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AWARDS FOR GERMAN DOCUMENTARIES AT LEIPZIG 2012

SOFIA’S LAST AMBULANCE (SOFIAS LETZTE AMBULANZ) by Ilian Metev (BG/DE/HR, Sutor Kolonko) won the Silver Dove – Long Metrage. BOUCHBENNERSCH OTTO/HOW TO TREAT DIFFERENTNESS (BOUCHBENNERSCH OTTO/VOM ... more

AWARDS FOR GERMAN PRODUCTIONS AT MONTREAL 2012

INVASION by Dito Tsintsadze (DE/AT, Pallas Film, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion) won the Special Grand Prix of the jury. BRIGITTE HOBMEIER was awarded as Best Actress for the film CLOSED ... more

TWO PRIZES FOR GERMAN PRODUCTIONS AT THE LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL

LORE by Cate Shortland, Rohfilm (DE/AU/GB) won the Prix du Public UBS at the Locarno International Film Festival at the weekend. LORE is based on the eponymous novella from the ... more

AWARDS FOR GERMAN PRODUCTIONS AT GIFFONI 2012

FÜNF FREUNDE (FAMOUS FIVE) by Mike Marzuk, Samfilm, won the Best Film Gryphon Award in the Elements +6 section DAS HAUS DER KROKODILE (VICTOR AND THE SECRET OF CROCODILE MANSION) by Cyrill Boss and ... more

AWARDS FOR GERMAN PRODUCTIONS IN UTAH 2012

Cinematography Award for Documentary Filmmaking for the Danish-German co-production PUTIN'S KISS by Lise Birk Pedersen (German co-producer: Kloos & Co. Medien) at Sundance. Slamdance Awards for ... more

AWARDS FOR GERMAN PRODUCTIONS AT SAO PAULO 2011

Aina Levshin was awarded Best Actress for her role in KRIEGERIN (COMBAT GIRL) by David Wnendt, mafilm. The Audience Award for Best Fiction Film International ... more

AWARDS FOR GERMAN PRODUCTIONS IN CHICAGO 2011

STERNTALER (STAR TALERS) by Maria von Heland, Bavaria Film Produkion, was awarded the 2011 Best of Fest Award. The Swiss-German short THE BROTHER by Jesús Pérez and Elisabeth Hüttermann won ... more

AWARDS AT ROME 2011

HOTEL LUX by Leander Haussmann (Bavaria Pictures, Beeplex Film Productions, Colonia Media Filmproduktion, herbX film, LI Filmproduktion, Little Shark Entertainment, Pirol Film, ... more

PRIZES AT SAN SEBASTIAN IFF 2011

Jan Zabeil's debut feature THE RIVER USED TO BE A MAN (DER FLUSS WAR EINST EIN MENSCH) with Alexander Fehling (production company: Rohfilm, Berlin) was presented with the New ... more

PRIZES FOR GERMAN FILMS AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS

Florian Cossen’s THE DAY I WAS NOT BORN won the Grand Jury Prize/Best Film at SANFIC in Santiago de Chile (19-27- August 2011), Brigitte Maria Bertele was named Best Director for THE FIRE at Montreal ... more

ANDREAS DRESEN WINS IN CANNES 2011

Andreas Dresen and his team received standing ovations from the audience at the world premiere of his new film STOPPED ON TRACK (HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE) when it showed in Un Certain Regard. On ... more

AWARDS FOR GERMAN FILMS IN JANUARY 2011

FIPA - International Festival of Audiovisual Programs, Biarritz (24 - 31 January 2011)

Fipa d'Or for Best Screenplay
Niki Stein for BIS NICHTS MEHR ... more

The awards at the 63rd Locarno International Film Festival Locarno

The awards were presented on Saturday evening at the end of the first festival edition under the new artistic director Olivier Père:

