Film Festival Max Ophüls Prize 2021
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The 42nd Max Ophüls Preis (FFMOP) film festival took place from January 17 to 24, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the most important newcomer film festival for Germany , Austria and Switzerland was not organized in cinemas in Saarbrücken , as usual , but rather as an online edition. The documentary A Black Jesus by Luca Lucchesi , which was produced by this year's honorary prize winner Wim Wenders , was selected as the opening film .
Compared to the previous year, a slightly tighter range of 98 long and short films was presented in 47 programs, including 50 German premieres in the competition categories of feature film (winner: Borga by York-Fabian Raabe ), documentary film (winner of Stollen by Laura Reichwald ), medium length Film (Prize winner: Tala'vision by Murad Abu Eisheh ) and short film (Prize winner: Fish by Raphaela Schmid ). For this purpose, a streaming platform specially developed for the festival was used, on which all films within Germany could be streamed for a fee from January 18 to 24. A limited number of viewings was possible for each film program, which was based on the maximum capacity of a physical festival.
From January 10 to 17, 2021, the main focus and highlights of the film program were presented on the streaming platform during the Blue Week (formerly Blue Hour ). In addition, from January 18th to 22nd, the MOP festival radio was presented on the platform free of charge and without registration in cooperation with Saarländischer Rundfunk (SR). The web channel provided information about program tips, background information, short films, music videos and SR talks with filmmakers.
Sections
Competitions
The film festival hosted four competitions for feature films, documentaries, medium-length films and short films. Prizes were awarded by six juries in all competition categories.
Best feature film
For the feature film competition , productions with a minimum length of 65 minutes were permitted, provided they were made for a theatrical release and completed between January 1, 2020 and January 18, 2021. Only world premieres and German premieres were selected for the competition (films with a theatrical release or broadcast date prior to the festival and / or which were already available online were excluded from the competition). A total of 12 films from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Chile competed for seven prizes to be awarded.
The following juries decided on the prizes:
- Jury competition for feature film: Pegah Ferydoni (actress), Nataly Kudiabor (producer), Johannes Maria Schmit (theater maker and film director, award winner 2020) and Ngo The Chau (cameraman and film director).
- Screenplay jury: Daniel Blum (editor at ZDF ), Oliver Hottong (cultural journalist at Saarländischer Rundfunk ) and Heide Schwochow (screenwriter)
- Ecumenical jury: Guido Convents (film journalist), Birgit Persch-Klein (media educator) and Bellinda Sigillò (Social Legal Service of the Swiss Child and Adult Protection Authority - KESB)
- Acting jury: Ute Bergien (acting agent), Tim Garde (acting lecturer) and Martina Poel (actress)
- Youth jury (in cooperation with the Volkshochschule of the Saarbrücken regional association)
Best documentary
On competition documentary first, second and third work could participate by young German directors with a length of 65 minutes. Only world premieres and German premieres were considered. A total of ten films are competing for three prizes. The jury consisted of the filmmaker Carolin Genreith , the editor Yana Höhnerbach and the film composer Gary Marlowe .
| Movie title | Director | country |
|---|---|---|
| Davos |
Daniel Hoesl , Julia Niemann |
Austria |
| Dear Future Children | Franz Bohm | Germany, United Kingdom, Austria |
| I am the Tigress |
Thi Hien Mai , Dino Osmanovic |
Germany, USA, Austria |
| My Vietnam |
Thi Hien Mai , Tim Ellrich |
Germany |
| Nothing new | Lennart Hüper | Germany, Austria |
| stollen | Laura Reichwald | Germany |
| The Case You | Alison Kuhn | Germany |
| Our fathers | Sophie Linnenbaum | Germany |
| Who does my village belong to? | Christoph Eder | Germany |
| We all. The village |
Antonia Traulsen , Claire Roggan |
Germany |
Best medium length film
On competition Medium length film productions could participate with a length between about 25 to 65 minutes. German-speaking young directors whose films were world premieres and German premieres were able to participate. A total of ten films competed for two prizes. The selection was divided into four programs. The jury included the actress Almila Bagriacik , the filmmaker Jakob M. Erwa and the producer Kirstin Wille.
