German Film Award for Best Documentary Film

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The German Film Award for Best Documentary Film (German: Deutscher Filmpreis – Bester Dokumentarfilm) is the award given to the best feature-length cinema documentary produced with majoritarian German funding. The current category was introduced in 2000, although numerous similar categories were in existence going back all the way to 1951.

As of 2020, besides the Lola statuette in gold, the winning film also receives 200.000 euros. A nomination is endowed with 100.00 euros. In 2012 the number of nominated films was raised from two to three.

List of winning films[]

Year Film Producer(s) Director(s)
2000 Buena Vista Social Club Ulrich Felsberg Wim Wenders
2001 Havanna mi amor Konstantin Kröning, Helge Albers
2002 Black Box BRD Thomas Kufus Andres Veiel
2003 Rivers and Tides Annedore von Donop
2004 The Children Are Dead (Die Kinder sind tot) Thomas Kufus
2005 Rhythm Is It! Uwe Dierks, Andrea Thilo, Thomas Grube Thomas Grube, Enrique Sánchez Lansch
2006 Lost Children Oliver Stoltz Ali Samadi Ahadi,
2007 Workingman's Death Erich Lackner, Mirjam Quinte, Pepe Danquart Michael Glawogger
2008 Pool of Princesses (Prinzessinnenbad) Peter Schwartzkopff, Katja Siegel
2009 NoBody's Perfect Frank Henschke, Niko von Glasow Niko von Glasow
2010 The Heart of Jenin (Das Herz von Jenin) Ernst Ludwig Ganzert, Ulli Pfau Marcus Vetter,
2011 Pina Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero Ringel Wim Wenders
2012 Thomas Kufus
2013 More than Honey Thomas Kufus, Helmut Grasser, Pierre-Alain Meier Markus Imhoof
2014 Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery (Beltracchi – Die Kunst der Fälschung) Arne Birkenstock, Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer Arne Birkenstock
2015 Citizenfour Dirk Wilutzky, Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy Laura Poitras
2016 Helge Albers, Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler
2017 Cahier Africain Stefan Tolz, Peter Spoerri Heidi Specogna
2018 Beuys Thomas Kufus Andres Veiel (2.)
2019 Of Fathers and Sons Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert, Hans Robert Eisenhauer Talal Derki
2020 Alex Tondowski, Ira Tondowski

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