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
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: Neele Leana Vollmar – 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