Awards & Winners

Every year at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, there are awards galore. These include not only the awards in the CineVision, CineCoPro, and CineMasters competitions, but also awards for outstanding individuals from the world of film, up-and-coming talent, and German productions. Thus, not only are established filmmakers honored for their work; fresh talent is also supported. Many of the films honored at the film festival have since received international recognition.

Aenne Schwarz,
FFMUC 2018

Ralph Fiennes,
FFMUC 2019

I thought hard about how to thank Filmfest München for this lifetime achievement award. (...) Everything about this lifetime achievement involves so many other lives that it is not a sense of my personal achievement but a sense of deep and abiding gratitude to all the people who helped me.

Emma Thompson

Emma Thompson & Diana Iljine,
FFMUC 2018

Alexandre Rodnyansky,
FFMUC 2014

CineMerit Award

With the CineMerit Award, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN honors outstanding individuals from the international world of filmmaking for their contribution to motion pictures as an art form.

ARRI Award

This award goes to the best international film in the CineMasters competition. The ARRI company sponsors the award.

CineVision Award

MPLC Deutschland GmbH sponsors the award for best film in the CineVision competition.

CineRebels Award

The CineRebels Award honors directors of format-busting and experimental films. The prize is sponsored by AUDI.

German Cinema New Talent Award

This award honors the best newcomers among the feature films in the New German Cinema section. It is sponsored by DZ BANK AG, Bavaria Film, and Bayerischer Rundfunk.

BERND BURGEMEISTER TV PRODUCTION AWARD

The producers of the best entry in the New German TV Movies section can look forward to receiving this award, sponsored by the Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film- und Fernsehproduzenten. As of 2022 a second award for the best New German TV Series is handed out as well.