German Film Award 2021

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The 71st presentation of the German Film Prize (Lola) is to take place on October 1, 2021. The gala award, which usually takes place in spring, was postponed to autumn 2021 by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the German film industry. The producer Nico Hofmann will act as the artistic director of the event .

The award is 2,955,000 euros , the most lucrative cultural award in Germany and, after a three-stage election by the members of the German Film Academy awarded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media in up to 18 categories. The nominations were announced on August 19, 2021. Dominik Graf's historical drama Fabian or The Gang to the Dogs received the most mentions (10 nominations).

Award winners and nominations

The most successful films
(at least two nominations, excluding jury or audience awards ; highlighted = most awards
N = nomination; A = award)

Movie	N	A.
Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs	10
Chess novella	7th
Tides	6th
I am your human	5
Enfant terrible	4th
Je suis Karl	4th
Jim Button and the Wild 13	4th
Mr. Bachmann and his class	2
Curveball - We make the truth	2
A symphony of noise	2
Space dogs	2
Walchensee Forever	2

Best feature film

• Curveball - We make the truth - Production: Amir Hamz , Christian Springer , Fahri Yardim
• Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs - Production: Felix von Boehm
• I am your person - Production: Lisa Blumenberg
• Je suis Karl - Production: Christoph Friedel , Claudia Steffen
• Schachnovelle - Production: Philipp Worm , Tobias Walker
• And tomorrow the whole world - production: Fabian Gasmia , Julia von Heinz

Best documentary

• Mr. Bachmann and his class - Production: Maria Speth
• Space Dogs - Production: Elsa Kremser , Levin Peter , Annekatrin Hendel
• Walchensee Forever - Production: Martin Heisler

Best children's film

• The veins of the world - Production: Eva Kemme , Ansgar Frerich , Tobias N. Siebert
• Jim Button and the Wild 13 - Production: Christian Becker

Best director

• Dominik Graf - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs
• Maria Schrader - I am your person
• Maria Speth - Mr. Bachmann and his class

Best script

• Oliver Keidel , Johannes Naber - Curveball - We make the truth
• Constantin Lieb , Dominik Graf - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs
• Jan Schomburg , Maria Schrader - I am your person

Best female lead

• Maren Eggert - I am your person
• Saskia Rosendahl - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs
• Luna Wedler - Je suis Karl

Best male lead

• Oliver Masucci - Enfant Terrible
• Jannis Niewöhner - Je suis Karl
• Dan Stevens - I am your person

Best Supporting Role

• Meret Becker - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs
• Lorna Ishema - Ivie like Ivie
• Birgit Minichmayr - Chess Novel

Best supporting role

• Thorsten Merten - Curveball - We make the truth
• Milan Peschel - Je suis Karl
• Hary Prinz - Enfant Terrible

Best camera / image creation

• Frank Griebe - Home
• Michael Kotschi - One of these days
• Hanno Lentz - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs

Best cut

• Andrew Bird - A Symphony of Noise
• Anja Pohl - Walchensee Forever
• Claudia Wolscht - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs

Best sound design

• Pascal Capitolin , Richard Borowski - A Symphony of Noise
• Lars Ginzel , Frank Kruse , Markus Stemler - Tides
• Jonathan Schorr , Simon Peter , Tobias Adam - Space Dogs
• Gunnar Voigt , Jan Petzold , Martin Steyer - Schachnovelle
• Roland Winke , Lars Ginzel , Noemi Hampel , Dominik Schleier - next door
• Andreas Wölki , Hubertus Rath , Kai Tebbel - Enfant Terrible

Best film score

• Lorenz Dangel - Tides
• Martin Todsharow - Enfant Terrible
• Ralf Wengenmayr , Marvin Miller - Jim Knopf and the Wild 13

Best production design

• Matthias Müsse - chess novella
• Claus Jürgen Pfeiffer - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs
• Julian R. Wagner - Tides

Best costume design

• Barbara Grupp - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs
• Tanja Hausner - Chess Novel
• Anke Winckler - Jim Knopf and the Wild 13
• Leonie Zykan - Tides

Best makeup image

• Nannie Gebhardt-Seele , Anna Freund - Fabian or The Walk to the Dogs
• Sabine Schumann - Tides
• Daniela Skala - Chess Novel

Best visual effects and animation

• Denis Behnke - Tides
• Frank Schlegel - Jim Button and the Wild 13
• Michael Wortmann - Chess Novel

Most popular film

Nightlife - Director: Simon Verhoeven , Production: Max Wiedemann , Quirin Berg

Honorary award

Senta Berger

Individual evidence

1. ↑ German Film Academy: The next German Film Prize will be awarded on October 1, 2021 under the artistic direction of Nico Hofmann. In: https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/ . German Film Award, November 4, 2020, accessed on November 12, 2020 . 
2. ↑ The nominees for 2021 . In: deutscher-filmpreis.de (accessed on August 19, 2021).
3. ↑ Senta Berger receives honorary award of the German Film Award 2021. In: br.de. August 4, 2021, accessed August 4, 2021 .