The jury awarded Jasna Duricic with the Leopard for ... more

Prizes from Silverspring to Moscow

Two German documentariwes received awards at the 8th Silverdocs International Documentary Film Festival (22 – 27 June, 2010) in Silver Spring, Maryland. In the competition for feature-length ... more

Awards in June 2010

Christian Ulmen was named Best Actor at the awards ceremony of the 13th Shanghai International Film Festivals (12 – 20 June, 2010) for his role in WEDDING FEVER IN CAMPOBELLO (MARIA IHM SCHMECKT’S ... more

Awards for German shorts in Huesca and Annecy

The jury of the 38th Festival de Cine de Huesca (4 -12 June, 2010) presented the dffb production SPARROWS (SPATZEN) by Jan Speckenbach with the Grand Prix of the International Short Film Competition, ... more

Awards for German productions at the TV festivals in Monte Carlo and Shanghai

Big success for Diana Amft at the 50th Monte Carlo Television Festival (6 – 10 June 2010) Diana Amft was recognised as an outstanding actress for her performance as Gretchen Haase in the RTL ... more

Success for German producers in Cannes 2010

The awarding of the Golden Palm to UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES by Apichatpong Weerasethekul in this year’s Competition was a cause for celebration for the two Cologne companies ... more

Golden Autumn for German films

Director Supriyo Sen received the „Grand Prize“ for his short documentary WAGAH at the 51st Zinebi – International Festival of Documentary and Short Film in Bilbao (23 – 28 November, ... more

Several prizes for German films in Spain

The jury of the 54th Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (23 - 31 October, 2009) gave two of its prizes to DER AMPELMANN by Giulio Ricciarelli: after its world premiere in the Short Film ... more

Prizes for German films this autumn

The “Special Prize of the Jury” and the “Audience Award” at the 28th International Short Film Festival Uppsala (19.-25.10.2009) went to WAGAH by Supriyo Sen. The 4th Festival Internazionale di ... more

Winners at international film festivals

The 57th San Sebastian International Film Festival came to an end last Saturday. Several prizes went to German films and international co-productions. Sherry Hormann's literary adaptation DESERT ... more

Prizes for German films at 66th Venice International Film Festival

Three competition entries with German participation received honours at the awards ceremony of the 66th Venice International Film Festival on Sunday evening. SOUL KITCHEN (DE/FR/IT) by the Hamburg ... more

Successful awards ceremony for German films at the 62nd Locarno Film Festival!

PIANOMANIA by Robert Cibis and Lilian Franck was named the Best Film of the Critics' Week (Settimana della Critica) that afternoon. The entertaining documentary about a passionate piano-tuner had ... more

July: Prizes for German films at festivals in Marseilles, Jerusalem, Giffoni and Pärnu

The Grand Prix of the International Competition at the renowned Festival International du Documentaire de Marseille (8 - 13 July) went to Thomas Heise for his documentary MATERIAL. Two German ... more

German films received prizes at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Director Andreas Dresen received the prize for "Best Director" for his competition entry WHISKY WITH VODKA (WHISKY MIT WODKA). WAGAH by Supriyo Sen was named „Best Documentary Film under 30 ... more

Awards for German productions at the TV festivals of Shanghai and Monte Carlo

Two German productions came away with a Magnolia Award at last Friday's awards ceremony of the 15th SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL TV FESTIVAL (8 - 13.6.2009): The drama WELCOME HOME (WILLKOMMEN ZUHAUSE) ... more

Golden Palm for Michael Haneke's THE WHITE RIBBON (DAS WEISSE BAND)

Germany as a production hub was very successful at yesterday's awards ceremony of the 62nd Cannes International Film Festival. Not only did Michael Haneke's German competition entry THE WHITE RIBBON ... more

WALTZ WITH BASHIR wins 66th Golden Globe

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has awarded the Golden Globe in the category of “Best Foreign Language Film” to the animated documentary WALTZ WITH BASHIR by Ari Folman for Israel. The film ... more

