German Film Award for Best Documentary Film
The German Film Award for Best Documentary Film is the award given for best German feature documentary film at the annual Deutscher Filmpreis awards, the German national film awards. The category has been introduced in 2000.
As in 2020, next to a Lola statuette in Gold the winning film receives 200.000 Euro. A nomination is endowed with 100.00 Euro. In 2012 the number of nominated films was raised from two to three.
List of winning films
| Year | Winner | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders |
| 2001 | Havanna mi amor | Uli Gaulke |
| 2002 | Black Box BRD | Andres Veiel |
| 2003 | Rivers and Tides | Thomas Riedelsheimer |
| 2004 | The Children Are Dead (Die Kinder sind tot) | Aelrun Goette |
| 2005 | Rhythm Is It! | Thomas Grube and Enrique Sánchez Lansch |
| 2006 | Lost Children | Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz |
| 2007 | Workingman's Death | Michael Glawogger |
| 2008 | Pool of Princesses (Prinzessinnenbad) | Bettina Blümner |
| 2009 | NoBody's Perfect | Niko von Glasow |
| 2010 | The Heart of Jenin (Das Herz von Jenin) | Leon Geller and Marcus Vetter |
| 2011 | Pina | Wim Wenders (2.) |
| 2012 | Gerhard Richter Painting | Corinna Belz |
| 2013 | More than Honey | Markus Imhoof |
| 2014 | Beltracchi - Die Kunst der Fälschung | Arne Birkenstock |
| 2015 | Citizenfour | Laura Poitras |
| 2016 | Above and Below | Nicolas Steiner |
| 2017 | Cahier Africain[1] | Heidi Specogna |
| 2018 | Beuys | Andres Veiel (2.) |
| 2019 | Of Fathers and Sons | Talal Derki |
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