DOG nom­i­nat­ed for the Ger­man Film Crit­ics’ Award 2025

Journal,

Great recog­ni­tion for film­mak­ers asso­ci­at­ed with the DFFB: the stort­film DOG by Marieke de Zwaan and sev­er­al DFFB alum­ni have been nom­i­nat­ed for the 2025 Ger­man Film Crit­ics’ Award.

In DOG, a taxi dri­ver checks in on his dog through a pet cam­era installed at home. When his wife appears on screen, he uses the dog as an excuse to engage with her. A qui­et, sub­tly sex­u­al­ly charged atmos­phere of dis­tance and close­ness unfolds.

Alum­nus Chris­t­ian Pet­zold’s film has received mul­ti­ple nom­i­na­tions for MIROIRS NO. 3 – in the cat­e­gories of Best Cin­e­matog­ra­phy, Best Actor and Best Pro­duc­tion Design. Julian Radl­maier has also been nom­i­nat­ed in sev­er­al cat­e­gories for his lat­est film PHANTOMS OF JULY: Best Fea­ture Film, Best Screen­play and Best Edit­ing. Fur­ther nom­i­na­tions go to Eliza Petko­va for her doc­u­men­tary SILENT OBSERVERS and to the direct­ing duo Anna Koch and Julia Lemke for Best Chil­dren’s Film with CIRCUSBOY.

The Ger­man Film Crit­ics’ Award, pre­sent­ed annu­al­ly by the Asso­ci­a­tion of Ger­man Film Crit­ics, is one of the most impor­tant inde­pen­dent awards for out­stand­ing artis­tic film­mak­ing in Ger­many. The nom­i­na­tions recog­nise excep­tion­al cin­e­mat­ic styles and social­ly rel­e­vant per­spec­tives.

The 2026 Ger­man Film Crit­ics’ Award cer­e­mo­ny will take place on Sun­day, 15 Feb­ru­ary at the Acad­e­my of Arts.

We con­grat­u­late all the nom­i­nees and wish them every suc­cess at the awards cer­e­mo­ny.