Jury DOK.edit Award – presented by Adobe 2023

The DOK.edit Award – presented by Adobe is sponsored by Adobe and endowed with 5,000 euros. Nominated are films with outstanding editing work. The prize is awarded across the series.

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Peter König

Film editor

Peter König graduated from the Stuttgart Media University in 1996 and has been working as a film editor ever since. After stations in Hamburg and Zurich, he has lived in Munich since 1999 and specialises in editing documentaries and documentaries. Film selection: DREIVIERTELBLUT – WELTRAUMTOURISTEN, B12 – GESTORBEN WIRD IM NÄCHSTEN LEBEN, KOFELGSCHROA – FREI.SEIN.WOLLEN., VOORMANN & FRIENDS – A SIDEMAN'S JOURNEY

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Sven Kulik

Film editor

Sven Kulik has lived and worked in Berlin since 2008. He was born in Magdeburg. After a traineeship for film and EB editing at NDR in Hamburg (2000-2003), he successfully completed his studies in film and media with a specialisation in editing (2008) at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg with the film SUPERHELDEN. In 2010 he received the German Camera Award in the category Short Film  – Editing for ENDE EINES TAGES. The films he edits deal with politically relevant topics and deal with extraordinary characters.
Film selection: FUTURE WORKS, ARLETTE - MUT IST EIN MUSKEL, GIRLS DON'T FLY, HACKING JUSTICE, HIGHFLYERS, GUNDERMANN REVIER and soon in the cinema BEI UNS HEISST SIE HANKA (director: Grit Lemke)

Barbara Toennieshen

Film editor

Barbara Toennieshen discovered her passion for film montage while studying at the University of Fine Arts in Hamburg and is a freelance film editor in the fields of documentaries and feature films since 1998. She has been fortunate to work with inspiring directors such as Edward Berger, Eliza Kubarska, Laura Poitras and Marcus H. Rosenmüller. Her films have been shown at the Berlinale, IDFA, Sundance, CPH:docs and Hot Docs. Her last film TOTAL TRUST by Jialing Zhang was awarded best international documentary film at the Brazilian festival It's All True in April 2023. Barbara Toennieshen lives in Berlin, is a member of the German and European Film Academy and is involved with other film editors in the Dok:Schnitt:Zukunft working group of the BFS for better production conditions in documentary films.