The Bild-Kunst Award for Best Costume Design and Best Set Design is presented during the HoF IFF. It was founded in 1997 as an award for the best production design by the "Film and Television Production Design" course at the HFF Munich and was originally intended as a prize for young talents. In 2010, the award was expanded to include the prize for "Best Costume Design", awarded by the Association of Professional Groups for Production Design and Costume Design (VSK). In addition, the Kulturwerk Foundation of VG BILD-KUNST was acquired as the main sponsor.

Since then, the two prizes have been endowed with € 2,500 each. The awards are among the few endowed prizes for the two trades within the German "film award landscape". The jury selects all feature-length films screened at the festival. The jury is composed of experienced costume and production designers, mainly from the VSK membership, and a representation of students from film schools or VG Bild-Kunst.

The certificates are publicly awarded by the festival management at the HoF IFF during a ceremony in the cinema "Scala". Afterwards, the award winners are celebrated at a public reception hosted by the VSK in the annually redesigned VSK Kiosk.

Award donors

Award winners

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2023

Carola Pizzini
for Best Costume Design in WOODLAND
as well as
Nina Salak

for Best Setting in WOODLAND

The Bild-Kunst Award winners 2022

2022

Johanna Pflaum
for Best Costume Design in MERMAIDS DON'T CRY
as well as
Thomas Lehner und Rafael Loß
for Best Setting in MERMAIDS DON'T CRY

2021: Preisträgerinnen Bild-Kunst-Preis (v.l.): Sabrina Krämer, Hannah Ebenau und Yvonne Leuze

2021

Hannah Ebenau and Sabrina Krämer
for Best Costume Design (TRÜMMERMÄDCHEN)
as well as
Yvonne Leuze
for Best Setting (TRÜMMERMÄDCHEN)

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2019

Heike Fademrecht
for Best Costume Design (THE PERFECT CANDIDATE)
as well as
Olivier Meidinger
for Best Setting (THE PERFECT CANDIDATE)

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2019 - Special Prize

Lara Roßwag
for the Costume Design (EMPEROR)
as well as
Josina von Minckwitz
for the Setting (EMPEROR)

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2018

Michèle Tonteling
for Best Costume Design (FÜNF DINGE, DIE ICH NICHT VERSTEHE)
as well as
Josefine Lindner
for Best Setting (FÜNF DINGE, DIE ICH NICHT VERSTEHE)

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2017

Lara Scherpinski
for Best Costume Design (BRUT)
as well as
Madeleine Schleich
for Best Setting (BRUT)

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2016

Dmitry Andreev und Vladimir Nikiforov
for Best Costume Design (PARADISE)
as well as
Irina Ochina und Josef Sanktjohanser
for Best Setting (PARADISE)

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2015

Laura Büchel
for Best Costume Design (TRASH DETECTIVE)

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2015

Michel Imhof
for Best Setting (SWEET GIRLS)

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2014

Juliane Maier
for Best Costume Design (WE ARE YOUNG. WE ARE STRONG.)
as well as
Jill Schwarzer
for Best Setting (WE ARE YOUNG. WE ARE STRONG.)

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2013

Svenja Gassen
for Best Costume Design (COUCHMOVIE)

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2013

Stefanie Hinterauer
for Best Setting (SUNNY and ANTONS FEST)

2012 florian noll markus dicklhuber

2012

Florian Noll
for Best Costume Design (ANNELIE)
as well as
Markus Dicklhuber
for Best Setting (EASTALGIA and TEILHARD)

2011 jeanette bauer myrna drews

2011

Jeanette Bauer
for Best Costume Design (TRANS BAVARIA)
as well as
Myrna Drews
for Best Setting (BITTERE KIRSCHEN)

2010 nadine kremeier astrid poschke

2010

Nadine Kremeier
for Best Costume Design (MARIEKE MARIEKE)
as well as
Astrid Pöschke
for Best Setting (MARIEKE MARIEKE)

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2009

Anne Gret Oehme
for Best Costume Design (WOHIN MIT VATER)

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2009

Tobias Maier und Anna-Maria Otte
for Best Setting (FREUNDE VON FRÜHER)

2008 anette ingerl

2008

Anette Ingerl
for Best Setting (IN JEDER SEKUNDE)

2006 silke buhr

2006

Silke Buhr
for Best Setting (VIER MINUTEN)

2005 georg bringolf

2005

Georg Bringolf
for Best Setting (SNOW WHITE)

2004 katharina woppermann

2004

Katharina Wöppermann
for Best Setting (ANTARES)

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2003

Patricia Desing
for Best Setting (JUST GET MARRIED)

2002 marc ottiker

2002

Birgit Esser
for Best Setting (HALBE MIETE)