The German Film Award for Best Documentary Film () is the award given to the best feature-length cinema documentary produced with majoritarian German funding. The current category was introduced in 2000, although numerous similar categories were in existence going back all the way to 1951.
As of 2020, besides the Lola statuette in gold, the winning film also receives 200.000 euros. A nomination is endowed with 100.00 euros. In 2012 the number of nominated films was raised from two to three.
List of winning films YearFilmProducer(s)Director(s)2000 Buena Vista Social ClubUlrich FelsbergWim Wenders2001 Havanna mi amorKonstantin Kröning, Helge AlbersUli Gaulke2002 Black Box BRDThomas KufusAndres Veiel2003 Rivers and TidesAnnedore von DonopThomas Riedelsheimer2004 The Children Are Dead (Die Kinder sind tot)Thomas KufusAelrun Goette2005 Rhythm Is It!Uwe Dierks, Andrea Thilo, Thomas GrubeThomas Grube, Enrique Sánchez Lansch2006 Lost ChildrenOliver StoltzAli Samadi Ahadi, Oliver Stoltz2007 Workingman's DeathErich Lackner, Mirjam Quinte, Pepe DanquartMichael Glawogger2008 Pool of Princesses (Prinzessinnenbad)Peter Schwartzkopff, Katja SiegelBettina Blümner2009 NoBody's PerfectFrank Henschke, Niko von GlasowNiko von Glasow2010 The Heart of Jenin (Das Herz von Jenin)Ernst Ludwig Ganzert, Ulli PfauMarcus Vetter, Leon Geller2011 Pina Wim Wenders, Gian-Piero RingelWim Wenders2012 Gerhard Richter Painting Thomas KufusCorinna Belz2013 More than Honey Thomas Kufus, Helmut Grasser, Pierre-Alain Meier Markus Imhoof2014 Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery (Beltracchi – Die Kunst der Fälschung)Arne Birkenstock, Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer Arne Birkenstock2015 Citizenfour Dirk Wilutzky, Laura Poitras, Mathilde BonnefoyLaura Poitras2016 Above and BelowHelge Albers, Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia SeitlerNicolas Steiner2017 Cahier AfricainStefan Tolz, Peter SpoerriHeidi Specogna2018 Beuys Thomas Kufus Andres Veiel (2.)2019 Of Fathers and Sons Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert, Hans Robert Eisenhauer Talal Derki2020 Born in EvinAlex Tondowski, Ira Tondowski Maryam Zaree
External links Official list of all award recipients since 2005 German Film Awards at the Internet Movie Database