The 65th German Film Award took place on 19 June 2015, organised by the Deutsche Filmakademie. The award ceremony was held at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin and broadcast by the ZDF. Jan Josef Liefers hosted the event.
| Film Prize in Gold: Victoria – Produced by: Sebastian Schipper and Jan Dressler, directed by: Sebastian Schipper | |
| Film Prize in Silver: Jack – Produced by: Jan Krüger and René Römert, directed by: Edward Berger | |
| Film Prize in Bronze: Age of Cannibals – Produced by: Milena Maitz, directed by: Johannes Naber |
Labyrinth of Lies – Produced by: Uli Putz, Sabine Lamby and Jakob Claussen, directed by: Giulio Ricciarelli
Who Am I – No System Is Safe – Produced by: Max Wiedemann and Quirin Berg, directed by: Baran bo Odar
We Are Young. We Are Strong. – Produced by: Jochen Laube and Leif Alexis, directed by: Burhan Qurbani
Citizenfour – Produced by: Dirk Wilutzky, Laura Poitras and Mathilde Bonnefoy, directed by: Laura Poitras
Beyond Punishment – Produced and directed by: Hubertus Siegert
Nowitzki. The Perfect Shot – Produced by: Leopold Hoesch, directed by: Sebastian Dehnhardt
– Produced by: Philipp Budweg and Robert Marciniak, directed by: Neele Leana Vollmar
– Produced and directed by: Veit Helmer
Stefan Weigl – Age of Cannibals
Elisabeth Bartel and Giulio Ricciarelli – Labyrinth of Lies
Edward Berger and Nele Mueller-Stöfen – Jack
Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
Ralf Westhoff – Wir sind die Neuen
Dominik Graf – Beloved Sisters
Johannes Naber – Age of Cannibals
Christian Friedel – 13 Minutes
Meret Becker – Lügen und andere Wahrheiten
Claudia Messner – Beloved Sisters
Joel Basman – We Are Young. We Are Strong.
Burghart Klaußner – 13 Minutes
Sturla Brandth Grøvlen – Victoria
Yoshi Heimrath – We Are Young. We Are Strong.
Nikolaus Summerer – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
Robert Rzesacz – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
Mathilde Bonnefoy – Citizenfour
Sven Budelmann – Stereo
Alexander Dittner – 13 Minutes
Jörg Hauschild – As We Were Dreaming
Silke Buhr – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
Benedikt Herforth and Thomas Stammer – 13 Minutes
Claus Jürgen Pfeiffer – Beloved Sisters
Barbara Grupp – Beloved Sisters
Katrin Aschendorf – The Cut
Bettina Marx – 13 Minutes
Nannie Gebhardt-Seele and Tatjana Krauskopf – Beloved Sisters
Tatjana Krauskopf and Isabelle Neu – 13 Minutes
Waldemar Pokromski and Sabine Schumann – The Cut
Niki Reiser and Sebastian Pille – Labyrinth of Lies
Bernhard Joest-Däberitz, Florian Beck, Ansgar Frerich and Daniel Weis – Who Am I – No System Is Safe
Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert and Alexander Buck – Citizenfour
Magnus Pflüger, Fabian Schmidt and Matthias Lempert – Victoria
Barbara Baum
Honig im Kopf – Produced by: Til Schweiger and Tom Zickler, directed by: Til Schweiger