Best short film
The short film competition aims to include Promote innovative tendencies among German-speaking young directors. World premieres and German premieres of short films with a length of up to approx. 25 minutes were permitted. A total of 18 short films were selected, which competed for two prizes. The jury for medium-length films awarded the prizes.
Program series
MOP watchlist
A selection of the best young German-language films from the past production year is regularly presented in the series. Current works by former festival participants are also preferably shown. It will be programmed by the festival as the most comprehensive annual show of young German-language film.
| Movie title | Director | country | Actor / Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Displaced | Sharon Ryba-Kahn | Germany | documentary |
| End of year | Willi Kubica | Germany | Matthias Lier , Peter Meinhardt , Mina Sagdic |
| Freak City | Andreas Kannengießer | Germany | Luke Piplies , Dana Cērmane , Julia Müller , Sophia Schilling , Azul Gramss |
| King Bansah and his daughter | Agnes Lisa Wegner | Germany | documentary |
| With your own eyes | Miguel Müller-Frank | Germany | |
| rival | Marcus Lenz | Germany | Yelizar Nazarenko , Maria Bruni , Udo Samel , Axel Vent , Jule Böwe |
MOP watchlist: Saarland
Time of the Monster - Director: Tor Iben (Germany), Actors: Nina Queer , Wolfgang Reeb , Fu Ciang Yang , Edda Petri , Susan Ebrahimi
MOP shortlist
This series offered an insight into short film works by young German-speaking directors from film schools as well as independent productions. It was divided into the four programs MOP-Shortlist: Doc , MOP-Shortlist: Fiction , MOP-Shortlist: New Horizons and MOP-Shortlist: Saarland .
Documentary short films (doc)
| Movie title | Director | country |
|---|---|---|
| Pakeha | Dorian Barbera | New Zealand |
| Seahorse | Nele Dehnenkamp | Germany |
| Independence | Michael Schwarz | Germany |
| Out of sight, out of mind | Anna-Maria Dutoit | United States |
| Cuntview | Sarang Nes | Germany |
Short films (fiction)
| Movie title | Director | country | Actor (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bambirak | Zamarin wahdat | USA, Germany | Lara Cengiz , Kailas Mahadevan , Merle Collet , Oscar Zikur , Käthe Dugaro |
| fish sticks | Adriana Mrnjavac | Austria | Jack Hofer , Benedikt Haager , Sandra Hartlauer , Felix Kreutzer , Annalena Kubinger |
| Have a nice dog! | Jalal Maghout | Germany, Syria | Animation film |
| summer rain |
Julia Skala , Oscar Jacobson |
Germany | Animation film |
| The transience of Bernd Hasselhuhn | Max Rainer | Germany | Leo Meier , Reinhart Mahlberg , Angelika Hart , Antonio Lallo , Christoph Hofrichter |
| body | Marijana Verhoef | Germany | Dustin Schanz , Susanne Bredehöft |
New Horizons
| Movie title | Director | country | Comment / Actor (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|
| How to Disappear | Total Refusal ( Leonhard Müllner , Robin Klengel , Michael Stumpf ) |
Austria | Animation film |
| J'ai arrêté de caresser le chien | Lisa Gertsch | Switzerland | documentary |
| The natural death of the mouse | Katharina Huber | Germany | Animation film |
| Salidas | Michael Fetter Nathansky | Germany | Anna Castillo , Christiane “La Mona”, Ñusta Kolter Irazoque , Ebla Sadek , Jonas Walter |
| passage | Ann Oren | Germany | Simon (e) Jaikiriuma Paetau, Susan Dutta , Figeac |
Saarland
| Movie title | Director | country | Comment / Actor (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The formula | Jörn Michaely | Germany | Johanna Bönninghaus , Hartmut Volle |
| The woman without qualities | Siwei Li | Germany | Essay film |
| Lucky phone | Nicola Bläs | Germany | Chadi Yakoub , Melina Heuft |
| Not like you | Nicolas Schönberger | Germany | Robin Leo Hoffmann , Jessica Lissok , Anne Roemeth , Felix Steinhardt , Robert Naumann |
| Unthinkable | Katharina Schacke | Germany | documentary |
Children's film series
In addition to a current cinema production, the children's film series included four international short films that were made within the framework of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The leadership took there for the ARD of the Saarland Broadcasting true.
