German Film Awards 2015
The 64th German Film Awards took place on 19 June 2015, organised by the Deutsche Filmakademie. The award ceremony was held at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin and broadcast by ZDF. Jan Josef Liefers hosted the event.
Winners and nominees
Best Fiction Feature Film
Film Prize in Gold: Victoria – Produced by: Sebastian Schipper and Jan Dressler, directed by: Sebastian Schipper |
Film Prize in Silver: Jack – Produced by: Jan Krüger and René Römert, directed by: Edward Berger |
Film Prize in Bronze: Age of Cannibals – Produced by: Milena Maitz, directed by: Johannes Naber |
- Labyrinth of Lies – Produced by: Uli Putz, Sabine Lamby and Jakob Claussen, directed by: Giulio Ricciarelli
- Who Am I – No System Is Safe – Produced by: Max Wiedemann and Quirin Berg, directed by: Baran bo Odar
- We Are Young. We Are Strong. – Produced by: Jochen Laube and Leif Alexis, directed by: Burhan Qurbani
Best Documentary Feature Film
Citizenfour – Produced by: Dirk Wilutzky, Laura Poitras and Mathilde Bonnefoy, directed by: Laura Poitras
- Beyond Punishment – Produced and directed by: Hubertus Siegert
- Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot – Produced by: Leopold Hoesch, directed by: Sebastian Dehnhardt
Best Children's Feature Film
The Pasta Detectives – Produced by: Philipp Budweg and Robert Marciniak, directed by: Neele Leana Vollmar
- Fiddlesticks – Produced and directed by: Veit Helmer
Best Screenplay
Stefan Weigl – Age of Cannibals
- Elisabeth Bartel and Giulio Ricciarelli – Labyrinth of Lies
- Edward Berger and Nele Mueller-Stöfen – Jack
- Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
- Ralf Westhoff – Wir sind die Neuen
Best Director
- Edward Berger – Jack
- Dominik Graf – Beloved Sisters
- Johannes Naber – Age of Cannibals
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Nina Hoss – Phoenix
- Katharina Marie Schubert – Ein Geschenk der Götter
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Supporting Actress
- Meret Becker – Lügen und andere Wahrheiten
- Claudia Messner – Beloved Sisters
Best Supporting Actor
Joel Basman – We Are Young. We Are Strong.
Best Cinematography
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen – Victoria
- Yoshi Heimrath – We Are Young. We Are Strong.
- Judith Kaufmann – 13 Minutes
- Nikolaus Summerer – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
Best Editing
Robert Rzesacz – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
- Mathilde Bonnefoy – Citizenfour
- Sven Budelmann – Stereo
- Alexander Dittner – 13 Minutes
- Jörg Hauschild – As We Were Dreaming
Best Set Design
Silke Buhr – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
- Benedikt Herforth and Thomas Stammer – 13 Minutes
- Claus Jürgen Pfeiffer – Beloved Sisters
Best Costume Design
Barbara Grupp – Beloved Sisters
- Katrin Aschendorf – The Cut
- Bettina Marx – 13 Minutes
Best Make Up
Nannie Gebhardt-Seele and Tatjana Krauskopf – Beloved Sisters
- Tatjana Krauskopf and Isabelle Neu – 13 Minutes
- Waldemar Pokromski and Sabine Schumann – The Cut
Best Film Music
- Alexander Hacke – The Cut
- Niki Reiser and Sebastian Pille – Labyrinth of Lies
Best Sound Design
Bernhard Joest-Däberitz, Florian Beck, Ansgar Frerich and Daniel Weis – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
- Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert and Alexander Buck – Citizenfour
- Magnus Pflüger, Fabian Schmidt and Matthias Lempert – Victoria
Lifetime Achievement Award
Barbara Baum
Most Visited Film
Honig im Kopf – Produced by: Til Schweiger and Tom Zickler, directed by: Til Schweiger
References
- Roxborough, Scott (2015-06-19). "One-Take Thriller 'Victoria' Wins German Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- "Für die Preiskategorien des Deutschen Filmpreises 2015 sind nominiert" (PDF). deutsche-filmakademie.de (in German). Deutsche Filmakademie. Retrieved 2015-06-14.