German Film Critics' Prize
The German Film Critics' Prize is an award given by the Association of German Film Critics to the best German films that were shown in cinemas in the previous calendar year. The price of the German film critics is the only German Film Award , the only of film critics awarded. The announcement and award of the prizes will take place during the Berlinale .
The German Film Critics' Prize was awarded in changing categories between 1957 and 1968, since 1969 in the categories of best feature film and best short film , since 1980 in the category of best documentary , since 1981 in the category of best experimental film , since 2000 in the categories of best actor and best Actress , since 2001 in the categories Best Screenplay , Best Cinematography , Best Music , Best Editing and Best Feature Film Debut and since 2012 in the Best Children's Film category. A special award or honorary award has also been awarded since 2006.
Categories
- Best feature film
- Best feature film debut
- Best documentary
- Best children's film
- Best experimental film
- Best short film
- Best Actress
- Best Actor
- Best script
- Best camera
- Best music
- Best cut
Award winners
The year stands for the rated film year. The award ceremony took place in the following year.
2001
- Best feature film: The Inner Security of Christian Petzold
- Best feature film debut: The white noise by Hans Weingartner
- Best actress: Katrin Saß for Heidi M.
- Best actor: Jörg Schüttauf for Berlin is in Germany
- Best documentary: Absolut Warhola by Stanisław Mucha
- Best script: Achim von Borries , Karin Åström and Maria von Heland for England!
- Best camera: Jutta Pohlmann for England!
- Best music: Dieter Schleip for Die Einsamkeit der Krokodile and Rudi Moser, Christian Meyer and Roger Möhring for alaska.de
- Best editing: Bettina Böhler for Inner Security
- Best experimental film: The resonance of moments 2 by Karola Schlegelmilch
- Best short film: forklift driver Klaus by Jörg Wagner and Stefan Prehn
2002
- Best feature film: Half Staircase by Andreas Dresen
- Best Feature Film Debut: Regret Nothing by Benjamin Quabeck
- Best actress: Martina Gedeck
- Best actor: Daniel Brühl
- Best documentary: Rivers and Tides by Thomas Riedelsheimer
- Best script: Almut Getto for Fickende Fisch
- Best camera: Frank Griebe for Heaven
- Best music: Dieter Schleip for Der Felsen
- Best editing: Hana Müllner for Der Felsen
- Best experimental film: The other day 3 by Jochen Kuhn
- Best short film: The sleeping girl by Corinna Schnitt
2003
- Best feature film: Lights by Hans-Christian Schmid
- Best debut feature film: Bungalow by Ulrich Köhler
- Best actress: Marie Bäumer
- Best Actor: Devid Striesow
- Best documentary: women and men aged 65 and over by Lilo Mangelsdoff
- Best script: Daniel Nocke for you have Knut
- Best camera: Isabelle Casez for 7 brothers
- Best music: Niki Reiser for The Flying Classroom
- Best cut: Hansjörg Weißbrich for lights
- Best experimental film: Spring by Oliver Held
- Best short film: Me and the universe by Hajo Schomerus
2004
- Best Feature Film: are The Edukators by Hans Weingartner
- Best feature film debut: Schultze gets the blues by Michael Schorr
- Best actress: Julia Jentsch
- Best actor: August Diehl
- Best documentary: Die Spielwütigen by Andres Veiel
- Best script: Angela Schanelec for Marseille
- Best camera: Manuel Mack for fear of gunfire
- Best music: Andreas Grimm for Der Wixxer
- Best cut: Mona Bräuer for a tour of hell
- Best experimental film: Zygose by Arndt Stepper and Gonzalo Arilla
- Best short film: Living a Beautiful Life by Corinna Schnitt
2005
- Best feature film: Ghosts by Christian Petzold
- Best feature film debut: Netto by Robert Thalheim
- Best actress: Julia Jentsch
- Best actor: Axel Prahl
- Best Documentary: The Great Silence by Philip Gröning
- Best script: Holger Franke and Dani Levy for Alles auf Zucker
- Best camera: Hans-Günther Bücking for Schneeland
- Best music: Hans Zimmer and Nick Glennie-Smith for The Little Polar Bear 2 - The Mysterious Island
- Best editing: Patricia Rommel for ventricular fibrillation