Drachenreiter - Director: Tomer Eshed (Germany), animated film
EBU children's short films
| Movie title | Director | country | Comment / Actor (selection) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The double Tina | Bonnie Dempsey | Ireland | motion pictures |
| The dog and me | Mairead Hamilton | Scotland | motion pictures |
| An animal just for me | Čejen Černić Čanak | Croatia | motion pictures |
| Wolf gang | Lydia Bruna | Germany | Janka Horakova , Lola du Bled Michels , May Fischer , Amy Fürstenfeld , Eda-Jülide Sari , Karlotta Kolodzeike |
Special programs
Short film program: Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris
The film festival has been cooperating with the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris for years. This is a one-year training program for film production, financing, sales and marketing at the Ludwigsburg Film Academy . Short films from the program were shown.
Kurz.Film.Tour - The German Short Film Award
The program presented a selection of short films that were awarded the German Short Film Prize or received a nomination last autumn .
| Movie title | Director | country | Actor / Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the rushes | Clara Zoe My-Linh von Arnim | Germany | Til Schindler , Cristin König , Harald Geil |
| Just a guy | Shoko Hara | Germany | animated documentary |
| Land of Glory | Borbála Nagy | Germany | Hanna Angelus , Nóra Rainer-Micsinyei , Zsuzsa Faragó , Péter Janklovics |
| Masel Tov Cocktail |
Arkadij Khaet , Mickey Paatzsch |
Germany | Alexander Wertmann , Mateo Wansing Lorrio , Steffen C. Jürgens , Petra Nadolny , Luke Piplies |
Guest program at the Cottbus Film Festival
Saarbrücken is twin town of Cottbus , where the local film festival (FFC) is considered to be an international leader for Eastern European film. FFMOP and FFC exchange a cinematic discovery every year.
Schönborn - Director: Maxim Melnyk (Germany), documentary film
Awards
At the 2021 Festival, Max Ophüls prizes were awarded in 16 categories and prize money totaling 118,500 euros. In addition to 12 jury awards, four audience prizes were awarded (audience voting via online voting during the festival week). The award ceremony was broadcast as a live stream on January 23, 2021 and moderated by Tobi Krell . The laudations of the respective juries were pre-recorded while the winners were connected live.
