2025
BIS ES BLUTET
ZDF / Arte
Production: U5 Filmproduktion
Writer: Daniel Sager, Oskar Sulowski
Director: Daniel Sager
Grimme-Preis - Nominated for Best Fiction (2026)
Filmfest München - World premiere & Neues Deutsches Fernsehen (2025)
Filmfest München - Nominated for Fritz-Gerlich-Preis (2025)
Festival des Deutschen Films - Nominated for Filmkunstpreis & Rheingold Audience Award (2025)
2024
37° - GEFÄHRLICHER EINSATZ. JOURNALIST*INNEN BERICHTEN AUS DER UKRAINE
ZDF
Production: ZDF, Daniel Sager Film
Writer and Director: Daniel Sager
TV documentary, 30 min
2023
INVENTING TRUTH - THE RELOTIUS AFFAIR
Sky
Production: Kinescope Film
Writer and Director: Daniel Sager
Documentary, 90 min
CPH:DOX Kopenhagen - World premiere (2023)
Journalismusfest Innsbruck (2023)
Watch Docs Human Rights Filmfestival Warschau (2023)
Solidarity Human Rights Filmfestival Tel Aviv (2023)
2021
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
Feature Film (Distributor: Real Fiction Filmverleih)
Production: Bauderfilm, ZDF
Writer: Daniel Sager, Marc Bauder
Director: Daniel Sager
Cinema documentary, 90 min
CPH:DOX Kopenhagen - World premiere (2021)
DOK.fest München - Opening film (2021)
Bolzano Film Festival Bozen - Audience Award (2022)
Zurich Film Festival - Special Mention (2021)
Vancouver International Film Festival (2021)
San Sebastian Human Rights Filmfestival (2021)
One World Filmfestival Prague (2021)
2015
THE LONG DISTANCE
ZDF
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Writer and Director: Daniel Sager
TV documentary
First Steps Award - No-Fear-Award & Nominated for Best Documentary (2015)
Zürich Film Festival (2015)
Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis (2016)
Beijing International Film Festival - Nominated for Best Feature Documentary (2016)
Zimbabwe International Film Festival - Best Director (2016)
North Carolina Film Award (2016)
Festival de San Lorenzo - Best Film (2017)
2013
FINISTÉRE
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Writer and Director: Daniel Sager
Short film documentary
Open Eyes Festival Marburg - Audience Award Documentary (2014)
FIFE - Festival International de l`Etudiant Casablanca - 2nd Jury Award (2013)
CineMAiubit Bukarest - Best Director (2014)
Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival - Best Film (2014)
Sehsüchte Potsdam - Nominated for Best Documentary (2014)
American Documentary Festival Palm Springs (2014)
Rencontres Henri Langlois Festival de Cinema (2013)
2011
THY WILL BE DONE
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Writer and Director: Daniel Sager
Short film documentary
Kurzsüchtig Filmfestival - Best Film (2011)
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (2012)
Internationales Filmfestival Bunter Hund München (2012)
Open Eyes Festival Marburg (2012)
Kurzfilmtage Bamberg (2012)
Filmzeit Kaufbeuren (2012)