- Best experimental film: You Killed the Undergroundfilm or The Real Meaning of Kunst sucht ... remains by Wilhelm Hein
- Best short film: Blackout by Maximilian Erlenwein
2006
- Best feature film: Requiem by Hans-Christian Schmid
- Best feature film debut: The Lives of Others by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Best actress: Sandra Hüller in Requiem
- Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others
- Best documentary: Behind the Couch by Veit Helmer and Germany. A summer fairy tale by Sönke Wortmann
- Best script: Wolfgang Kohlhaase for summer in front of the balcony
- Best camera: Hagen Bogdanski for The Lives of Others
- Best music: Bert Wrede for Knallhart
- Best editing: Patricia Rommel for The Lives of Others
- Best Experimental Film: Daumenlutscherin by Ute Ströer
- Best short film: Detectives by Andreas Goldstein
- Special prize: Brinkmanns Zorn by Harald Bergmann
2007
- Best feature film: Yella by Christian Petzold
- Best debut feature film: The Uneducated by Pia Marais
- Best Actress: Maren Kroymann in Pursued
- Best Actor: Ulrich Noethen in Mein Führer - The Truly Truth About Adolf Hitler
- Best documentary: Prater by Ulrike Ottinger
- Best script: Matthias Pacht and Alex Buresch for Real Life
- Best camera: Hans Fromm for Yella
- Best music: Dieter Schleip for Die Hochstapler
- Best Editing: Andrew Bird for On the Other Side
- Best experimental film: How I became a freelance travel companion by Jan Peters
- Best short film: Illusion by Burhan Qurbani
- Special prize: The heart is a dark forest , Nicolette Krebitz (director) and Bella Halben (camera)
2008
- Best feature film: Jerichow by Christian Petzold
- Best feature film debut: Hero's Welcome by Brigitte Bertele
- Best actress: Karoline Herfurth in One year in winter
- Best actor: Elmar Wepper in cherry blossoms - Hanami
- Best documentary: Elderflower by Volker Koepp
- Best script: Philipp Stölzl , Christoph Silber , Rupert Henning and Johannes Naber for Nordwand
- Best camera: Kolja Brandt for Nordwand
- Best music: Niki Reiser for In Winter One Year
- Best editing: Andreas Wodraschke for Dr. Inglés
- Best experimental film: Wrong Friends by Sylvia Schedelbauer
- Best short film: The secret sound of Michael Watzke
- Special award: Klaas Akkermann (film promoter)
2009
- Best feature film: The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story by Michael Haneke
- Best debut feature film: Salami Aleikum by Ali Samadi Ahadi
- Best Actress: Birgit Minichmayr in All Others
- Best Actor: Burghart Klaußner in The White Ribbon
- Best documentary: roller coaster by Peter Dörfler
- Best script: Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon
- Best camera: Christian Berger for The White Ribbon
- Best music: Fabian Römer for Die Tür
- Best cut: Hansjörg Weißbrich for Sturm
- Best experimental film: Painting Paradise by Barbara Hlali
- Best Short Film: Home of Bogdana Vera Lorenz
- Honorary Award: Ron Holloway
2010
- Best feature film: The Stranger by Feo Aladağ
- Best debut feature film: The Stranger by Feo Aladağ
- Best actress: Sibel Kekilli in Die Fremde and Sophie Rois in Drei
- Best Actor: Devid Striesow in Drei
- Best Documentary: In my Father's house are many mansions of Hajo Schomerus
- Best script: Feo Aladağ for Die Fremde
- Best camera: Judith Kaufmann for Die Fremde
- Best music: Stéphane Moucha & Max Richter for Die Fremde and Christoph M. Kaiser & Julian Maas for The Coming Days
- Best editing: Andrea Mertens for Die Fremde
- Best experimental film: Night at Olympia by Timo Schierhorn
- Best short film: Go Bash by Stefan Prehn and Stefan Eckel
- Honorary award: Heinz Badewitz
2011
- Best feature film: Stop on the open track by Andreas Dresen
- Best feature film debut: Almanya - Willkommen in Deutschland by Yasemin Şamdereli
- Best actress: Sandra Hüller in Über uns das All
- Best Actor: Milan Peschel in free stop on route
- Best documentary: Pina by Wim Wenders
- Best script: Yasemin and Nesrin Şamdereli for Almanya - Welcome to Germany
- Best camera: Daniela Knapp for Poll
