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Film Award Cologne

The Film Award Cologne, donated by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and the City of Cologne and endowed with 25,000 euros, honors personalities who have made an outstanding contribution to the further development of the language of film and media through their work. In 2022, the award goes to French filmmaker Michel Hazanavicius.

The winners of the Film Award Cologne in recent years are:

2021 Sir Steve McQueen
2020 Dominik Graf
2019 Nicolas Winding Refn
2018 Luca Guadagnino
2017 Jane Campion
2016 Claire Denis
2015 Paolo Sorrentino
2014 Lars of Trier
2013 Harmony Korine
2012 François Ozone
2011 Tarsem Singh
2010 David Lynch
2009 Roman Polanski
2008 Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
2007 Paul Haggis