Cinema of Germany
German Film Academy -- Awards
Table:
Year

English title

Original title

Director(s)

2005
Go for Zucker
Alles auf Zucker!
Dani Levy

2006
The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

2007
Four Minutes
Vier Minuten
Chris Kraus

2008
The Edge of Heaven
Auf der anderen Seite
Fatih Akın

2009
John Rabe
John Rabe
Florian Gallenberger

2010
The White Ribbon
Das weiße Band
Michael Haneke

2011
Vincent Wants to Sea
Vincent will Meer
Ralf Huettner

2012
Stopped on Track
Halt auf freier Strecke
Andreas Dresen

2013
Oh Boy!
Oh Boy
Jan-Ole Gerster

2014
Home from Home
Die andere Heimat
Edgar Reitz

2015
Victoria
Victoria
Sebastian Schipper

2016
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer
Lars Kraume

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Alles auf Zucker ! ( English : Go for Zucker ! ) is a German comedy film , released internationally in 2004 . It can be seen as part of the Ossi-Wessi confrontation within Germany . Directed by Dani Levy , the cast includes Henry Hübchen , Hannelore Elsner , Udo Samel , Gołda Tencer and Steffen Groth . Director Dani Levy , himself Jewish , has made an ironic comedy about modern Jewish identity in present-day Germany . Henry Hübchen stars as Jaecki Zucker .
Dani Levy ( born 17 November 1957 ) is a Swiss filmmaker , theatrical director , screenwriter and actor .
The Lives of Others ( German : Das Leben der Anderen ) is a 2006 German drama film , marking the feature film debut of filmmaker Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck . The plot is about the monitoring of East Berlin residents by agents of the Stasi , East Germany 's secret police . It stars Ulrich Mühe as Stasi Captain Gerd Wiesler , Ulrich Tukur as his superior Anton Grubitz , Sebastian Koch as the playwright Georg Dreyman , and Martina Gedeck as Dreyman 's lover , a prominent actress named Christa-Maria Sieland . The film was released in Germany on 23 March 2006 . At the same time , the screenplay was published by Suhrkamp Verlag . The Lives of Others won the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film . The film had earlier won seven Deutscher Filmpreis awards - including those for best film , best director , best screenplay , best actor , and best supporting actor - after setting a new record with 11 nominations . It was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 64th Golden Globe Awards . The Lives of Others cost US $ 2 million and grossed more than US $ 77 million worldwide as of November 2007 [ update ] Released 17 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall , marking the end of the East German socialist state , it was the first notable drama film about the subject after a series of comedies such as Good Bye , Lenin ! and Sonnenallee . This approach was widely applauded in Germany even as some criticized the humanization of Wiesler 's character . The film 's authenticity was considered praiseworthy given that the director grew up outside of East Germany and was 16 when the Berlin Wall fell .
Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck ( born 2 May 1973 ) is a German film director , best known for writing and directing the 2006 Oscar-winning dramatic thriller The Lives of Others , the 2010 three time Golden Globe nominated romantic thriller The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp , and the two-time Oscar-nominated 2018 epic drama Never Look Away .
Four Minutes ( German : Vier Minuten ) , is a 2006 German drama film directed by Chris Kraus starring Monica Bleibtreu , Hannah Herzsprung , Sven Pippig , and Richy Müller .
Christopher J. Chris Kraus ( born 1963 in Göttingen ) is a German author and film director .
The Edge of Heaven ( German : Auf der anderen Seite , literally On the Other Side , Turkish : Yaşamın Kıyısında ) is a 2007 Turkish-German drama written and directed by Fatih Akın . The film won the Prix du scénario at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival , was Germany 's entry in the category Best Foreign Language Film at the 2007 Oscars , but was not nominated . After making its worldwide debut at the Cannes Film Festival in France , the film was shown at several international film festivals . It was released in Germany on 27 September 2007 .
Fatih Akin ( Turkish : Fatih Akın , born 25 August 1973 ) is a German film director , screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent . He has won numerous awards for his films , including the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for his film Head-On ( 2004 ) , Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival for his film The Edge of Heaven ( 2007 ) , and the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his film In the Fade ( 2017 ) .
John Rabe ( released in the United Kingdom as City of War : The Story of John Rabe ) is a 2009 German-Chinese-French biopictorial film directed by Florian Gallenberger and starring Ulrich Tukur , Daniel Brühl and Steve Buscemi . It focuses upon the experiences of John Rabe , a German businessman who used his Nazi Party membership to create a protective International Safety Zone in Nanking , China , helping to save over 200,000 Chinese from the Nanking Massacre in late 1937 and early 1938 . The massacre and its associated atrocities were committed subsequent to the Battle of Nanking by the invading Imperial Japanese Army after they defeated the Chinese Nationalist forces defending the city during the Second Sino-Japanese War . Based upon John Rabe 's published wartime diaries , shooting for the film commenced in 2007 , and it premiered at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival on 7 February 2009 . Upon the film 's release it did not receive theatrical distribution in Japan and was the subject of vociferous refutations by Japanese ultranationalists who denied the events ever took place .
