Berlinale Documentary Award
Festival photos from previous years
Rithy Panh
The director showing his Berlinale Documentary Award.
Irradiés · Competition · Feb 29, 2020
Suliman Elnour, Ibrahim Shaddad, Suhaib Gasmelbari, Manar Al Hilo, Eltayeb Mahdi
Talking About Trees by Suhaib Gasmelbari | Panorama 2019
The director and his protagonists.
Ruth Beckermann
Waldheims Walzer | The Waldheim Waltz by Ruth Beckermann | Forum 2018
The director was awarded the Berlinale Documentary Award in 2018.
Raed Andoni, Wadee Hanani, Palmyre Badinier
Istiyad Ashbah | Ghost Hunting by Raed Andoni | Panorama 2017
The director, the protagonist and the producer hugging the jury.
For many years now, the Berlin International Film Festival has been committed to the diversity of documentary forms. A distinct award for the best documentary film was launched in 2017.
The Berlinale Documentary Award is endowed with 40,000 Euros in prize money sponsored by public broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). The prize money is split between the winning film’s director and producer.
Approximately 18 current documentary forms from the sections Competition, Encounters, Panorama, Forum, Generation, Berlinale Special and Perspektive Deutsches Kino are nominated for the Berlinale Documentary Award. For the 2021 Berlinale, the winner of this award will be decided by a three-person jury which is scheduled to meet during the Summer Special in June.
Download Guidelines Berlinale Documentary Award, PDF (70 KB)