German Film Award 2010

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Logo of the German Film Academy
The Friedrichstadtpalast, venue of the German Film Prize 2010
Best director and best script: Michael Haneke
Best Female Lead: Sibel Kekilli
Bernd Eichinger received the honorary award

The 60th presentation of the German Lola Film Prize took place on April 23, 2010. The German Film Awards , with more than 2.8 million euros the most lucrative cultural award in Germany and is the founded in 2003 German Film Academy awarded in 16 categories. The award ceremony took place for the first time in Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast , and the anniversary gala was moderated by Barbara Schöneberger .

The nominations were announced on March 19, 2010 by the new Presidents of the Film Academy, the actors Iris Berben and Bruno Ganz , and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media , Bernd Neumann . The film The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story , which has already won the European Film Prize and a Golden Globe Award , entered the race as a big favorite. Michael Haneke's drama had already set a new record with a total of 13 nominations and was able to triumph in ten categories at the awards ceremony, including best film, director, screenplay, leading actor ( Burghart Klaußner ) and supporting actress ( Maria-Victoria Dragus ). Hans-Christian Schmid's drama Sturm was awarded the silver film prize and won the awards for editing and film music. Feo Aladağ's Die Fremde received the bronze film award, while leading actress Sibel Kekilli was able to secure the award for best leading actress again after 2004 (for Gegen die Wand ).

The producer, director and screenwriter Bernd Eichinger was honored with the honorary award for outstanding services to German film . Eichinger shaped German film like hardly anyone else; His productions have seen more than 80 million visitors in the cinema in the German-speaking area alone.

Selection process

Films were taken into account that had a regular commercial exploitation in the cinema between March 1, 2009 and February 28, 2010 and that had a “significant German cultural character”. According to the regulations, a film had a significant German cultural character if it was produced in the German language, if the director or producer was to be attributed to Germans or to the German cultural group, or if a German production company was significantly involved in financing the film.

For the first time, three separate juries were named for preselection, made up of members of the German Film Academy, the German Bundestag and an external member of the industry. 27 feature films , nine documentaries and four children's films were named, from which the approximately 1200 members of the academy then chose the nominations in 16 categories. In 2010 a Lola was awarded for the best makeup image for the first time.

Award winners and nominations

Most of the lolas The white ribbon (10 victories)
Most of the nominations The White Ribbon (13 nominations)

Best feature film

presented by Bruno Ganz , Iris Berben and Bernd Neumann (Lola in Gold presented by Angela Merkel )

The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (Gold Film Award) - Production: Stefan Arndt

Also nominated:

Best documentary

presented by Dieter Moor

The heart of Jenin - Production: Ernst Ludwig Ganzert , Ulli Pfau

Best children's film

presented by Barbara Schöneberger

Suburban crocodiles - Production: Lena Olbrich , Christian Becker

Best acting performance - male lead role

presented by Karoline Herfurth

Burghart Klaußner - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best Acting Performance - Leading Female Role

presented by Christoph Waltz

Sibel Kekilli - The Stranger

Best acting performance - male supporting role

presented by Leonie Benesch , Simon Verhoeven , Christine Urspruch and Sibel Kekilli

Justus von Dohnányi - men's hearts

Best acting performance - female supporting role

presented by Burghart Klaußner , Lena Stolze , Lotte Flack and Maxim Mehmet

Maria-Victoria Dragus - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best director

presented by Branko Lustig

Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best script

presented by Jessica Schwarz

Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best camera / image creation

presented by Ken Adam and Michael Ballhaus

Christian Berger - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best cut

presented by Kurt Krömer

Hansjörg Weißbrich - Storm

Best production design

Christoph Kanter - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best costume design

presented by Liya Kebede

Moidele Bickel - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best makeup image

presented by Jan Josef Liefers

Waldemar Pokromski , Anette Keizer - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Best film score

presented by Jessica Schwarz

The Notwist - storm

Best sound design

presented by Kurt Krömer

Guillaume Sciama , Jean-Pierre Laforce - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story

Honorary award for outstanding services to German film

presented by Senta Berger and Günter Rohrbach

Bernd Eichinger

Individual evidence

  1. Press release of the German Film Academy  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 84 kB), March 5, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.deutscher-filmpreis.de  
  2. Spiegel Online : Nomination record for “The White Ribbon” , March 19, 2010.
  3. cf. Official Twitter profile of the German Film Award (accessed April 23, 2010)
  4. Laudation by the German Film Academy, quoted in the German Film Prize 2010: Honorary Prize for Bernd Eichinger  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , kino-zeit.de, April 13, 2010.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kino-zeit.de  
  5. Regulations for the German Film Prize 2010 ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 22, 2010). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutsche-filmakademie.de
  6. The German Film Academy announces the preselection for Lola 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.deutscher-filmpreis.de   , Press release of the German Film Academy, January 18, 2010.
  7. Focus : Good chances for “The White Ribbon” , March 19, 2010.

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