- Best music: Ingo Ludwig Frenzel for Lollipop Monster ex aequo Benedikt Schiefer for Unter dir die Stadt
- Best editing: Toni Froschhammer for Pina
- Best experimental film: Bardzo by Gerhard Funk
- Honorary award: Darius Ghanai (leader designer )
2012
- Best feature film: Barbara by Christian Petzold
- Best feature film debut: Oh Boy by Jan-Ole Gerster
- Best Actress: Alina Levshin in Warrior
- Best actor: Lars Eidinger in What remains
- Best documentary: Das Ding am Deich by Antje Hubert
- Best children's film: Tom and Hacke by Norbert Lechner
- Best script: Bernd Lange for What remains
- Best camera: Jakub Bejnarowicz for The river was once human
- Best Music: The Major Minors and Cherilyn MacNeil for Oh Boy
- Best editing: Bettina Böhler for Barbara
- Best experimental film: Gradually by Benjamin Ramirez Perez
- Best short film: The Coffin Maker's Swing by Elmar Imanov
- Honorary award: Christel and Hans Strobel for services to German children's films
- Innovation award: Fred Kelemen for outstanding image design by Béla Tarrs The Turin Horse
2013
- Best feature film: The Other Home - Chronicle of a Longing by Edgar Reitz
- Best feature film debut: Tore tanzt by Katrin Gebbe
- Best actress: Antonia Lingemann in Bastard by Carsten Unger
- Best actor: Sascha Alexander Gersak in Tore tanzt and Murat Kurnaz in 5 years of life
- Best documentary: Master of the Universe by Marc Bauder
- Best children's film: Sputnik by Markus Dietrich
- Best script: Frauke Finsterwalder and Christian Kracht for Finsterworld by Frauke Finsterwalder
- Best camera: Gernot Roll for The Other Home - Chronicle of a Longing
- Best music: Martin Todsharow for sources of life by Oskar Roehler
- Best editing: Anne Fabini for Houston by Bastian Günther
- Best experimental film: A ghost is in Europe by Julian Radlmaier
- Best short film: How is the world so quiet by Susann Maria Hempel
- Honorary award: Wilhelm Hein for his commitment to underground cinema and independent and experimental film
2014
- Best feature film: Time of the Cannibals by Johannes Naber
- Best feature film debut: Miss Else by Anna Martinetz
- Best actress: Liv Lisa Fries for her roles in And tomorrow noon I'm dead and dam
- Best Actor: Sebastian Blomberg for his role in the time of the cannibals
- Best documentary: Deutschboden by André Schäfer
- Best children's film: Rico, Oskar and the deep shadows by Neele Leana Vollmar
- Best script: Stefan Weigl for Time of the Cannibals
- Best camera: Philip Gröning for The Policeman's Wife
- Best music: Sven Rossenbach and Florian van Volxem for The Beloved Sisters
- Best editing: Claudia Wolscht for The Beloved Sisters
- Best experimental film: Femminielli by Nino Pezzella
- Best short film: Raimund - One year before by Hans-Dieter Grabe
- Honorary award: Erika and Ulrich Gregor
- Special prize of the documentary film jury : Heinz Emigholz for the series of works Photography and beyond
2015
- Best feature film: The state against Fritz Bauer by Lars Kraume
- Best feature film debut: Missing by Gerd Schneider
- Best actress: Laura Tonke for her role in Hedi Schneider is stuck
- Best Actor: Burghart Klaußner for his role in Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer
- Best documentary film: The grounds by Martin Gressmann
- Best children's film: Hördur by Ekrem Ergün
- Best script: Dietrich Brüggemann for Heil
- Best camera: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen for Victoria
- Best music: Nils Frahm for Victoria
- Best editing: Vincent Assmann for Heil
- Best experimental film: Shift by Alexandra Gerbaulet
- Best short film: City of Elephants by Marko Mijatovic
- Honorary award: Joachim von Mengershausen
2016
- Best feature film: Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade
- Best feature film debut: Fado by Jonas Rothlaender
- Best actress: Lilith Stangenberg for her role in Wild
- Best actor: Josef Hader for his role in Before the Dawn
- Best documentary: Chamisso's shadow by Ulrike Ottinger
- Best children's film: At eye level by Evi Goldbrunner and Joachim Dollhopf
- Best script: Maren Ade for Toni Erdmann
