# German Film Award 2015

The 65th German Film Award 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 the ZDF. Jan Josef Liefers hosted the event.

## Winners and nominees
### Best Fiction Feature Film

* Film Prize in Gold: Victoria – Produced by: Sebastian Schipper and Jan Dressler, directed by: Sebastian Schipper
* Film Prize in Silver: Jack – Produced by: Jan Krüger and René Römert, directed by: Edward Berger
* Film Prize in Bronze: Age of Cannibals – Produced by: Milena Maitz, directed by: Johannes Naber
    Labyrinth of Lies – Produced by: Uli Putz, Sabine Lamby and Jakob Claussen, directed by: Giulio Ricciarelli
    Who Am I – No System Is Safe – Produced by: Max Wiedemann and Quirin Berg, directed by: Baran bo Odar
    We Are Young. We Are Strong. – Produced by: Jochen Laube and Leif Alexis, directed by: Burhan Qurbani

### Best Documentary Feature Film

Citizenfour – Produced by: Dirk Wilutzky, Laura Poitras and Mathilde Bonnefoy, directed by: Laura Poitras
    Beyond Punishment – Produced and directed by: Hubertus Siegert
    Nowitzki. The Perfect Shot – Produced by: Leopold Hoesch, directed by: Sebastian Dehnhardt

### Best Children's Feature Film

The Pasta Detectives [de] – Produced by: Philipp Budweg and Robert Marciniak, directed by: Neele Vollmar [de]
    Fiddlesticks [de] – Produced and directed by: Veit Helmer

### Best Screenplay

Stefan Weigl – Age of Cannibals
    Elisabeth Bartel and Giulio Ricciarelli – Labyrinth of Lies
    Edward Berger and Nele Mueller-Stöfen – Jack
    Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
    Ralf Westhoff – Wir sind die Neuen

### Best Director

Sebastian Schipper – Victoria
    Edward Berger – Jack
    Dominik Graf – Beloved Sisters
    Johannes Naber – Age of Cannibals

### Best Actress in a Leading Role

Laia Costa – Victoria
    Nina Hoss – Phoenix
    Katharina Marie Schubert – A Godsend [de]

### Best Actor in a Leading Role

Frederick Lau – Victoria
    Christian Friedel – 13 Minutes
    Hanno Koffler – Tough Love

### Best Supporting Actress

Nina Kunzendorf – Phoenix
    Meret Becker – Lügen und andere Wahrheiten
    Claudia Messner – Beloved Sisters

### Best Supporting Actor

Joel Basman – We Are Young. We Are Strong.
    Burghart Klaußner – 13 Minutes
    Gert Voss – Labyrinth of Lies

### Best Cinematography

Sturla Brandth Grøvlen – Victoria
    Yoshi Heimrath – We Are Young. We Are Strong.
    Judith Kaufmann – 13 Minutes
    Nikolaus Summerer – Who Am I – No System Is Safe

### Best Editing

Robert Rzesacz – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
    Mathilde Bonnefoy – Citizenfour
    Sven Budelmann – Stereo
    Alexander Dittner – 13 Minutes
    Jörg Hauschild – As We Were Dreaming

### Best Set Design

Silke Buhr – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
    Benedikt Herforth and Thomas Stammer – 13 Minutes
    Claus Jürgen Pfeiffer – Beloved Sisters

### Best Costume Design

Barbara Grupp – Beloved Sisters
    Katrin Aschendorf – The Cut
    Bettina Marx – 13 Minutes

### Best Make Up

Nannie Gebhardt-Seele and Tatjana Krauskopf – Beloved Sisters
    Tatjana Krauskopf and Isabelle Neu – 13 Minutes
    Waldemar Pokromski and Sabine Schumann – The Cut

### Best Film Music

Nils Frahm – Victoria
    Alexander Hacke – The Cut
    Niki Reiser and Sebastian Pille – Labyrinth of Lies

### Best Sound Design

Bernhard Joest-Däberitz, Florian Beck, Ansgar Frerich and Daniel Weis – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
    Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert and Alexander Buck – Citizenfour
    Magnus Pflüger, Fabian Schmidt and Matthias Lempert – Victoria

### Lifetime Achievement Award

Barbara Baum

### Most Visited Film

Honig im Kopf – Produced by: Til Schweiger and Tom Zickler, directed by: Til Schweiger