cops by Stefan A. Lukacs
- 2019: Joy by Sudabeh Mortezai
- 2020: Tucké Royale for books and drama in a new building
Prize of the youth jury
A specially convened jury of schoolchildren awards a film from the competition films with the prize of the youth jury. The 2014 student jury prize was endowed with 2,500 euros. The Federal Agency for Political Education and the State Agency for Political Education in Saarland bear the prize money .
Award winners
- 2003: Ravioli by Peter Payer
- 2004: Muxmäuschenstill by Marcus Mittermeier
- 2005: Truth or Dare by Jan Martin Scharf and Arne Nolting
- 2006: Between the lines by Thomas Wartmann
- 2007: Big Lies from Jany Tempel
- 2008: Force majeure by Lars Henning Jung
- 2009: Little Sunday by Philipp Ramspeck
- 2010: Until the blood - brothers on probation from Oliver Kienle
- 2011: Station pirates from Michael Schaerer
- 2012: Fortress by Kirsi Marie Liimatainen
- 2013: 5 years of life of Stefan Schaller
- 2014: Men show films & women show their breasts by Isabell Šuba
- 2015: Sanctuary of Marc Brummund
- 2016: The Nightmare of AKIZ
- 2017: The remains of my life by Jens Wischnewski
- 2018: Out in my head by yew maleen cancer
- 2019: Nevrland by Gregor Schmidinger
- 2020: Just a moment from Randa Chahoud
Fritz Raff Screenplay Award
The Saarland Rundfunk and ZDF awarded a prize for the screenplay of a film competition to its author. This is endowed with 13,000 euros.
Award winners
- 1998: Sandra Nettelbeck for Mammamia
- 1999: Dagmar Knöpfel for Requiem for a Romantic Woman
- 2000: Barbara Albert for the northern edge
- 2001: Stefan Jäger for Birthday
- 2002: Stefan Haupt for Utopia Blues
- 2003: Bernhard Weirather for Ikarus
- 2004: Ruth Mader , Martin Leidenfrost and Barbara Albert for Struggle ; Jan Henrik Stahlberg for Muxmäuschenstill
- 2005: Michael Proehl for a pig in a poke
- 2006: Benjamin Heisenberg for Sleepers
- 2007: Tom Streuber and Ingo Rasper for pure taste
- 2008: Nana Neul for My Friend from Faro
- 2009: Ina Weisse and Daphne Charizani for The Architect
- 2010: Maximilian Erlenwein for gravity
- 2011: Verena S. Freytag for Abgebrannt ; Nick Baker-Monteys for The Man Who Jumped Over Cars
- 2012: Lars Blumers for Mike
- 2013: Katharina Kress for Shards Park
- 2014: Stefanie Veith and Ivana Lalovic for Sitting Next To Zoe
- 2015: Karim Patwa and Michael Proehl for drifting
- 2016: Bernadette Knoller and Paula Cvjetkovic for vacation
- 2017: Julia C. Kaiser and Jens Wischnewski for The Remains of My Life
- 2018: Lisa Miller for Landrauschen
- 2019: Daniela Gambaro and Francesco Rizzi for Cronofobia
- 2020: Iliana Estañol and Johanna Lietha for Lovecut
Ecumenical Jury Prize
The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (until 2014: Interfilm Prize ) goes to a film “that articulates existential and social questions and problems in a special way and implements them in a film-aesthetic manner.” The prize was in 2014 with a (jury) invitation to visit a film festival endowed.
Award winners
- 1992: Quiet shadows from Sherry Hormann
- 1993: Long corridor by Yılmaz Arslan
- 1994: World Champion by Zoran Solomun
- 1995: One of my oldest friends of Rainer Kaufmann
- 1996: The head of the Moor by Paulus Manker
- 1997: Engelchen by Helke Misselwitz
- 1998: Endurance test by Janek Rieke
- 1999: Drachenland by Florian Gärtner
- 2000: Despair of Marcus Lauterbach
- 2001: Alaska.de by Esther Gronenborn
- 2002: Utopia Blues by Stefan Haupt
- 2003: Kiki & Tiger by Alain Gsponer
- 2004: The glass look from Markus Heltschl
- 2005: by Thomas Durchschlag alone
- 2006: 37 without onions by André Erkau
- 2007: Exile family movie by Arash T. Riahi
- 2008: Hello goodbye from Stefan Jäger
- 2009: A Moment of Freedom by Arash T. Riahi
- 2010: Suicide Club by Olaf Saumer
- 2011: Silberwald by Christine Repond
- 2012: Dr. Ketel by Linus de Paoli
- 2013: 5 years of life of Stefan Schaller
- 2014: Seme - Don't hit to win. Win then beat Il Kang
- 2015: Drifting by Karim Patwa
- 2016: The Nightmare of AKIZ
- 2017: Vanatoare by Alexandra Balteanu
- 2018: Landrauschen by Lisa Miller
- 2019: The melancholy girl by Susanne Heinrich
- 2020: Jiyan by Süheyla Schwenk
Max Ophüls Prize: Best Film Music
The prize for the best film music from the documentary film competition is advertised by Saarland Medien GmbH and donated by the Strecker Foundation. It is endowed with 5,000 euros.
