German Film Award 2016

Jan Josef Liefers moderated the award ceremony

The 66th award of the German Lola Film Prize took place on May 27, 2016 in the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin and was broadcast on the same evening on the First . The German Film Prize is 2,955,000 euros, the highest prize Culture Award of the Federal Republic of Germany and is the founded in 2003 German Film Academy awarded in up to 18 categories. The event was moderated for the third time by Jan Josef Liefers . The nominations were announced on April 15, 2016.

Award winners and nominations

Best feature film

Award	Movie title	production	Director
Film award in gold	The state against Fritz Bauer	Thomas Kufus	Lars Kraume
Film award in silver	Herbert	Undine Filter , Thomas Král and Anatol Nitschke	Thomas Stuber
Film award in bronze	4 kings	Benjamin Seikel and Florian Schmidt-Prange	Theresa von Eltz

• He's back - production: Christoph Müller and Lars Dittrich , director: David Wnendt
• Greetings from Fukushima - Production: Harald Kügler and Molly von Fürstenberg , Director: Doris Dörrie
• A hologram for the king - production: Uwe Schott and Stefan Arndt , director: Tom Tykwer

Best documentary

Above and Below - Nicolas Steiner

• Democracy - In the intoxication of data - David Bernet
• What does end here mean? The film critic Michael Althen - Dominik Graf

Best children's film

Heidi - Alain Gsponer

• Rico, Oskar and the Heartbreak - Wolfgang Groos

Best script

Lars Kraume, Olivier Guez - The state against Fritz Bauer

• Esther Bernstorff - 4 kings
• Sonja Heiss - Hedi Schneider is stuck

Best director

Lars Kraume - The state against Fritz Bauer

• Maria Schrader - Before the Dawn
• David Wnendt - He's back

Best female lead

Laura Tonke - Hedi Schneider is stuck

• Rosalie Thomass - Greetings from Fukushima
• Jördis Triebel - One breath

Best Supporting Role

Laura Tonke - defective copy

• Anneke Kim Sarnau - 4 kings
• Barbara Sukowa - Before the Dawn
• Lina Wendel - Herbert

Best male lead

Peter Kurth - Herbert

• Burghart Klaußner - The state against Fritz Bauer
• Oliver Masucci - He's back

Best supporting role

Ronald Zehrfeld - The state against Fritz Bauer

• Fabian Busch - He's back
• Michael Nyqvist - Colonia Dignidad - There is no going back

Best camera / image creation

Markus Nestroy - Above and Below

• Jürgen Jürges - Me and Kaminski
• Peter Matjasko - Herbert

Best cut

Alexander Berner - A hologram of the King (A Hologram for the King)

• Peter R. Adam - Me and Kaminski
• Hansjörg Weißbrich - Colonia Dignidad - There is no going back

Best production design

Cora Pratz - The state against Fritz Bauer

• Christian M. Goldbeck - Me and Kaminski
• Bernd Lepel - Colonia Dignidad - There is no going back
• Volker Schaefer - The diary of Anne Frank

Best costume design

Esther Walz - The state against Fritz Bauer

• Nicole Fischnaller - Colonia Dignidad - There is no turning back
• Anke Winckler - Heidi

Best makeup image

Hanna Hackbeil - Herbert

• Lena Lazzarotto Henny Zimmer - Me and Kaminski
• Astrid Mariaschk - The state against Fritz Bauer

Best film score

Alexandre Desplat - Every Thing Will Be Fine

• Lorenz Dangel - Me and Kaminski
• Julian Maas , Christoph M. Kaiser - The state against Fritz Bauer

Best sound design

Frank Kruse , Matthias Lempert , Roland Winke - A hologram for the king

• Stefan Korte , Paul Rischer - He's back
• Frank Kruse, Bruno Tarrière , Carlo Thoss - Colonia Dignidad - There is no turning back

Most popular film

Bora Dagtkin - Fack ju Göhte 2

Honorary award

Regina Ziegler

Bernd Eichinger Prize

Stefan Arndt

Web links

• German Film Academy: Results 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Golden Lola: "The state against Fritz Bauer" wins the German Film Prize. Spiegel Online, May 27, 2016, accessed on the same day