The first nominees can be announced!

The first nominees can be announced - the German Documentary Film Music Award! The prize, endowed with 5,000 euros and sponsored by the Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, annually honours a composition that combines in an outstanding way with the documentary film narrative:

IMMORTALS
Switzerland, Irak 2024, Maja Tschumi, 94 min. 
Composition: Manouk Roussyalian
Face, eyes, voice - Milo and Khalili fight with the Iraqi youth for a better future

KEIN LAND FÜR NIEMAND
Germany 2025, Maik Lüdemann, 146 min.
Composition: Ophelia Maack & Max Ahrens
From the Mediterranean to the European Parliament to German municipalities: How do we want to deal with migration?

DAS LIED DER ANDEREN
Switzerland 2024, Vadim Jendreyko, 136 min.
Komposition / Composition: Daniel Almada
Surprisingly hopeful: Vadim Jendreyko's journey to the beginnings and scars of Europe

VRACHT
Switzerland 2024, Max Carlo Kohal, 80 min.
Composition: Mirjam Skal
Chamber play on a container ship: Rudmer dreams of being a captain himself one day

SABAT
Germany 2024, Anna Maria Beeck, 90 min. 
Composition: Max van Dusen
The friend from the photo album: Sabat, film student, diplomat from the Mongolian embassy in East Berlin, disappeared.

PING PONG PARADISE
Germany 2024, Jonas Egert, 116 min.
Composition: Cico Beck
The rise, hybris and fall of TTC Neu-Ulm. A rapid ping pong thriller at the highest level.