Award ceremony of the youth film competition 2025

 

Die Preisträger.innen und Juror.innen des Dokumentarfilmwettbewerbs 2022
The award winners and jury 2024

As part of the DOK.fest München and in cooperation with the main prize sponsor Bayerischer Lehrer- und Lehrerinnenverband e.V., DOK.education will select the winners of the 2025 documentary film competition for young people.

Prizes worth a total of 1.100 euros await the up-and-coming filmmakers. Moderated by Maya Reichert, head of DOK.education, we will take a look behind the scenes of documentary filmmaking in entertaining film talks. We will present the award-winning films on the big screen in the cinema of the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film. Afterwards, we invite you to enjoy a drink and exchange ideas in the foyer of the HFF Munich.

Sunday, 18 May 2024, at 2–4.30pm
Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, Kino 1
Bernd-Eichinger-Platz 1, 80333 München

Free admission

Tickets available here from 24 April

And before the award ceremony, the ‘AI and film’ workshop?
Fritz Espenlaub - economist, tech journalist and host of Der KI-Podcast, the weekly ARD podcast on the AI revolution - is also part of this year's documentary film competition jury.
In the workshop, the AI expert presents a selection of tools that can be used sensibly and carefully in film production. And he explains how to recognise AI-generated content - and false information.

For teenagers and young adults aged 14 to 20
10.00 euros
Click here for the workshop and to register

Awards

Thanks to the main prize sponsor BLLV e.V., the Bavarian Teachers’ Association four prizes with a total value of 1,100 euros will be awarded:

  • 1st prize main category, endowed with 400 euros – donated by BLLV e.V.
  • 2nd prize main category, endowed with 300 euros – donated by BLLV e.V.
  • 3rd prize main category, endowed with 200 euros – donated by BLLV e.V.
  • 1st prize category 6- to 11-year-olds, endowed with 200 euros – donated by BLLV e.V.

Jury

Five experts from the fields of film, media and education will decide on the submitted documentaries and the award winners:

Katharina Köster, scriptwriter and documentary filmmaker
Fritz Espenlaub, AI expert, podcaster and speaker at BR-macht-Schule
Elisabeth Wenk, Festival director Goldener Spatz – Deutsches Kinder medien Festival
Mathis Welker, Secondary school teacher, Young BLLV
Aimée Vollmer, student, Junior Film-Assistent

Winning films of the DOK.education competitions

The award ceremony and winners from previous years can be seen here:

to the award winning films 2024
to the award winning films 2023
to the award winning films 2022
to the award winning films 2021
to the award winning films 2020
to the award winning films 2019

 

Thanks to the co-operation partner and award donor:

 

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