Reinhold Schünzel Award

The Reinhold Schünzel Award is an honorary prize awarded for long-time achievements in the field of restoration, preservation or dissemination and popularisation of the German film heritage.

Reinhold Schünzel was an actor and director, born in Hamburg. After returning from exile in Hollywood he died in Munich in 1954.

The laureate of the Reinhold Schünzel Award 2008 will be announced during the opening ceremony of cinefest on Saturday, 15 November 2008.

— Jury 2008:
Hervé Dumont, Director of Cinémathèque Suisse, Lausanne
Eva Orbanz, President of FIAF (Fédération Internationale des Archives du Film)
Hanno Loewy, Director of the Jewish Museum Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria

The Reinhold Schünzel-Preis 2008 went to

Vladimír Opěla

Director of the Nationale Film Archive in Prague


Vladimír Opěla

Previous laureates:

2007: Gero Gandert (more)

2006: Vittorio Martinelli (more)

2005: Wolfgang Klaue (more)

2004: Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart (more)