The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) awards annual cinema program prizes. The prize is awarded to cinemas with a culturally outstanding annual film program.

Annual film programs are outstanding if they

• have a particularly high proportion of German and European films and
• these films are of artistic quality.

The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) presents the following awards and prizes as part of the Cinema Program Award:

• best annual film program: EUR 20,000
• Other outstanding annual film programs: EUR 15,000
• outstanding annual film programs: EUR 10,000
• particularly good annual film programs: EUR 7,500
• Special award for best children's and youth film program: EUR 10,000
• Special prize for the best short film program: EUR 10,000
• Special prize for the best documentary film program: EUR 10,000
• depending on the gradation:
  • Special prize for children's and youth film: EUR 2,500 or EUR 5,000
  • Special prize for short film: EUR 2,500 or EUR 5,000
  • Special prize for documentary film: EUR 2,500 or EUR 5,000

Cinemas that have received monetary support in the form of financial grants, rent waivers or waivers of other operating costs from municipal or state authorities for the application year are excluded from the application process if, based on the total amount of municipal grants received, it can be assumed that the applicant cinema is economically equivalent to a municipally run cinema. You can apply for several awards.