Award winners
- 2016: Passion for Planet by Werner Schuessler, music: Jörg Magnus Pfeil , Siggi Mueller , Patrick Puszko
- 2017: Wren - Diary of a friendship from Ivo Zen, music: Trixa Arnold, Ilja Komarov
- 2018: Germania by Lion Bischof, music: Matthias Lindermayr and Lion Bischof
- 2019: Let the Bell Ring by Christin Freitag, music: Jonathan Ritzel
- 2020: Lost in face by Valentin Riedl , music: Antimo Sorgente
Honorary award
- 2012: Alfred Holighaus
- 2013: Michael Ballhaus
- 2014: Gabriele Pfennigsdorf
- 2015: Hans W. Geissendörfer
- 2016: Nico Hofmann
- 2017: Peter Rommel
- 2018: Doris Dörrie
- 2019: Iris Berben
- 2020: Rosa von Praunheim
No longer awarded prizes
Film music award
The film music award of Saarland Medien GmbH was awarded for “the best compositional achievement, the integration of sound design and film music and also the originality of songwriting and interpretation” . This was linked to a grant that the director of the film could decide on by mutual agreement with the composer or sound artist, be it for marketing the award-winning film or for a new film project. In 2008 the funding totaled 3,000 euros.
(The Max Ophüls Prize has existed since 2016 : Best film music for the best film music from the documentary film competition. It is advertised by Saarland Medien GmbH and donated by the Strecker Foundation . It is endowed with 5,000 euros.)
- 2004: Pipermint ... possibly the life of Meret Becker
- 2005: pig in a poke by Fabian Römer
- 2006: Sleeper by Lorenz Dangel
- 2007: Prussian gang star by Benjamin Krbetschek
- 2008: soliloquies of Dürbeck & Dohmen
- 2009: I've never been so happy with Dieter Schleip
- 2010: Plato's Academy by Nikos Kypourgos
DEFA Foundation Award
The DEFA Foundation awarded a grant to a film from the Spectrum series as a grant of 4,000 euros, which could be increased for “particularly innovative film art projects” .
- 2005: By a thread from Katarina Peters
- 2006: Father and enemy of Susanne Jäger
- 2007: Thoughts are free of Saara Aila Waasner
- 2008: Just one summer from Tamara Staudt
- 2009: A part of me from Christoph Röhl
- 2010: Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
- 2011: Anduni - Home Away From Home by Samira Radsi
- 2012: Das Ding am Deich - On the resistance against a nuclear power plant by Antje Hubert
- 2013: The Captain and His Pirate by Andy Wolff
- 2014: Journey To Jah by Noël Dernesch and Moritz Springer
- 2015: Mülheim Texas - Helge Schneider here and there by Andrea Roggon
Special prize of the jury
- 1982: O as in Oblomow for Sebastian C. Schröder
- 1983: Wild clique for Hannelore Conradsen and Dieter Köster
- 1986: Fire in the mountains for Fredi M. Murer
- 1987: Zischke for Martin Theo Krieger
- 1988: Forget Snider for Götz Spielmann
- 1992: The flying children for Benedict Neuenfels (camera)
- 2002: Towards the future through the night for Jörg Kalt
- 2010: Fabian Hinrichs for his role in Gravity
- 2011: Inside America for Barbara Eder ; Honorable mentions: Days that remain for Pia Strietmann; 180 ° - When your world suddenly turns upside down for Cihan Inan
Short film sponsorship award
- 2003: Mr. Thomaschek's plan from Ralf Westhoff
Long film sponsorship award
- 1982: The night of the fate of Helmer von Lützelburg
- 1983: In the year of the snake by Heide Breitel
- 1984: Inside and outside by Andreas Gruber
- 1985: Benno Trautmann's death jumper
- 1986: Black and no sugar by Lutz Konermann
- 1987: Zischke from Martin Theo Krieger
- 1988: Nabuli by Ellen Umlauf
- 1989: head fire by Erwin Michel Berger
- 1990: Dietmar Hochmuth searches for a motif
- 1991: Schlammbeißer by Charly Weller
- 1992: Bellinvitu - Nice invitation from Nino Jacusso
- 1993: thirst of Martin Weinhart
- 1994: Adamski by Jens Becker
- 1995: My unknown husband from Andreas Dresen
- 1996: Cuba Libre by Christian Petzold
- 1997: Tempo by Stefan Ruzowitzky
- 1998: Gesches Gift von Walburg von Waldenfels
- 1999: Plus-minus zero by Eoin Moore
- 2000: Northern edge by Barbara Albert
- 2001: As a grandfather Rita Hayworth loved von Iva Švarcová
- 2002: Full throttle from Sabine Derflinger
- 2003: We at Martin Gypkens
- 2004: Darn love of Peter Luisi
- 2005: Netto from Robert Thalheim
- 2006: Mañana al Mar by Ines Thomsen
Prize of the SZ readers' jury
- 1997: Strong Shit by Till Schauder
- 1996: The Mist Runner , Lawrence Grimm for his role in the Jörg Helbling film
- 1995: The beginning of something by Nikolaus Leytner
- 1994: The fatal Maria by Tom Tykwer
- 1993: Paul Scheuer's ladies tour
