Konrad Wolf Prize
Named after the film director and long-standing President of the East German Akademie der Künste, the Konrad Wolf Prize, amounting to 5,000 Euros, is awarded for outstanding artistic achievement in the fields of the performing arts as well as film and media art. The prize is awarded annually, alternating between the Performing Arts Section and the Film and Media Art Section, a jury consisting of members of the relevant Section deciding on the winner.
Ulrich Gregor presents the 2021 Konrad Wolf Prize to Abderrahmane Sissako
Ulrich Gregor, 2021 Konrad Wolf Prize winner Abderrahmane Sissako and Erika Gregor
Laureates
1986 Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann
1987 Rainer Simon
1988 Ruth Berghaus
1989 Helke Misselwitz
1990 Heiner Carow, Wolfram Witt
1991 Katharina Thalbach
1992 Peter Konwitschny
1993 Margarethe von Trotta
1994 Jürgen Flimm
1995 Ken Loach
1996 Christoph Marthaler
1997 Volker Schlöndorff
1998 Michael Haneke
1999 Ula Stöckl
2000 Klaus Michael Grüber
2001 Agnès Varda
2002 Jossi Wieler
2003 Abbas Kiarostami
2004 Lars von Trier
2005 Andres Veiel
2006 Wolfgang Engel
2007 Edgar Reitz
2008 Simon McBurney
2009 Avi Mograbi
2010 Alvis Hermanis
2011 Béla Tarr
2012 Meg Stuart
2013 OSTKREUZ Agentur der Fotografen
2014 Jürgen Holtz
2015 Christoph Schlingensief / Opera Village Burkina Faso
2016 Nicola Hümpel / Nico and the Navigators
2017 Márta Mészáros
2018 Lettre International
2019 Heidi Specogna
2020 Alexander Lang
2021 Abderrahmane Sissako
2022 Achim Freyer
2023 Julian Assange