One year after its premiere at the Berlinale Festival, WHEN WE LEAVE was awarded with the following prizes from the “Deutsche Filmkritik e.V.”:
- Best Feature: WHEN WE LEAVE by Feo Aladag
- Best Debut: Feo Aladag for WHEN WE LEAVE
- Best Actress: Sibel Kekilli in WHEN WE LEAVE
- Best Script: WHEN WE LEAVE by Feo Aladag
- Best Cinematography: Judith Kaufmann for WHEN WE LEAVE
- Best Music: Stéphane Moucha and Max Richter for WHEN WE LEAVE
- Best Editor: Andrea Mertens for WHEN WE LEAVE