German Film Award 2019

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The 69th presentation of the German Film Prize (Lola) took place on May 3, 2019 in the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin . At 2.955 million euros, the award is the most highly endowed cultural award in Germany and is awarded by the German Film Academy in up to 18 categories.

The preselection for the documentary area with 13 films was announced on December 11, 2018, the preselection for the feature film area with 23 films and six names for individual performances, as well as the preselection for six children's films, took place on January 7, 2019.

The nominations were announced on March 20, 2019 at a press conference from the Deutsche Kinemathek by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters , the President of the German Film Academy Ulrich Matthes and its chairman Benjamin Herrmann . The film Gundermann was nominated in ten categories, Styx in six, The Golden Glove and The Boy Must Get Fresh Air in five categories each.

The director, author and actress Margarethe von Trotta was awarded the honorary award for outstanding services to German film in advance . Director  Caroline Link  received the Lola for The Boy Must Go to Fresh Air for the “most popular German film of the year”. Producer Christian Becker was honored with the Bernd Eichinger Prize for his outstanding work as a producer .

The gala was broadcast with a time delay by the TV station ZDF on May 3, 2019 from 10:55 p.m. Actress and presenter Désirée Nosbusch and comedian and actor Tedros Teclebrhan hosted the event. The screenwriter Elena von Saucken and the film director Florian Cossen were responsible for the artistic direction .

The most successful films
(at least two nominations, excluding jury or audience awards ; highlighted = most awards
N = nomination; A = award)
Movie N A.
Gundermann 10 6th
Styx 6th 4th
The boy needs some fresh air 5 3
The golden glove 5 1
The most beautiful girl in the world 3 -
Of Fathers and Sons - The Children of the Caliphate 2 2
Atlas 2 -
balloon 2 -
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver 2 -
transit 2 -
Trautmann 2 -

Award winners and nominations

Best feature film

Award Movie title production Director
Film award in gold Gundermann Claudia Steffen , Christoph Friedel Andreas Dresen
Film award in silver Styx Marcos Kantis Wolfgang Fischer
Film award in bronze The boy needs some fresh air Sebastian Werninger , Nico Hofmann , Hermann Florin Caroline Link

Also nominated:

Best documentary

Ansgar Frerich with the Lola for Of Fathers and Sons - The Children of the Caliphate

Of Fathers and Sons - The Children of the Caliphate - Production: Ansgar Frerich , Eva Kemme , Tobias N. Siebert , Hans Robert Eisenhauer

Best children's film

Rocca changes the world - Production: Tobias Rosen , Steffi Ackermann , Willi Geike

Best script

Laila Stieler - Gundermann

Best director

Andreas Dresen - Gundermann

Best female lead

Susanne Wolff - Styx

Best male lead

Alexander Scheer with Lola for his leading role in Gundermann

Alexander Scheer - Gundermann

Best Supporting Role

Luise Heyer - The boy has to get some fresh air

Best supporting role

Alexander Fehling - The end of the truth

Best camera / image creation

Benedict Neuenfels - Styx

Best cut

Anne Fabini - Of Fathers and Sons - The Children of the Caliphate

Best production design

Susanne Hopf - Gundermann

Best costume design

Sabine Greunig - Gundermann

Best makeup image

Maike Heinlein , Daniel Schröder , Lisa Edelmann - The Golden Glove

Best film score

Wedding chapel - Wackersdorf

Best sound design

Andreas Turnwald , Uwe Dresch , Andre Zimmermann , Tobias Fleig - Styx

Most popular film

The boy needs some fresh air - Director: Caroline Link

Honorary award

Margarethe von Trotta , German director, actress and screenwriter

Bernd Eichinger Prize

Christian Becker , German producer

Web links

Commons : Deutscher Filmpreis 2019  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The preselection for the German Film Award 2019 is complete . In: deutscher-filmpreis.de (accessed on January 21, 2019).
  2. ↑ The nominations for the German Film Award 2019 . Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  3. ↑ German Film Prize: Wolfgang Fischer's “Styx” with six nominations . Article dated March 20, 2019, accessed March 20, 2019.
  4. ^ German Film Prize: Margarethe von Trotta receives honorary prize . Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ Christian Becker receives the Bernd Eichinger Prize 2019 . Accessed May 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ Moderation and artistic direction of the Lola Awards 2019 . Article dated March 27, 2019, accessed March 27, 2019.