...and the winners are:
EINHUNDERTVIER, EXILE NEVER ENDS, TOTAL TRUST in the category Information & culture as well as SISTERQUEENS in the children & youth cartegory. SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHERAN awarded by the Student Jury.
The award ceremony for the 61st GRIMME PRIZE will take place April 4, 2025 at the THEATER MARL, Am Theater 1, 45768 Marl and will be broadcast on 3sat with a time delay from 10:25 pm.
- EINHUNDERTVIER by Jonathan Schörnig, 93min, WS: UCM.ONE GmbH,
- EXILE NEVER ENDS by Bahar Bektas, 98min, P: Pink Shadow Films for ZDF, D: JIP Film und Verleih,
- TOTAL TRUST | TOTAL TRUST – WAS CHINA DER WELT NICHT ZEIGT by Jialing Zhang, 90min, WS: Cinephil, P: Filmtank/ NTR/BBC Storyville/SVT for ZDF/NTR/ARTE/BBC,
- as well as
- SISTERQUEENS by Clara Stella Hüneke, 97min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, awarded with the GRIMME PRIZE feature-length documentary in the in the children's program category.
- SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHERAN by Steffi Niederzoll, 89min, P: MADE IN GERMANY FILM¬PRODUKTION, Gloria Films Production, TS Productions for WDR, awarded with GRIMME PRIZE by the Students Jury.
GRIMME PREIS is the German equivalent of the Emmys. Only movies that have been broadcasted by a public or private TVstation or provided in the internet in Germany can be nominated or awarded. Therefore some of the nominated documentaries for Grimme Preis 2024 you'll knew from former edtions of our catalogue, because they have been shown at festivals and German cinemas for about two years, the common usage of the retention period for coproductions with TVstations before broadcasted in German speaking territories.
The winners are announced March 6, 2025, source: __sorry German only__
In the Children & Youth category, “Sisterqueens” (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg for ZDF/ZDF - Das kleine Fernsehspiel) is the first time since the category was introduced that a feature-length documentary has been awarded in the children's program category.
among the nominees GRIMME PREIS INFORMATION & KULTUR 2025 are:
- DANIEL RICHTER | DANIEL RICHTER – GAME OF COLORS by Pepe Danquart, 111min, P: BI14 FILM, Gretchenfilm for rbb/ARTE, [nominee]
- EINHUNDERTVIER by Jonathan Schörnig, 93min, WS: UCM.ONE GmbH, [nominee]
- EXILE NEVER ENDS by Bahar Bektas, 98min, P: Pink Shadow Films for ZDF, D: JIP Film und Verleih, [nominee]
- FOR EVER | FÜR IMMER – DIE GESCHICHTE EINER LIEBE by Pia Lenz, 87min, P: PIER 53 Filmproduktion for NDR/SWR, [nominee]
- LIFE IS NOT A COMPETITION, BUT I'M WINNING | QUEER GEWINNT – EINE SPORT UTOPIE by Julia Fuhr Mann, 79min, WS: First Hand Films, P: HFF Munich, Schuldenberg Films for ZDF/3sat,
- SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHERAN by Steffi Niederzoll, 89min, P: MADE IN GERMANY FILM¬PRODUKTION, Gloria Films Production, TS Productions for WDR, [nominee]
- TOTAL TRUST | TOTAL TRUST – WAS CHINA DER WELT NICHT ZEIGT by Jialing Zhang, 90min, WS: Cinephil, P: Filmtank/ NTR/BBC Storyville/SVT for ZDF/NTR/ARTE/BBC, [nominee]
- WHERE WE USED TO SLEEP by Matthäus Wörle, 82min, P: megaherz for BR/ARTE, [nominee]
- WHITE ANGEL | WHITE ANGEL – DAS ENDE VON MARINKA by Arndt Ginzel, D:WELTKINO, GKD-Journalisten for ZDF, [nominee]
- US AND THE ANIMAL – A SLAUGHTERHOUSE MELODRAMA | WIR UND DAS TIER – EIN SCHLACHTHAUSDRAMA by David Spaeth, 83min, P: EIKON Media for SWR/BR, [nominee]
- as well as
- SISTERQUEENS by Clara Stella Hüneke, 97min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH, in the in the children's program category.
browse all nominees 2025 here.
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• 61 GRIMME PRIZE 2025 •
• 60 GRIMME PRIZE 2024 •
• 59 GRIMME PRIZE 2023 •
• 58 GRIMME PRIZE 2022 •
• 57 GRIMME PRIZE 2021 •