Awards 2020

The films at 35th International Documentary Filmfestival Munich compete for the following 15 awards.

DOK.fest awards

VIKTOR Main Competition DOK.international 
Sponsored by Bayerischer Rundfunk. Worth 10,000 EUR.
The nominated films feature a wide contentual and formal spectrum and stand out because of their artistic quality.

VIKTOR DOK.deutsch 
Worth 5,000 EUR. The nominated films deal with people and topics from the German-speaking world.

VIKTOR DOK.horizonte 
Sponsored by Petra-Kelly-Stiftung. Worth 3,000 EUR. The nominated films focus on volatile countries. 

FFF Documentary Talent Award 
Sponsored by FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, worth 5,000 EUR, for upcoming Bavarian directors.

DOK.fest Award of SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit 
Sponsored by B.O.A Videofilmkunst, worth 3,000 EUR.

Megaherz Student Award
Worth 3,000 EUR. 1st prize for the best student film.


kinokino Audience Award, sponsored by 3sat and BR
Awarded by kinokino, the film magazine of 3sat and BR

VFF Documentary Film Production Award
Sponsored by the VFF Verwertungsgesellschaft der Film und Fernsehproduzenten mbH, worth 7,500 EUR.

German Documentary Film Music Award
Sponsored by Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, worth 5,000 EUR. 

DOK.forum Awards

Pitch Award of Haus des Dokumentarfilms
Worth 2,500 EUR. 1st prize for the best new talent concept.

Composition Funding Award
Award for a composition project, worth 2,500 EUR. 

British Pathé Archive Award
For a documentary film project in development that uses archive material, endowed with 14,000 EUR. Provision (or alternatively 2,500 EUR.)