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 SchipperFilm Prize in Silver: Jack – Produced by: and René Römert, directed by: Edward BergerFilm 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 – Produced by: Philipp Budweg and Robert Marciniak, directed by: – 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 –
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
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