German Film Critics Awards 2009

2009 German Film Critics Association Awards
2009 German Film Critics Association Award winners: Berlin on Feb. 10, 2009
 

Nina Hoss, Benno Fürmann in Jerichow. Photo: Christian Schulz
 

Best Film:
Jerichow
by Christian Petzold
Best First Film:
Nacht vor Augen
by Brigitte Bertele
Best Documentary:
Holunderblüte
by Volker Koepp
Best Actor:
Elmar Wepper
Kirschblüten – Hanami / Cherry Blossoms (Direction: Doris Dörrie)
Best Actress:
Karoline Herfurth
Im Winter ein Jahr (Direction: Caroline Link)
Best Screenplay:
Philipp Stölzl, Christoph Silber, Rupert Henning, Johannes Naber
Nordwand (Direction: Philipp Stölzl)
Best Cinematography:
Kolja Brandt
Nordwand (Direction: Philipp Stölzl)
Best Editing:
Andreas Wodraschke
Dr. Alemán (Direction: Tom Schreiber)
Best Score:
Niki Reiser
Im Winter ein Jahr (Direction: Caroline Link)
Best Experimental Film:
Falsche Freunde
by [...]

by Pierre Philipe | February 10, 2009   
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German Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 German Film Critics Association Awards
2008 German Film Critics Association Award winners: Berlin on Feb. 11, 2008
 

Nina Hoss in Yella
 

Best Film:
Yella
by Christian Petzold
Best First Film:
Die Unerzogenen
by Pia Marais
Best Documentary:
Prater
by Ulrike Ottinger
Best Actor:
Ulrich Noethen
Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler (Direction: Dani Levy)
Best Actress:
Maren Kroymann
Verfolgt (Direction: Angelina Maccarone)
Best Screenplay:
Matthias Pacht and Alex Buresch
Das wahre Leben (Direction: Alain Gsponer)
Best Cinematography:
Hans Fromm
Yella (Direction: Christian Petzold)
Best Editing:
Andrew Bird
Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven (Direction: Fatih Akin)
Best Score:
Dieter Schleip
Die Hochstapler (Direction: Alexander [...]

by Andre Soares | February 11, 2008   
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German Film Critics Awards 2007 Winners

Sandra Hüller in Requiem (top); Ulrich Mühe in The Lives of Others (bottom)

Surprisingly, the Association of German Film Critics did not pick Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s internationally acclaimed Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others as the best German film of 2006. Instead, their choice was Hans-Christian Schmid’s Requiem, based on the real-life story of a woman who believed herself possessed by the devil. (That same story also inspired the undemonic The Exorcism of Emily Rose.) Henckel von Donnersmarck had to content himself with winning the best first film prize.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, The Lives of Others has had the biggest opening for a German-language film ever in the United States. (I’m assuming [...]

by Andre Soares | February 13, 2007   
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German Film Critics Awards 2007

2007 German Film Critics Association Awards
2007 German Film Critics Association Award winners: Berlinale on Feb. 13, 2007
 

Sandra Hüller in Requiem
 

Best Film: Requiem directed by Hans-Christian Schmid
Best First Film: Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Best Documentary (tie): Behind the Couch directed by Viet Helmer and Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen / Germany: A Summer Fairytale by Sonke Wortmann
Best Actor: Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others
Best Actress: Sandra Hüller, Requiem
Best Screenplay: Wolfgang Kohlhaase, Sommer vorm Balkon / Summer in Berlin
Best Cinematography: Hagen Bogdanski, The Lives of Others
Best Editing: Patricia Rommel, The Lives of Others
Best Score: Bert Wrede, Knallhart
 
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German Film Critics Awards: 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 [...]

by Andre Soares | February 13, 2007   
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