5th Documentary Music Award 2017

Sponsored by Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, supported by the assistance fund of the German Association of Composers (DKV)

An award for the score of reality (5.000 Euro)

The documentary music award honours one composition every year, which relates in an extraordinary way with the narrative of a documentary. It provides a platform for the works of composers and the value of music as an additional means for the narrative in documentary films.

The prize is endowed with 5.000€. The awardees will be the team of filmmaker and composer. The Documentary Music Award is sponsored by Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung and supported by the assistance fund of the German Association of Composers (DKV).

The submission for the Documentary Music Award 2017 is already closed.

Award ceremony and screening on Saturday 6th May 2017

Sa, 6th May 2017, 8.00pm (admission starts at 7.30pm)
Audimax at the Academy of Film and Television Munich (HFF), Bernd Eichinger Platz 1, 80333 Munich

The nominees 

The following documentary films are shortlisted for the Documentary Music Award 2017: 

6 JAHRE, 7 MONATE UND 16 TAGE – DIE MORDE DES NSU
DE 2016, Regie: Sobo Swobodnik, Musik: Elias Gottstein, 76 Min.

BRUDER JAKOB
DE 2016, Regie: Elí Roland Sachs, Musik: Antonio de Luca, 91 Min.

SHOT IN THE DARK
DE 2016, Regie: Frank Amann, Musik: Frank-Martin Strauß aka FM Einheit, 79 Min.

AUF EDITHS SPUREN
AT 2016, Regie: Peter Stephan Jungk, Musik: Rupert Huber, 92 Min.

ZAUNKÖNIG – TAGEBUCH EINER FREUNDSCHAFT
CH 2016, Regie: Ivo Zen, Musik: Trixa Arnold und Ilja Komarov, 78 Min.

ALLES GUT
DE 2016, Regie: Pia Lenz, Musik: The Notwist, 95 Min.

ALMOST THERE
CH 2016, Regie: Jacqueline Zünd, Musik: Max Avery Lichtenstein, 83 Min.

DREAM BOAT
DE 2017, Regie: Tristan Ferland Milewski, Musik: My Name is Claude, 90 Min.

Jury

The jury for the Documentary Music Award 2017

The Documentary Music Award is sponsored by the Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung and supported by the assistance fund of the German Association of Composers (DKV).