Award Winners
Actress Emma Thompson
Director Terry Gilliam
SHOPLIFTERS
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
BORDER
Director: Ali Abbasi
Special Mention: THE GREAT BUDDHA+ - Director: Hsin-Yao Huang
The BAYERN 2 and SZ Audience Award
WACKERSDORF
Director: Oliver Haffner
100% COCO
Director: Tessa Schram
ALLES IST GUT
Director: Eva Trobisch
German Cinema New Talent Award
Director: Eva Trobisch (ALLES IST GUT)
Production: Anna de Paoli (A YOUNG MAN WITH HIGH POTENTIAL)
Screenplay: Damian John Harper (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER)
Best new actor/actress: Aenne Schwarz (ALLES IST GUT)
Bernd Burgemeister TV Movie Award
RUFMORD
Director: Viviane Andereggen
Screenplay: Claudia Kaufmann und Britta Stöckle
TV Station: ZDF
Editors: Anja Helmling-Grob
Best Film: A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT - Roya Sadat
Gerd Baumann (University of Music and Performing Arts Munich) is honoured with a SPECIAL AWARD.
The German Cinema Award for Peace - The Bridge
Best Director international: Ziad Doueiri - L’ INSULTE
Best Director national: Lars Kraume - DAS SCHWEIGENDE KLASSENZIMMER
Best New Talent: Katja Benrath - WATU WOTE - ALL OF US
Special Prize: Feras Fayyad - DIE LETZTEN MÄNNER VON ALEPPO
Children Media Prize "White Elephant"
Best Science Program for TV + App: "fragFINN" (SUPER RTL, M.E. Works)
Best Feature Film: "Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer" (Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH)
Best Documentary Series: "Nicht zu stoppen" (Caligari Entertainment GmbH, ZDF/KiKA)
Best Young Actress: Lisa Moell for KÖNIGIN VON NIENDORF (Joya Thome Filmproduktion, FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2017)
Best App: "Lazuli" (funline Media GmbH)
FUCKING DRAMA
Director: Michael Podogil
OF FATHERS AND SONS
Director: Talal Derki
1. Place: SO EIN "PERFEKTES LEBEN" by Giovanna Canela Pais & Tomás Pablo Gutiérrez Ahumada
2. Place: SILVER SURFER GRETEL by Bahar Bektas & Jennifer Beitel
3. Place: FRANZ by Anne M. Keßel