Findling Award


The Findling Award or short Findling was a German film award donated by the umbrella organization of cultural cinemas and film clubs Verband für Filmkommunikation. It was founded in 1982 in GDR and was awarded on several film festivals. Far more than hundred filmmakers received this award.
The prize itself is a stone on a pedestal with a metal plate designed by sculptor Peter Lewandowsky.
Part of the prize's endowment was a tour of the winning film with its director and a critic, often with Sven Eggers, to cultural cinemas, art houses and film clubs.
The award was named after a glacial erratic, but plays with the word as it also means "foundling".
Sometimes, though wrong, you read Findling Prize.

Festivals

It was awarded on all GDR National film festivals:
  • Nationales Spielfilmfestival der DDR in Karl-Marx-Stadt
  • Nationales Festival des Dokumentarfilms der DDR in Neubrandenburg
  • Nationales Kinderfilmfestival Goldener Spatz in Gera
  • Internationale Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmwoche in Leipzig
After 1990 it is awarded on the following festivals: