Submit screenplays for the German Screenplay Award

Procedure

You must submit your screenplay for the German Screenplay Award online to the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM):

• Go to the website of the federal portal verwaltung.bund.de and fill out the application form electronically.
• You will need an electronic ID document for the online application:
  
  • Online ID card or
  • personal Elster certificate

Further procedural steps:

• Submissions are checked for formal admissibility by the BKM.
• The German Screenplay Award jury discusses the submitted book proposals.
• The BKM decides on the awards based on the jury's recommendation.
• The nominations are announced in a press release, by post and by e-mail.
• You will then receive an invitation to the award ceremony by e-mail.
• The BKM will announce the winner at an award ceremony in February.
• During the award ceremony, the author of the screenplay will be presented with the award.

Legal bases

• §§ 24 und 25 Richtlinie für die kulturelle Filmförderung der BKM (FFR)
• Bundeshaushaltsordnung (BHO)

More information

Legal remedy: Administrative court action in the event of non-admission to the competition.