Berlinale Documentary Award

Festival photos from previous years

Corinne van Egeraat, Petr Lom
The producers accepted the Berlinale Documentary Award, also on behalf of the Myanmar Film Collective.
Myanmar Diaries · Panorama · Feb 16, 2022

Janna Ji Wonders, Albertina Carri, Orwa Nyrabia, Alice Diop
The jury awarding the Berlinale Documentary Award 2021.
Nous · Encounters · Freiluftkino Museumsinsel · Jun 13, 2021

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
The director with his protagonists.
Talking About Trees · Panorama · Feb 16, 2019

Ruth Beckermann
Waldheims Walzer · Forum · Feb 24, 2018

Raed Andoni, Wadee Hanani, Palmyre Badinier
The director, the protagonist and the producer hugging the jury.
Istiyad Ashbah · Panorama · Feb 18, 2017
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.
Award Winners from earlier festival years are available in the archive.