Florian Gallenberger ( born 23 February 1972 in Munich ) is a German film director and writer . His film Quiero ser ( I want to be . ) was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001 .
The White Ribbon is a 2009 black-and-white German-language drama film written and directed by Michael Haneke . Das weiße Band , Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte ( literally , The White Ribbon , a German Children 's Story ) darkly depicts society and family in a northern German village just before World War I and , according to Haneke , is about the roots of evil . Whether its religious or political terrorism , its the same thing . The film premiered at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in May 2009 where it won the Palme d'Or , followed by positive reviews and several other major awards , including the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film . The film also received two nominations at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2009 : Best Foreign Language Film ( representing Germany ) and Best Cinematography ( Christian Berger ) .
Michael Haneke ( German : [ ˈhaːnəkə ] ; born 23 March 1942 ) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter . His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society . Haneke has made films in French , German , and English and has worked in television‚ theatre , and cinema . He also teaches film direction at the Film Academy Vienna . His directorial debut , The Seventh Continent , won the Bronze Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival in 1989 . He later won the Grand Prix at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for The Piano Teacher and the Best Director Award for Caché at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival . He subsequently directed the 2007 remake of his controversial 1997 film Funny Games . At the 2009 Cannes Film Festival , his film The White Ribbon won the Palme d'Or , and at the 67th Golden Globe Awards the film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film . In 2012 , his film Amour premiered and competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . The film would go on to win the Palme d'Or , making it his second win of the prestigious award in three years ; this made him the seventh director ( at the time ) to have won it twice and the only Austrian director to have accomplished this . The film received five Academy Award nominations , including Best Picture , Best Director , Best Original Screenplay , and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Emmanuelle Riva ; it won in the category of Best Foreign Language Film . In 2013 , Haneke won the Prince of Asturias Award for the arts .
Vincent Wants to Sea ( German : Vincent will Meer ) is a 2010 German drama film directed by Ralf Huettner .
Stopped on Track ( German : Halt auf Freier Strecke ) is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andreas Dresen . It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . The film won the Prize Un Certain Regard , the top award for best film in the section . The win was shared with the South Korean film Arirang , directed by Kim Ki-duk .
Andreas Dresen ( born 16 August 1963 in Gera ) is a German film director . His directing credits include Cloud 9 , Summer in Berlin , Grill Point and Night Shapes . His film Stopped on Track premiered at the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival , where it won the Prize of Un Certain Regard . Dresen is known for his realistic style , which gives his films a semi-documentary feel . He works very teamoriented and heavily uses improvisation . In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival .
Oh Boy is a 2012 German tragicomedy film directed by Jan-Ole Gerster . It is in black-and-white . It is the director 's debut film , and thesis project for the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . In 2014 , the film was released in the US under the title A Coffee in Berlin .
Jan-Ole Gerster ( born 1978 in Hagen ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
Home from Home ( German : Die andere Heimat - Chronik einer Sehnsucht ) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Edgar Reitz . It was screened out of competition at the 70th Venice International Film Festival . It is shot in black and white , but there are some colour sequences . It is a prequel to the Heimat film series and concerns the Simon family living in the fictional Hunsrück village of Schabbach from 1840-1844 .
Edgar Reitz ( born 1 November 1932 ) is a German filmmaker and Professor of Film at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung ( State University of Design ) in Karlsruhe .
Victoria is a 2015 German crime thriller film directed by Sebastian Schipper and starring Laia Costa and Frederick Lau . It is one of the few feature films shot in a single continuous take .
Sebastian Schipper ( born 8 May 1968 in Hanover ) is a German actor and filmmaker .
The People vs. Fritz Bauer ( German : Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer ) is a 2015 German drama film directed by Lars Kraume . It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival . The film won the awards for Best Film , Best Direction , Best Screenplay , and three more at Deutscher Filmpreis ( ″Lola″ ) 2016 . The film also won the Best Documentary Audience Award at the Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival 36 . It was listed as one of eight films that could be the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards , but it was not selected .
Lars Kraume ( born 24 February 1973 ) is a German film director , screenwriter and producer . He has directed 35 films since 1996 .