Emily Atef wins Grand Prix in Sao Paulo

German films were not only in large numbers in the competition, but also in the festival's other sections. Altogether, the festival showed 29 German films and co-productions. The New Directors ... more

German shorts on a successful international run

THE BABY (DAS BABY) by Falco Jagau was awarded the Grand Prix as Best Short Film at the first edition of the I’ve Seen Films Short Film Festival founded by Rutger Hauer in Milan (22 - 26.09.2008). ... more

Prizes for German films at Venice and Montreal

Special Prize of the Jury and Best Screenplay for TEZA, Golden Lion for Werner Schroeter in Venice The International Jury of the 65th Venice International Film Festival under the presidency of ... more

Prizes for German films at Locarno International Film Festival 2008

The German-Polish co-production 33 SCENES FROM LIFE (33 SZENEN AUS DEM LEBEN) by Malgoska Szumowska received the Special Jury Prize and the Second Prize of the Youth Jury. The film was produced on ... more

Five prizes for German films at Giffoni International Childrens and Youth Film Festival

In the section Free to Fly, which presents films for an audience of 12 to 14-year-olds, both of the first prizes went to German productions. LEROY by Armin Voelckers won the Golden Gryphon for the ... more

Success for German films at Shanghai International Film Festival

For the fourth time, German Films organised Focus Germany in cooperation with the Shanghai International Film Festival. The event was opened in a sold-out cinema with BLIND SPOT (DER BLINDE FLECK) in ... more

Audience Awards for two German films at the Seattle International Film Festival

CHERRY BLOSSOMS - HANAMI (KIRSCHBLUETEN – HANAMI) by Doris Doerrie celebrated its US premiere there and was presented with the Best Film Golden Space Needle Award by the audience. Another hit with ... more

Awards for German films at the TV festivals in Monte Carlo and Shanghai

The following German productions were prize-winners at the 48th Monte-Carlo Television Festival (June 8 – 12, 2008): The ZDF/ARTE production TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE (TAXI ZUR HOELLE) by Alex Gibney ... more

German animation films successful in Annecy

The Audience Award in the feature film competition was picked up by Hayo Freitag for THREE ROBBERS (DIE DREI RAEUBER). In the competition for short TV productions, ENGEL ZU FUSS by Saschka Unseld and ... more

Three prizes for German documentaries and shorts at 48th International Film Festival in Krakow

Two German documentary productions were showing in the competition for feature-length films both won prizes: the co-production REVUE (PREDSTAVLENYE) by Sergei Loznitsa (DE/RU/UA) was presented with ... more

TURKISH FOR BEGINNERS (TUERKISCH FUER ANFAENGER) wins prize in Banff (Canada)

The series TURKISH FOR BEGINNERS (TUERKISCH FUER ANFAENGER) by the production company Hofmann&Voges won the main prize in the category of DRAMA/TELENOVELA AND SERIAL PROGRAMS. The ... more

Prizes for German documentaries at international festivals in São Paulo, Paris, Thessaloniki and Prague

The German production COSMONAUT POLYAKOV by Dana Ranga was named the Best Feature-Length Film at the International Documentary Film Festival It’s all true which ended in São Paulo at the weekend. The ... more

ON THE LINE (AUF DER STRECKE) wins in Clermont-Ferrand

The jury decision was unanimous. Reto Caffi accepted the festival's main prize endowed with Euro 4,000 in person. In his 30-minute short drama he gently tells the story of a Zurich department store ... more

Prizes for German films at International Festivals

HOUNDS (JADGHUNDE) by Ann-Kristin Reyels received the “New Voices/New Visions Award” at the Palm Springs International Film Festival (3 -14 January 2008). The German-international co-production ... more

Prizes for German films at the 21st FIPA

No less than two distinctions went to the film CONTERGAN by Adolf Winkelmann in the competition section Television Series: - the Main Prize (FIPA D’OR) for the Best Screenplay to Benedikt Roeskau ... more