- Best camera: Wolfgang Thaler for Before the Dawn
- Best music: Levin Kärcher and Alula Araya for Beti and Amare
- Best editing: Heike Parplies for Toni Erdmann
- Best experimental film: Havarie by Philip Scheffner
- Best short film: Telefon Santrali by Sarah Drath
- Honorary award: Helke Misselwitz
2017
- Best feature film: Western by Valeska Grisebach
- Best feature film debut: Self-criticism of a bourgeois dog by Julian Radlmaier
- Best actress: Clara Schramm / Naomi Achternbusch for her role in Blind & Ugly
- Best actor: Meinhard Neumann for his role in westerns
- Best documentary: Happy by Carolin Genreith
- Best children's film: Just one day by Martin Baltscheit
- Best script: Heinz Emigholz , Zohar Rubinstein for Streetscapes [Dialogue]
- Best camera: Reinhold Vorneider for The Dreamlike Path
- Best music: Ricardo Villalobos , Sonja Moonear , Athanassios Christos Macias , Roman Flügel , David Moufang , Romuald Karmakar for Thinking of Germany in the Night
- Best editing: Angela Schanelec , Maja Tennstedt for The Dreamlike Path
- Best experimental film: Never let summer come again by Alexandre Koberidze
- Best short film: Final Stage by Nicolaas Schmidt
- Honorary award: Werner Ružicka
2018
- Best feature film: The impossible picture of Sandra Wollner
- Best debut feature film: Alles ist gut by Eva Trobisch
- Best actress: Lina Beckmann for Do you sometimes feel burned out and empty?
- Best Actor: Arnel Taci , Kubilay Sarikaya , Muhammed Kirtan for Familiye
- Best script: Josef Bierbichler for two men in suits
- Best camera: Mariel Baqueiro for Hagazussa
- Best music: Ted Gaier for The Milan Protocol
- Best editing: Stephan Bechinger for The Impossible Picture
- Best children's film: Queen of Niendorf by Joya Thome
- Best documentary: Aggregat by Marie Wilke
- Best short film: Wulkania ( Mary Ocher , Felix Kubin ) ( Mariola Brillowska )
- Best experimental film: Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) ( Lukas Marxt )
- Honorary award: Rudolf Thome
2019
- Best feature film: Winter's Tale by Jan Bonny
- Best debut feature film: My End. Your beginning. by Mariko Minoguchi
- Best actress: Corinna Harfouch for Lara
- Best Actor: Alexander Fehling for The End of Truth
- Special prize for an ensemble of actors: Ricarda Seifried , Jean-Luc Bubert and Thomas Schubert for winter fairy tales
- Best script: Mariko Minoguchi for Mein Ende. Your beginning.
- Best camera: Benjamin Loeb for Winter Tales
- Best music: Pia Hoffmann for the music selection for Der Goldene Handschuh
- Best editing: Angela Schanelec for I was at home, but ...
- Best children's film: Fritzi - a turning miracle story by Ralf Kukula & Matthias Bruhn
- Best Documentary: home is a space of time of Thomas Heise
- Best short film: Dead Sea Dying by Katharina Rabel & Rebecca Zehr
- Best experimental film: Ada Kaleh by Helena Wittmann
- Honorary award: Gertrud Koch
Web links
- Official website of the Association of German Film Critics. V. with an overview of the categories and the prizes awarded
Individual evidence
- ↑ German Film Critics' Prize 2010 In: Association of German Film Critics (VdFk.de), accessed on February 24, 2020.
- ^ Prize of the German Film Critics 2012 , accessed on February 14, 2013
- ^ "Western" was awarded the German Film Critics' Prize ( Memento from February 20, 2018 in the web archive archive.today ). Retrieved February 20, 2018.
- ^ Prize of the German Film Critics - The Winners 2018 . In: Association of German Film Critics (VdFk.de) from February 11, 2019, accessed on February 13, 2019.
- ↑ The nominations for the German Film Critics Prize 2018 have been confirmed . In: Association of German Film Critics (VdFk.de) from January 23, 2019, accessed on January 23, 2019.
- ↑ “Winter Fairy Tales” receives the German Film Critics Award 2019 - All winners. In: Association of German Film Critics eV February 24, 2020, accessed on February 24, 2020 .
- ↑ Honorary Award of the German Film Critics 2019 to Gertrud Koch . In: Association of German Film Critics (VdFk.de) from February 24, 2020, accessed on February 24, 2020.