German Film Award 2015

The 65th German Film Award 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 the 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

Sebastian Schipper – Victoria

Edward Berger – Jack

Dominik Graf – Beloved Sisters

Johannes Naber – Age of Cannibals

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Laia Costa – Victoria

Nina Hoss – Phoenix

Katharina Marie Schubert – A Godsend

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Frederick Lau – Victoria

Christian Friedel – 13 Minutes

Hanno Koffler – Tough Love

Best Supporting Actress

Nina Kunzendorf – Phoenix

Meret Becker – Lügen und andere Wahrheiten

Claudia Messner – Beloved Sisters

Best Supporting Actor

Joel Basman – We Are Young. We Are Strong.

Burghart Klaußner – 13 Minutes

Gert Voss – Labyrinth of Lies

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

Nils Frahm – Victoria

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-14.