Prizes for German films at international festivals

Fatih Akin's THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE) was awarded the Premio de la Critica at the Sevilla International Film Festival (2-10 November, 2007). GHETTO by Thees Klahn won the "Best ... more

Prizes for German shorts in Bilbao, ?ód? and Tirana

Press Release 6 December 07 The jury of the 49th International Documentary and Short Film Festival ZINEBI in Bilbao (26.11.-01.12.2007) awarded the Mikeldi de Plata Animación to ANHALTER by Daniel ... more

Prizes, and yet more prizes for German films showing abroad

THE COUNTERFEITERS (DIE FAELSCHER) by Stefan Ruzowitzky (AT/DE) was awarded the Grand Prix for Best Film at the Flanders International Film Festival – Ghent, which was held from October 9-20, 2007. ... more

Successful Summer for German Short Films

Sylke Rene Meyer’s FILIZ IN FLIGHT (FILIZ FLIEGT) took home Giffoni’s Silver Gryphon and Marc Brummund was awarded the Premio della Rivista “Il Piccolo Missionario” for GAINING GROUND (LAND ... more

SHANGHAI TV FESTIVAL PRESENTS MAGNOLIA AWARDS TO THREE GERMAN PRODUCTIONS

The two-parter DIE FLUCHT by Kai Wessel was presented with the Golden Magnolia in the TV Film category. Producer Nico Hofmann had come to Shanghai for the award ceremony and thus was able to accept ... more

Student Oscar for NEVERMORE (NIMMERMEER) from Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the finalist for the "Honorary Foreign Film Award' as part of this year's 34th presentation of the "Student Academy Awards". The ... more

German winners at international festivals

The International Documentary Festival was held in Chicago from March 30 to April 8. The documentary LOSERS AND WINNERS by Ulrike Franke and Michael Loeken was honoured there twice: a Honorable ... more

German documentaries successful in São Paulo and Paris

Two German documentaries won prizes in the International Competition of the 12th International Documentary Film Festival It's All True which came to a close in São Paulo last Sunday: The € 5,000 Euro ... more

Great success for German films in Mar del Plata

Sandra Hueller was named Best Actress for her role as "Rita" in Maria Speth's MADONNAS (MADONNEN) at the awards ceremony of the 22nd Mar del Plata International Film Festival (8 - 18 March, 2007) ... more

Berlinale 2007: Silver Bear for Nina Hoss

Nina Hoss was awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actress during the awards ceremony of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival (2007). As ... more

Five German films received awards at the 36th Rotterdam International Film Festival (24.01.-04.02.2007) and at the 29th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film F

In Rotterdam, the jury gave one of the four Tiger Awards to THE UNPOLISHED (DIE UNERZOGENEN) by Pia Marais (production company: Pandora Film). The “Tiger Award” in the competition for first and ... more

Awards for German films at the FIPA in Biarritz

No less than three German productions received awards at the 20th jubilee of the renowned FIPA TV festival (Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels), which was held in Biarritz from January ... more

Several prizes for German films at international festivals

The most important North American independent festival in Sundance came to a close last Sunday. The „World Cinema Jury Prize" in the 'Dramatic' category was awarded to the Israeli-German ... more

German films successful at international festivals

The 6th Marrakesh International Film Festival (1 - 10 December, 2006) ended on a successful note for German cinema last Sunday. The only German film in the festival THE RED COCKATOO (DER ROTE ... more

Several awards for German films at international festivals

The AFI Fest, which was held in Los Angeles from 1-12 November 2006, awarded the Audience prize to the short FAIR TRADE by Michael Dreher. The German-international co-production GRBAVICA by Jasmila ... more

Various German Films awarded at several international festivals

At the 14th Hamptons International Film Festival, which ended last Sunday, the German film EMMA’S BLISS by Sven Taddicken received two awards. The audience chose it for “Best Feature Film“ of the ... more

