Awards & Winners

German Film Award for Best Documentary

German Film Awards

The German Film Award for Best Documentary Film is the award given for best German feature documentary film at the annual Deutscher Filmpreis awards, the German national film awards. The category has been introduced in 2000.

Check all the winners of German Film Award for Best Documentary presented under German Film Awards since 1961 .


Helmut Weber, Arne Birkenstock, Thomas Springer

Honored for : Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
(Fruitmarket Kultur und Medien GmbH, Tradewind Pictures GmbH)

Nominations 2014 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mathias Forberg Alphabet
Viktoria Salcher Alphabet
Peter Rommel Alphabet
Erwin Wagenhofer Alphabet
Arne Birkenstock Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
Helmut Weber Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
Thomas Springer Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
Marc Bauder Master Of The Universe
Markus Glaser Master Of The Universe
Wolfgang Widerhofer Master Of The Universe

Thomas Kufus, Pierre-Alain Meier, Helmut Grasser

Honored for : More Than Honey

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Helmut Grasser More Than Honey
Zero One Film, Allegro-Film, Thelma Film AG
Thomas Kufus More Than Honey
Zero One Film, Allegro-Film, Thelma Film AG
Pierre-Alain Meier More Than Honey
Zero One Film, Allegro-Film, Thelma Film AG
Martin Heisler Forget Me Not
Lichtblick Media, Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Carl-Ludwig Rettinger Forget Me Not
Lichtblick Media, Lichtblick Film- und Fernsehproduktion
Thomas Kufus The Flat
Zero One Film
Arnon Goldfinger The Flat
Zero One Film

Thomas Kufus

Honored for : Gerhard Richter Painting

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Benny Drechsel The Big Eden
Karsten Stöter The Big Eden
Charlotte Uzu The Look
Michael Trabitzsch The Look
Gerd Haag The Look
Thomas Kufus Gerhard Richter Painting

Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel

Honored for : Pina

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Holger Preusse Kinshasa Symphony
Stefan Pannen Kinshasa Symphony
Claus Wischmann Kinshasa Symphony
Martin Baer Kinshasa Symphony
Gian-Piero Ringel Pina
Wim Wenders Pina

Ulli Pfau, Ernst Ludwig Ganzert

Honored for : The Heart of Jenin

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ulrich Limmer Lippels Traum
Lars Büchel Lippels Traum
Ernst Ludwig Ganzert The Heart of Jenin
Ulli Pfau The Heart of Jenin

Niko von Glasow

Honored for : NoBody's Perfect

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marianne Schäfer Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid - Meine kleine deutsche Revolution
Niko von Glasow NoBody's Perfect

Peter Schwartzkopff, Bettina Blümner, Katja Siegel

Honored for : Pool of Princesses

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Mirjam Quinte To the Limit
Kirsten Hager To the Limit
Erich Lackner To the Limit
Pepe Danquart To the Limit
Bettina Blümner Pool of Princesses
Peter Schwartzkopff Pool of Princesses
Katja Siegel Pool of Princesses

Pepe Danquart, Erich Lackner, Mirjam Quinte

Honored for : Workingman's Death

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Gerd Haag The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez
Erich Lackner Workingman's Death
Mirjam Quinte Workingman's Death
Pepe Danquart Workingman's Death

Oliver Stoltz

Honored for : Lost Children

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Philip Gröning Into Great Silence
Elda Guidinetti Into Great Silence
Andres Pfäffli Into Great Silence
Michael Weber Into Great Silence
Oliver Stoltz Lost Children

Andrea Thilo, Thomas Grube, Uwe Dierks

Honored for : Rhythm Is It!

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Trevor Davies Touch the Sound
Leslie Hills Touch the Sound
Stefan Tolz Touch the Sound
Uwe Dierks Rhythm Is It!
Thomas Grube Rhythm Is It!
Andrea Thilo Rhythm Is It!

Thomas Kufus

Honored for : Die Kinder sind tot

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Tobias Siebert The Story of the Weeping Camel
Thomas Kufus Die Kinder sind tot

Rivers and Tides

(Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Skyline Productions Ltd.)

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Soldatenglück und Gottes Segen
Lounge Entertainment GmbH
Rivers and Tides
Mediopolis Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Skyline Productions Ltd.

Black Box BRD

(zero film GmbH)

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Marieke Schroeder A Woman And A Half - Hildegard Knef
Lounge Entertainment GmbH
Black Box BRD
zero film GmbH

Havanna mi amor

(Flying Moon Filmproduktion)

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Milk and Honey from Rotfront
Schwering & Viet-Film
Havanna mi amor
Flying Moon Filmproduktion

Buena Vista Social Club

(Road Movies Filmproduktion)

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Heimspiel
quinte Film
Buena Vista Social Club
Road Movies Filmproduktion

Hans Rolf Strobel, Heinrich Tichawsky

Honored for : Das Wunder von Mailand

Nominations 1967 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Heinrich Tichawsky Das Wunder von Mailand
Hans Rolf Strobel Das Wunder von Mailand

Faust

(Divina-Film)

Nominations 1961 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Faust
Divina-Film