Award of the City of Hof
This prize was first presented in 1986. The prize consists of a sculpture from the catalog of the Hof International Film Festival, an object from the State Technical College for Product Design in Selb, and is dedicated to persons closely connected to Hof and the festival. The awardees are generally not represented with a film in the official festival program during the year the award is presented.
Award winners

2024
Peter Goedel
Writer, director and producer

2023
Stefan Paul
Distributor, director and producer

2022
Aelrun Goette
Director

2021
Julia von Heinz
Director and screenwriter

2020
Axel Ranisch
Director, author, actor and producer

2019
Max Riemelt
Actor

2018
Alfred Holighaus
SPIO president

2017
Wolfgang Ettlich
Director and screenwriter

2016
Aylin Tezel
Actress

2016
Rainer Huebsch
Long-time organisation manager of the Hof IFF

2015
Katharina Marie Schubert
Actress, director and screenwriter

2014
Chris Kraus
Director and author

2013
Barbara Albert
Director, screenwriter and producer

2012
Jessica Schwarz
Actress and moderator

2011
Peter Kern
Actor, director and producer

2010
Caroline Link
Director

2009
Christian Petzold
Director

2008
Rosa von Praunheim
Director

2007
Peter Lohmeyer
Actor

2006
Alexander Kluge
Filmmaker, producer and mastermind of Young German Cinema

2005
Christoph Schlingensief
Filmmaker, opera director and performance artist

2004
Laura Tonke
Actress

2003
Dominik Graf
Director

2002
Editorial team of the BR program kinokino
for their extensive support of the Hof IFF

2001
Hans-Christian Schmid
Director and producer

2000
Joachim Król
Actor

1999
Andreas Kleinert
Director

1998
Tom Tykwer
Director

1997
Sönke Wortmann
Director

1996
Werner Schroeter
Director

1995
Detlev Buck
Director, producer and actor

1994
Christian Rischert
Director

1993
Werner Herzog
Director

1992
Wim Wenders
Director

1991
Uwe Brandner
Director and writer

1990
Herbert Achternbusch
Director, writer and painter

1989
Josef Rödl
Director

1988
Laurens Straub
Producer, screenwriter and actor

1987
Hans Noever
Director

1986
Doris Dörrie
Director