- Bayerischer Filmpreis
The Bavarian Film Awards (Bayerischer Filmpreis) have been awarded annually since
1979 by the StateGovernment ofBavaria inGermany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are the most highly regarded awards for filmmaking achievement in Germany. [http://www.goethe.de/kue/flm/weg/weg/auz/bfp/deindex.htm]The Bavarian Film Awards Gala takes place in mid-January at the
Cuvilliés Theatre inMunich to honour films released in the previous year, and is one of the most glamourous highlights in the German film calendar. These awards are endowed with a cash disbursement totaling 300,000 Euros. The largest endowment, at 200,000 Euros, is given with the award for Best Producing, for "the single most exceptional German film that leaves the greatest overall impression." [http://www.bayern.de/Medienpreise-.1573.19120/index.htm] The other awards are each given with endowments of 10,000-25,000 Euros. Award winners are also given a porcelainstatuette of theCommedia dell'arte characterPierrot , designed by Franz Anton Bustelli and manufactured in theNymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory in Munich. [http://www.behoerdenwegweiser.bayern.de/dokumente/aufgabenbeschreibung/067986924282]Award rules allow any given film to receive no more than two awards, resulting in a dispersion of these awards across films.
Categories
The award winners are chosen by a state-appointed
jury in the following categories:
*Best Producing - (Winners)
*Best Directing - (Winners)
*Best Acting - (Winners)
*Best Screenplay - (Winners)
*Best Cinematography - (Winners)
*Best Editing - (Winners)
*Best Film Score - (Winners)
*Best Production Design - (Winners)
*Best Documentary Film - (Winners)
*Best Young People's Film - (Winners)
*Special Prize - (Winners)The
Prime minister of the State of Bavaria is also able to grant an Honorary Award. [http://www.bayern.de/Medienpreise-.1573.19120/index.htm] - (Winners)External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Bavarian_Film_Awards Bavarian Film Awards] at the
Internet Movie Database
* [http://www.bayern.de/Medienpreise-.1573.19120/index.htm State of Bavaria page] (in German)
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