Douglas Sirk
Award
Since 1995, the Douglas Sirk Award has been presented at FILMFEST HAMBURG to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to film culture and the film industry.
This year’s award recipients are the Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who embody European narrative cinema. With a keen eye for social realities, their films explore the fractures within society, giving voice and visibility to its outsiders and those often left behind.
The award ceremony took place on 30 September at 6 pm as part of the German premiere of Young Mothers at CinemaxX Dammtor.
Douglas Sirk Preis
Since 1995, the Douglas Sirk Award has been presented at FILMFEST HAMBURG to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to film culture and the film industry. Clint Eastwood was the first to receive the statuette, designed by Hamburg-based artist Georg Plum.
The award is named after Douglas Sirk, who was born Hans Detlef Sierck in Hamburg. He emigrated to the United States in 1937, initially trying his hand as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Sirk achieved his first success as a director with the melodrama Summer Storm. In the years that followed, he went on to make several acclaimed films, including Written on the Wind, A Time to Love and a Time to Die, and Imitation of Life.
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
Andrea Arnold (2024) and Jacques Audiard (2024), Sandra Hüller (2023), Leos Carax (2021), Nina Hoss (2019), Jafar Panahi (2018), Wim Wenders (2017), Catherine Deneuve (2015), Fatih Akin (2014), Tilda Swinton (2013), Kim Ki-duk (2012), Andreas Dresen, Peter Rommel (2011), Julian Schnabel (2010), Atom Egoyan (2008), David Cronenberg (2007), Gérard Depardieu (2006), Zentropa (2005), François Ozon (2004), Isabelle Huppert (2003), Aki Kaurismäki (2002), Majid Majidi (2001), Wong Kar-Wai (2000), Jim Jarmusch (1999), Peter Weir (1998), Jodie Foster (1997), Stephen Frears (1996), Cint Eastwood (1995)
