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 2012 will be announced during the opening ceremony of cinefest on Saturday, 17 November 2012.

— Jury 2012:

Thomas Brandlmeier, Filmhistorian, from 1994 to 2012 manager of the main exhibition department of Deutsches Museum, Munich
Jan-Christopher Horak, Director of UCLA Film & Television Archiv, Los Angeles, USA
Leonardo Quaresima, Film Historian, Universities of Udine and Bologna

Previous laureates:

2011: Barton Byg (more)

2010: Heide Schlüpmann (more)

2009: Volker Baer (more)

2008: Vladimir Opela (more)

2007: Gero Gandert (more)

2006: Vittorio Martinelli (more)

2005: Wolfgang Klaue (more)

2004: Ingrid Scheib-Rothbart (more)