- 1992: I Was on Mars by Dani Levi
- 1991: Rudi from Solingen by Dietmar Klein
- 1990: Schalom General , Rainer Egger (actor)
- 1989: Purgatory or The trip to the penitentiary by Willi Hengstler
- 1988: The girl with the lighters by Ralf Huettner
- 1987: Hidden Love of Gottfried Junker
- 1986: Noa un der Cowboy by Felix Tissi
- 1985: King Kongs Faust by Heiner Stadler
- 1984: Right in the heart , Beate Jensen (actress)
- 1983: The second face of Dominik Graf
- 1982: It's a shame that concrete doesn't burn from November film production
- 1981: Day - Times have changed by Gerhard Mandler
- 1980: The end of the rainbow by Uwe Frießner
Femina film award
- 1996: Juno "Cookie" Englander for the assembly of El chiko
- 1997: Katharina Wöppermann for furnishing Tempo
- 1998: Monika Willi for the assembly of Suzie Washington
- 1999: Judith Kaufmann for the Drachenland camera
- 2000: Christine Maier for the camera from Nordrand
- 2001: Sophie Maintigneux for the camera of L'amour, l'argent, l'amour
- 2002: Monika Buttinger for the costumes of Vollgas
Producer price
- 1996: Dor Film Produktions GmbH, Vienna
- 1997: Ö-Film, Berlin
- 1998: Schramm Film Koerner & Weber, Berlin
- 1999: Zero Film, Berlin
- 2000: Maran Film , Stuttgart
Unifilm Prize
- 1983: Chervonetz by Gábor Altorjay
- 1984: Transatlantique by Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf
- 1985: Akropolis Now by Hans Lichtig
- 1986: Walkman Blues by Alfred Behrens
- 1997: Shahrzadeh Scampolo & Jimmy Jenseits von Romeo Grünstelder
Artistic director
- Albrecht Stuby (1979–1990)
- Martin Rabius (1991/1992)
- Christel Drawer (1993-2002)
- Boris Penth (2003-2005)
- Birgit Johnson (2006/2007)
- Gabriella Bandel and Philipp Bräuer (2008–2014)
- Gabriella Bandel and Program Manager Oliver Baumgarten (2015/2016)
- Svenja Böttger (from 2017)
Web links
- Film festival website
- Max Ophüls Prize on the SR website
- Literature on the film festival Max Ophüls Prize in the Saarland Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Stegentritt: The workshop co-op. The history of the Saarbrücken artist group . AQ-Verlag, Saarbrücken 2010, ISBN 978-3-922441-97-7
- ↑ The 'nucleus' of the Ophüls Festival . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung from January 18, 2012
- ↑ Festival portrait | Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Max Ophüls Prize goes to director Thomas Woschitz. In: Internet pages of the Tagesschau . January 31, 2009, archived from the original on February 1, 2009 ; Retrieved February 1, 2009 .
- ↑ Program 2020 on the festival website, accessed on January 21, 2020.
- ↑ Current news : Max-Ophüls-Preis 2008 for director André Erkau and his film “Self-talk” / Kleines Fernsehspiel on ZDF also receives awards for film music and actors. January 21, 2008, accessed July 4, 2008 .
- ↑ a b c d prices | Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize. Retrieved January 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Stefan Schaller wins the BMW Group Film Advancement Award (medium-length films) for "Bad Pictures" Press release of January 22, 2008
- ^ Max Ophüls Prize: BR coproduction "Girls Don't Fly" awarded , BR, accessed on March 2, 2016
- ↑ a b c An overview of all award winners. In: Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis. Retrieved April 12, 2019 .
- ^ Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize: Honorary Prize . Retrieved December 14, 2017.
- ↑ Salzburger Nachrichten: Doris Dörrie receives the Ophüls Prize of Honor 2018 . Article dated December 13, 2017, accessed December 14, 2017.
- ^ "Max Ophüls Preis": Honorary award for director Rosa von Praunheim. In: Deutschlandfunk.de . November 6, 2019, accessed November 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Article on the 30th anniversary of the festival, Saarbrücker Zeitung, accessed on March 20, 2010 ( Memento from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Philipp Bräuer leaves the artistic direction of the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, article on the Max Ophüls Prize homepage, accessed on December 17, 2014
- ↑ Oliver Baumgarten becomes the new program director, article on the Max Ophüls Prize homepage, accessed on December 17, 2014 ( Memento from December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Svenja Böttger becomes the new artistic director | Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize. (No longer available online.) In: www.max-ophuels-preis.de. Archived from the original on May 29, 2016 ; accessed on April 12, 2019 .