Several awards for German films in Copenhagen

Several prizes went to German films at the 4th Copenhagen International Film Festival. Ulrich Muehe received the prize for Best Actor for his portrayal of a Stasi officer in the drama THE LIVES OF ... more

Several German films win awards at international festivals

The production WARCHILD by Christian Wagner received the prize for Best Screenplay at the 30th Montréal World Film Festival. While the festival was still underway WARCHILD was invited to screen at ... more

GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE GERMAN FILMS AT THE AWARDS CEREMONY OF THE 59TH LOCARNO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Golden Leopard for the Best Film was awarded to DAS FRAEULEIN by Andrea Staka (CH/DE) at Saturday's prize-giving for the 59th Locarno International Film Festival. The film's German co-producer is ... more

German shorts successful around the globe

press release 1 August 2006 Two of a total of five Centaur main awards presented at the „Message to Man" Festival St. Petersburg (19 - 28 July 2006) in the International Competition for Debut ... more

Jens Harzer wins Best Lead Actor at Moscow International Film Festival

The news that a German film had won a prize in the competition of the Moscow International Film Festival for the first time in many years was greeted with great jubilation by the lead actor Jens ... more

Four Minutes wins Jin Jue Award in Shanghai

At the award ceremony for the 9th Shanghai International Film Festivals on Sunday, FOUR MINUTES (VIER MINUTEN) by director Chris Kraus was presented with the Jin Jue Award for the Best Feature Film ... more

CANNES 2006 AWARDS

THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY was awarded the Golden Palm for Best Film in Cannes on Sunday evening. The film recounts the early history of the IRA and Ireland's way out of British occupation. The ... more

German documentaries are award-winners in Nyon, São Paulo and Kiev

Three German documentaries won the first prize at international festivals in April: THE KICK (DER KICK) by Andres Veiel was presented with the Grand Prix Visions du Réel by the International Jury ... more

German winners at several international festivals

Isabelle Stever – for her film GISELA – received the Crossing Europe Award 2006 as winner of the European Cinema competition at the third Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz (25 - 30 April 2006). ... more

Valeska Grisebach's LONGING wins the Special Jury Award at Buenos Aires International Film Festival (11-23 April 2006)

Valeska Grisebach's LONGING (SEHNSUCHT) was awarded the Special Jury Prize at this year's Buenos Aires International Film Festival. Set in a village in the Brandenburg countryside in late winter, ... more

Several prizes for German documentaries in Chicago, Paris, Mexico City, Prague and Créteil

Eight German or German-international documentaries won awards during March at international festivals and award ceremonies HORST BUCHHOLZ…MY PAPA (HORST BUCHHOLZ…MEIN PAPA) by Christopher Buchholz ... more

MOLLY'S WAY and THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (DIE HOEHLE DES GELBEN HUNDES) are among the winners at the 2006 Mar del Plata Film Festival

A total of 17 German films and German-international co-productions took part in the 21st Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata (9 -19 March 2006). MOLLY'S WAY by Emily Atef made an ... more

EDEN by Michael Hofmann wins two prizes in Rotterdam

The 35th Rotterdam International Film Festival came to an end on Sunday, February 5, 2006. The previous evening, the festival's € 7,500 Audience Award (the Tiscali Audience Award) was presented to ... more

German winners in Chicago and Brussels

Several awards for German films at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival The 22nd Chicago International Children's Film Festival (27 October - 6 November, 2005) came to an end last ... more

German productions successful at the 11th Festival Cinéma Tout Ecran in Geneva

In the International Competition, the "Tudor Prize for Best Actress" went to Mairead McKinley in the German film MOLLY’S WAY by Emily Atef. The „Reflet D’Or“ in the Perspectives section was ... more

Success for German films at international festivals at the Hamptons and in Ghent

Many prizes for German films at the Hamptons International Film Festival THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (DIE HOEHLE DES GELBEN HUNDES) by Byambasuren Davaa received the three most important prizes at ... more