The price categories and winners at a glance:
Feature film competition
- Max Ophüls Prize: Best Fiction Film (Endowment: 36,000 EURO) - Borga (Director: York-Fabian Raabe )
- Max Ophüls Prize: Best Director (Film Prize of the Saarland Prime Minister, endowed with 5500 euros) - Arman T. Riahi ( Fox under construction )
- Max Ophüls Prize: Fritz Raff Screenplay Prize (endowment: 13,000 euros) - Arman T. Riahi (Fuchs under construction)
- Max Ophüls Prize: Audience Award Feature Film (endowment: 5000 euros) - Borga (Director: York-Fabian Raabe)
- Max Ophüls Prize for socially relevant film (sponsored by the Federal Agency for Civic Education and Deutschlandfunk Kultur , endowment: 5000 euros) - Eugene Boateng , Associate Producer and Actor ( Borga )
- Max Ophüls Prize: Prize of the Youth Jury (donated by the Federal Agency for Civic Education and the State Center for Civic Education Saarland , endowment: 2500 euros) - Fuchs im Bau (Director: Arman T. Riahi)
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (endowment: 2500 euros) - Borga (director: York-Fabian Raabe)
Documentary competition
- Max Ophüls Prize: Best Documentary (endowment: 7500 EURO) - Stollen (Director: Laura Reichwald )
- Max Ophüls Prize: Best music in a documentary (endowment: 5000 euros) - Dascha Dauenhauer and Alison Kuhn (The Case You)
- Max Ophüls Prize: Audience Award Documentary Film (Endowment: 5000 EURO) - Dear Future Children (Director: Franz Böhm )
Competition medium length film
- Max Ophüls Prize: Best medium- length film (endowment: 5000 EURO) - Tala'vision (Director: Murad Abu Eisheh )
- Max Ophüls Prize: Audience Award for Best Medium-Length Film (endowment: 5000 euros) - Tala'vision (Director: Murad Abu Eisheh)
Short film competition
- Max Ophüls Prize: Best Short Film (Endowment: 5000 EURO) - Fish (Director: Raphaela Schmid )
- Max Ophüls Prize: Audience Award for Best Short Film (endowment: 5000 euros) - Trumpets (Director: Kevin Haefelin )
Best young actors
The Max Ophüls Prize for the best young actors was awarded across all sections , with two prize winners being chosen (endowment 3000 euros each). The award was given by the acting jury consisting of Ute Bergien (acting agent), Tim Garde (acting lecturer) and Martina Poel (actress). The jury members were free to decide on main and secondary roles as well as gender specifics. The nominations were announced before the festival began.
Prize winners:
- Sara Fazilat ( Nico ) - Feature Film Competition
- Jonas Holdenrieder ( Cloudy Clouds ) - Feature Film Competition
Nominations:
- Eugene Boateng ( Borga ) - Feature Film Competition
- Giulia Goldammer ( Windstill ) - Feature Film Competition
- Luna Jordan ( Fox under construction ) - Feature film competition
- Deniz Orta (Intermezzo) - Competition medium length film
- Thomas Schubert (Windstill) - Feature Film Competition
Honorary award
The award ceremony, recorded in Berlin in advance , was streamed on the opening day of the festival. This was followed by the performance of Luca Lucchesi's documentary A Black Jesus , which Wenders co-produced. The film illuminates the worship of a black Jesus statue in the Sicilian village of Siculiana . When a group of refugees from Africa who were housed there wanted to take part in the religious tradition, tensions developed among the villagers.
Web links
- Official website (German / English)
- Film program . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, 16.23 MB).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Film Festival Magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 5, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ↑ a b c d e The winners in 2021 . In: ffmop.de (accessed January 24, 2021).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 7, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 9, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ↑ Feature film competition . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 16, 2021).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, pp. 30–31, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ↑ Documentary film competition . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 16, 2021).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 38, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ^ Competition medium length film . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 16, 2021).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 45, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ↑ Short film competition . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 16, 2021).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 51, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ↑ program series . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 17, 2021).
- ↑ MOP shortlist . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 17, 2021).
- ↑ Children's film series . In: ffmop.de (accessed January 17, 2017).
- ↑ a b special programs . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 17, 2021).
- ↑ Guest program at the FilmFestival Cottbus . In: ffmop.de (accessed January 17, 2021).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 98, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ↑ Prizes and Juries . In: ffmop.de (accessed January 17, 2021).
- ↑ "Borga" honored as best film at the Max Ophüls Prize . In: zeit.de, January 23, 2021 (accessed January 24, 2021).
- ↑ The winners in 2021 . In: ffmop.de (accessed January 24, 2021).
- ↑ Nominations for the Max Ophüls Prize: Best Young Actors . In: ffmop.de, January 8, 2021 (accessed January 15, 2021).
- ↑ Honorary Prize Winner 2021: Wim Wenders . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 17, 2021).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 15, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ^ Film festival magazine . In: ffmop.de (PDF file, p. 98, approx. 16.23 MB).
- ↑ A Black Jesus . In: ffmop.de (accessed on January 17, 2021).