The German Documentary Film Music Award 2025 is endowed by Versicherungskammer Kultur and supported by the German Composers' Association (Deutscher Komponist:innenverband) and comes with prize money of €5,000. Dok.fest Munich notes on its website: ‘Unique in the German-speaking world, the German Documentary Film Music Award honours a composition for a feature-length documentary film that combines with the documentary film narrative in a special way. The award sees itself as a platform for the work of composers and the value of music as a narrative level in documentary film.