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German Film Critics Association Awards

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    German Film Critics Award

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    Best Actor (Bester Darsteller)

    • Winner
      • Lorenz Hochhuth
      • Drifter
      • Karsten Mielke
      • Alaska
    • Julius Nitschkoff
      • Julius Nitschkoff
      • Bulldog
    • Thomas Schubert in Breathing (2011)
      • Thomas Schubert
      • Afire
      • Gottfried Breitfuss
      • The Universal Theory

    Best Actress (Beste Darstellerin)

    • Winner
      • Christina Große
      • Alaska
    • Simone Bucio
      • Simone Bucio
      • Piaffe
    • Sandra Hüller
      • Sandra Hüller
      • Sisi & I
      • Bayan Layla
      • Elaha
    • Susanne Wolff
      • Susanne Wolff
      • Sisi & I

    Best Children's Film (Bester Kinderfilm)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kannawoniwasein!

      5.9 (83)
      Stefan Westerwelle
    • [object Object]

      Checker Tobi und die Reise zu den fliegenden Flüssen

      7.3 (301)
      Johannes Honsell
    • [object Object]

      Raspberries with Mustard

      6.0 (47)
      Ruth Olshan

    Best Cinematography (Beste Bildgestaltung)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Human Flowers of Flesh

      5.6 (153)
      Helena Wittmann
    • [object Object]

      The Universal Theory

      6.1 (1.4K)
      Roland Stuprich
    • [object Object]

      Alaska

      6.6 (68)
      Jean-Pierre Meyer-Gehrke
    • [object Object]

      Afire

      7.1 (10K)
      Hans Fromm
    • [object Object]

      Miyama, Kyoto Prefecture

      7.2 (12)
      Rainer Komers

    Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Landshaft

      6.9 (17)
      Daniel Kötter
    • [object Object]

      Für immer

      7.5 (23)
      Pia Lenz
    • [object Object]

      Jeder schreibt für sich allein

      7.2 (36)
      Dominik Graf
      Felix von Boehm
    • [object Object]

      Life Is Not a Competition, But I'm Winning

      6.5 (95)
      Julia Fuhr Mann
    • [object Object]

      The Natural History of Destruction

      7.3 (235)
      Sergey Loznitsa

    Best Editing (Bester Schnitt)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sun and Concrete

      7.4 (5.6K)
      Andreas Wodraschke
    • [object Object]

      Music

      5.5 (554)
      Angela Schanelec
    • [object Object]

      Human Flowers of Flesh

      5.6 (153)
      Helena Wittmann
    • [object Object]

      One Last Evening

      6.7 (465)
      Silke Olthoff
    • [object Object]

      Afire

      7.1 (10K)
      Bettina Böhler

    Best Experimental (Bester Experimentalfilm)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Early Rains Which Wash Away the Chaff Before the Spring Rains

      Heiko-Thandeka Ncube
    • [object Object]

      .. und der Sünder bereut

      Marion Kellmann

    • A Sense of Place

      Azin Feizabadi

    Best Feature Film Debut (Bestes Spielfilmdebüt)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Piaffe

      5.5 (554)
      Ann Oren
    • [object Object]

      Drifter

      5.5 (626)
      Hannes Hirsch
    • [object Object]

      Falling Into Place

      6.4 (370)
      Aylin Tezel
    • [object Object]

      One Last Evening

      6.7 (465)
      Lukas Nathrath
    • [object Object]

      Bulldog

      5.8 (186)
      André Szardenings

    Best Film (Bester Spielfilm)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Afire

      7.1 (10K)
      Christian Petzold
    • [object Object]

      Piaffe

      5.5 (554)
      Ann Oren
    • [object Object]

      Music

      5.5 (554)
      Angela Schanelec
    • [object Object]

      Sun and Concrete

      7.4 (5.6K)
      David Wnendt
    • [object Object]

      The Universal Theory

      6.1 (1.4K)
      Timm Kröger

    Best Film Score (Beste Musik)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Universal Theory

      6.1 (1.4K)
      Diego Ramos Rodriguez
    • [object Object]

      The Teachers' Lounge

      7.4 (27K)
      Marvin Miller
    • [object Object]

      Wann kommst du meine Wunden küssen

      5.9 (81)
      Kangding Ray
    • [object Object]

      Sun and Concrete

      7.4 (5.6K)
      Enis Rotthoff
      Djorkaeff
    • [object Object]

      Music

      5.5 (554)
      Doug Tielli
      Aliocha Schneider

    Best Screenplay (Bestes Drehbuch)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Afire

      7.1 (10K)
      Christian Petzold
    • [object Object]

      The Universal Theory

      6.1 (1.4K)
      Timm Kröger
      Roderick Warich
    • [object Object]

      The Teachers' Lounge

      7.4 (27K)
      Johannes Duncker
      Ilker Çatak
    • [object Object]

      Music

      5.5 (554)
      Angela Schanelec
    • [object Object]

      Sun and Concrete

      7.4 (5.6K)
      Felix Lobrecht
      David Wnendt

    Best Short Film (Bester Kurzfilm)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Slimane

      5.9 (16)
      Carlos Pereira
    • [object Object]

      Lake Baikal

      6.3 (23)
      Alisi Telengut
    • [object Object]

      Ralentir La Chute

      7.5 (12)
      Camille Tricaud
      Franziska Unger
    • [object Object]

      Ninna Nulla

      10 (12)
      Danilo Pio Ferrara

    Honorary Award

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    • Winner
      • Jutta Brückner

    Also known as

    • Preise des Verbandes der Deutschen Filmkritik

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    Germany

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