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
Best Documentary Feature Film
Citizenfour – Produced by: Dirk Wilutzky, Laura Poitras and Mathilde Bonnefoy, directed by: Laura Poitras
Best Children's Feature Film
The Pasta Detectives – Produced by: Philipp Budweg and Robert Marciniak, directed by: Neele Leana Vollmar
Best Screenplay
Stefan Weigl – Age of Cannibals
Best Director
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Joel Basman – We Are Young. We Are Strong.
Best Cinematography
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen – Victoria
Best Editing
Robert Rzesacz – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
Best Set Design
Deutscher Filmpreis
The Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards, also called Lola Awards) is an annual German awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in the German speaking film business. It is the most important German movie award and the most highly endowed German cultural award with cash prizes totalling about three million euros.
From 1951 to 2004 it was awarded by a commission, but since 2005 the award has been organized by the German Film Academy (Deutsche Filmakademie). The Federal Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs has been responsible for the administration of the prize since 1999. The awards ceremony is traditionally held in Berlin.
Selection process
Borrowing from the American model, the awards have been made by an academy, the Deutsche Filmakademie, since 2005. The academy replaces a much-criticised jury which was constituted according to the principle of political proportionality, and on which politicians and clergymen also sat. Now the jury consists of the members of the German Film Academy, which makes them a well specialized jury.
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