Several awards for German films in Canada

Last weekend saw the IRIS OF TOMORROW for the best debut being presented to the Russian-German co-production POLUMGLA by Artem Antonov at the closing ceremony of the 1st Festival International de ... more

German winners at San Sebastian, Venice and Montréal

The Golden Shell was awarded to the Czech-German co-production SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS by Bohdan Slamá at the closing event of the 53rd San Sebastian International Film Festival on Saturday ... more

Critics Prize for VINZENT in Porto

Overall, Germany was very well represented in Porto this year: apart from showing numerous shorts and feature-length films in the various sections, the festival also collaborated with German Films on ... more

Awards for German films in Seville

The German-Austrian co-production THE EDUKATORS (DIE FETTEN JAHRE SIND VORBEI) by Hans ... more

Silver Leopard for EN GARDE

EN GARDE by Ayse Polat was awarded the Silver Leopard at the 57th Festival Internationale di Locarno. Maria Kwiatkowski and Pinar Erincin received a Leopard ex aequo in the category of Best Lead ... more

The Italian Film Award DAVID DI DONATELLO for ROSENSTRASSE by Margarethe von Trotta

The Accademia del Cinema Italiano awarded the Premi David di Donatello for the "Best Film of the European Union" to ROSENSTRASSE by Margarethe von Trotta ex aequo with Lars von Trier's DOGVILLE. ... more

INTERNATIONAL EMMY AWARDS 2003 for MEIN VATER (TV MOVIE) and DAS LEBEN GEHT WEITER (DOCUMENTARY)

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the producers Sonja Gosslicki and Prof. Dr. Georg Feil (Colonia Media) the International Emmy Award for MEIN VATER directed by ... more

Prize-winners SANTA SMOKES and THE SUIT in Tokyo

The directors Till Terror aka Schauder and Chris Valentien were awarded the prize ... more

GOLDEN SHELL for SCHUSSANGST in San Sebastian

SCHUSSANGST is the story iof the young conscientious objector Lukas (Fabian ... more

Three awards at Venice Film Festival 2003

In the main competition "Venezia 60", the actress Katja Riemann was awarded the "Coppa Volpi" for the best acting performance. In Margarethe von ... more

FIPA D'OR for DIE MARTINS PASSION by Irene Langemann

The documentary is both a vivid and gentle portrait of the Brazilian pianist Joao Carlos Martins, one of the world's greatest interpreters of Bach. After being the victim of an attack at the end of ... more

Prizewinners: SASS in Tokyo and CLASS TRIP (KLASSENFAHRT) in Geneva

Carlo Rola, who until now had mainly been one of the most active and well-known TV directors in Germany, received the prize for Best ... more

JULIETTA – prize-winner in Giffoni and NOWHERE IN AFRICA – winner of the Mayor's Prize in Jerusalem

JULIETTA by Christoph Stark was awarded the Golden Griffin for the Best Feature Film ... more

JULIES SPIRIT (JULIES GEIST) wins the "Remi Grand Award" at the 35th Worldfest Houston

The festivals most prestigious award, the Remi Grand Award for the best feature film, went to the German film JULIES SPIRIT (JULIES GEIST) by Bettina Wilhelm. The film about Julia and her ... more

Winners: German films in Créteil and Mar del Plata

The German competition entry MOSTLY MARTHA (BELLA MARTHA) by Sandra Nettelbeck was ... more

Prize-winning films from Germany

Two German films were among the prize-winners at the 15th international TV festival FIPA in Biarritz (22. - 27.01.02): Christian ... more

Montreal Film Festival: Awards for German films - Nina Hoss wins award for Best Actress - Kirsten Winter's short JUST IN TIME receives prize

Two German films are named as prize-winners at the 23rd World Film Festival Montreal (27.08. - 06.09.1999) Nina Hoss won the award for ... more

BEYOND SILENCE - Best Film in Tokyo

BEYOND SILENCE by Caroline Link was awarded two prizes at the 10th Tokyo ... more