Film & Kino Pressemeldung
DEAR LOLA! 18 German Film Awards for 6 MBB-funded films and “Dear Thomas” wins Golden Lola
PRESS RELEASE
Berlin / Potsdam – At the 72nd LOLA Awards in Berlin, 6 MBB-funded films are receiving a total of 18 German Film Awards – the Film Award in Gold and 9 Lolas go to the team of “Dear Thomas”.
Kirsten Niehuus, CEO Film Funding, Medienboard: “A celebration of democracy, diversity, and liberty – the German film party of the year! We take a bow to all the Film Award winners and do, of course, especially congratulate the 18 LOLA winners of the 6 MBB-funded films.”
BEST PICTURE
LOLA IN GOLD
LIEBER THOMAS
Producers: Michael Souvignier, Till Derenbach
Production Company: Zeitsprung Pictures
Director: Andreas Kleinert | Screenplay: Thomas Wendrich
LOLA IN SILVER
RABIYE KURNAZ GEGEN GEORGE W. BUSH
Producers: Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel
Production Company: Pandora Film Produktion, Iskremas Filmproduktion, Cinema Defacto
Director: Andreas Dresen | Screenplay: Laila Stieler
LOLA IN BRONZE
GROSSE FREIHEIT
Producer: Benny Drechsel
Production Company: Rohfilm Productions, Freibeuter Film
Director: Sebastian Meise | Screenplay: Thomas Reider, Sebastian Meise
BEST CHILDREN'S MOVIE
DER PFAD
Producer: Daniel Ehrenberg
Production Company: Eyrie Entertainment, Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany, Lemming Film Germany
Director: Tobias Wiemann | Screenplay: Rüdiger Bertram, Jytte-Merle Böhrnsen
BEST DIRECTOR
Andreas Kleinert · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST SCREENPLAY
Thomas Wendrich · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Meltem Kaptan · RABIYE KURNAZ GEGEN GEORGE W. BUSH
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jella Haase · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Albrecht Schuch · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Alexander Scheer · RABIYE KURNAZ GEGEN GEORGE W. BUSH
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Johann Feindt · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST EDITING
Gisela Zick · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST PRODUCTION DESING
Myrna Drews · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anne-Gret Oehme · LIEBER THOMAS
BEST MAKE UP
Heiko Schmidt, Kerstin Gaecklein, Roman Braunhofer· GROSSE FREIHEIT
BEST SCORE
Annette Focks · WUNDERSCHÖN
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Dennis Rettkowski, Markus Frank, Tomer Eshed · DIE SCHULE DER MAGISCHEN TIERE
MOST WATCHED FILM IN THEATERS
DIE SCHULE DER MAGISCHEN TIERE · Gregor Schnitzler · Alexandra Kordes, Meike Kordes (Kordes & Kordes Film Süd, LEONINE Studios, Wega Film, Clever Production)
We congratulate the honorary laureate and cameraman Jürgen Jürges, who is, among other things, responsible for the visual language of the MBB-funded films “Me and Kaminski” as well as “DAU. Natasha”.
The Bernd Eichinger Award also goes to Berlin: to the producers Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach and Maren Ade of Berlin-based Komplizen Film – congratulations!