Veit Helmer Biography

Awards

• 1994Grand Prix Asturias-Best Short: winner
• 1999Gold Hugo-New Directors Competition: nominated
• 1999Grand Prix-: nominated
• 1999FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 1999Best New Director Promotional Award-: winner
• 1999Award of the City of Lünen-: winner
• 1999Best Film Award-Best Full-Length Fiction Film: nominated
• 1999Audience Award-: winner
• 2000Bavarian Film Award-Best Direction - Young Film (Regienachwuchspreis): winner
• 2000Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver-: winner
• 2000European Film Award-European Discovery: nominated
• 2000Audience Jury Award-: winner
• 2000International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2000International Fantasy Film Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2000Film Award in Gold-Best Direction (Beste Regie): nominated
• 2000Audience Award-: winner
• 2000Max Ophüls Award-: nominated
• 2000Grand Prize-: winner
• 2000Jury Award-Best Writing: winner
• 2000Special Jury Prize-: winner
• 2000Narcisse Award-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2000Citizen's Choice Award-Feature Film: winner
• 2000Visionary Production Award-: winner
• 2000Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
• 2000Audience Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2001Best Director-: winner
• 2001Youth Jury Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2001Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold-: nominated
• 2001Young Georgian Artists Award-: winner
• 2002Best First Work-: winner
• 2007German Film Critics Award-Best Documentary (Bester Dokumentarfilm): winner
• 2008City of Athens Award-Best Director: winner
• 2008Special Award-: winner
• 2008Gold Hugo-Best Feature: nominated
• 2008Golden St. George-: nominated
• 2008Best Film-: nominated
• 2008Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Dramatic: nominated
• 2009International Fantasy Film Award-: winner
• 2009Grand Prize-Feature Film Competition: winner
• 2013Special Mention - Feature Film-Special Mention: winner
• 2014Audience Award-Best Children's Film: nominated
• 2014Medienkulturpreis-Best Children's Film: winner
• 2014Young Audience Award ("Enfants Terribles")-Best Feature Film for Audiences Under 13 Years Old: winner
• 2014Special Jury Diploma-Molodist for Kids: winner
• 2014Scythian Deer-Molodist for Kids: nominated
• 2014Audience Award-Best Children's Film: winner
• 2015Film Award in Gold-Outstanding Children or Youth Film (Bester Kinder- und Jugendfilm): nominated
• 2015Films4Families Youth Jury Award-: nominated
• 2015Grand Jury Prize-Best Film 6-10 Years: nominated
• 2015Stuart Hollander Prize-Best Kids Film: winner
• 2018Tokyo Grand Prix-Best Film: nominated
• 2019Script Prize-: winner
• 2019Special Mention - Feature Film-: winner
• 2019Best Feature-Feature Film - Comedy: winner