The €10,000 award recognizes politically and socially relevant documentaries. Around 110 submissions were received for the ROMAN BRODMANN PRIZE, which was awarded for the second time by the Haus des Dokumentarfilms - Europäisches Medienforum Stuttgart e.V. (HDF) and the Institut für Medien- und Kommunikationspolitik (IfM). A twelve-member selection jury – consisting of industry members and media journalists – has nominated eleven productions: seven feature-length documentaries, most of them with theatrical release, and one documentary series.
The nominated german documentaries are:
- AMONG US WOMEN | UNTER UNS FRAUEN – GEBURT IN MEGENDI by Sarah Noa Bozenhardt, Daniel Abate Tilahun, 92min, P: Evolution Film UG ,
- ELFRIEDE JELINEK – LANGUAGE UNLEASHED | ELFRIEDE JELINEK – DIE SPRACHE VON DER LEINE LASSEN by Claudia Müller, 96min, P: CALA Filmproduktion, Plan-C Filmproduktion OG, D: Farbfilm Verleih,
- THE JOURNALIST AND HER JAILERS | LUNA UND DIE GERECHTIGKEIT – SYRISCHE STAATSFOLTER VOR GERICHT IN DEUTSCHLAND by Adithya Sambamurthy, Luna Watfa, 82min, P: Tondowski Films, WS: First Hand Films,
- LONELY OAKS | VERGISS MEYN NICHT – NUR DEIN LEBEN STEHT DAGEGEN by Fabiana Fragale, Kilian Kuhlendahl, Jens Mühlhoff, 100min, P: MADE IN GERMANY Filmproduktion,
- MIDWIVES by Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing, 89min, P: AMA FILM, EyeSteelFilm, Snow Films Production, WS: dogwoof,
- MISSION KABUL–LUFTBRÜCKE by Vanessa Schlesier, Ronald Rist, Antje Boehmert, 4x30min, P: DOCDAYS Productions,
- MURKY SKIES | TÖDLICHE FRACHT – MURKY SKIES by Noam Pinchas, 88min, P: Laughing Buddha, Saxonia Entertainment, WS: dogwoof,
- SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHERAN | SIEBEN WINTER IN TEHERAN by Steffi Niederzoll, 97min, P: MADE IN GERMANY Filmprod,
- WHEN SPRING CAME TO BUCHA | LEBEN NACH BUTSCHA – TRAUMA UND HOFFNUNG by Mila Teshaieva, Marcus Lenz, 66min, P: wildfilms | Marcus Lenz,
- WIRA'S WAR | UKRAINE – KRIEGSTAGEBUCH EINER KINDERÄRZTIN by Carl Gierstorfer, 59min, P: DOCDAYS Production,
and until yet not mentioned in our catalogue
- LAST EXIT: SPACE | LETZTE AUSFAHRT: WELTALL by Rudolph Herzog, P: Taglicht Media Film- & Fernsehproduktion GmbH, Gunpowder & Sky, Spring Films [discovery+]
From the eleven nominations, the main jury will select one production to be awarded the Roman Brodmann Prize on April 27, 2023, at the Landesvertretung Rheinland-Pfalz in Berlin. In accordance with its statutes, the prize may not be shared. Jury members are:
• David Bernet (director, AG DOK co-chairman)
• Bettina Böhler (editor, director)
• Elwira Niewiera (writer, director of THE HAMLET SYNDROM)
• moderated by Ulrike Becker, HDF
as single page:
• ROMAN BRODMANN PREIS 2023 •