Festival of German Films
The Festival of German Films Ludwigshafen am Rhein took place for the first time in 2005 on the Ludwigshafen Parkinsel in two cinema tents. In 2018 there was a third cinema tent for the first time, where contributions from the Children's Film Festival and the Salon - International Film series were shown. The 15th edition will take place from August 21 to September 8, 2019.
history
The festival was made possible by the “Future Initiative for the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region” and with the support of BASF AG . In the first year, the German Film Festival had around 10,000 visitors. With its “beach talks” it became a meeting place for young German directors, producers, distributors and actors. The result of this is the “Ludwigshafen Position” - from intensive discussions between the directors and producers present on the topic “What does German film need?”, A joint resolution emerged that was signed in 2005 by 22 film directors, actors and producers. It called for a primarily artistic orientation in German film.
In the second year, the German Film Festival had 17,000 visitors. A summer academy took place for the first time. It emerged from last year's beach talks. A master school where German filmmakers could exchange ideas. The Sparkasse Vorderpfalz and the GAG Ludwigshafen participated in the financing of the festival for the first time. There were 20,000 visitors in 2007.
For the first time, the city of Ludwigshafen, together with the previous sponsors, ensured the festival's continued existence: the municipal council approved the mayor Eva Lohse's request for co-financing with a large majority . From 2008 the Ludwigshafen City Clinic also sponsored the festival.
In the fifth year, the number of visitors tripled: In 2009, over 30,000 visitors came to Parkinsel. Visitors were among others Hannelore Elsner , who receives the “Prize for Dramatic Art”, Senta Berger , who presented her new film and Werner Schroeter . This was one of his last appearances, because Werner Schroeter died in April 2010.
Since 2011, the Filmkunstpreis has not only been given equal rights to pure cinema productions and mixed cinema-TV productions, but also to pure television productions in Germany. In 2010 Moritz Bleibtreu received the “Prize for Dramatic Art”. In the seventh year, 39,000 visitors came and TWL joined as a new sponsor.
The 8th festival reached 50,000 moviegoers in 2012. The film art award went to Für Elise by Wolfgang Dinslage . The “Prize for Acting Art” went to Otto Sander and Sandra Hüller .
With around 64,000 spectators, the 9th festival achieved a further increase in visitor numbers in 2013. Due to the flooding of the Rhine at the end of May / beginning of June 2013 , the festival site was temporarily relocated to a wasteland at Luitpoldhafen, opposite the Parkinsel. The demonstrations on June 22nd had to be canceled for security reasons due to a major fire in a warehouse in the immediate vicinity.
In the 10th edition, the festival awarded the "Ludwigshafen am Rhein Media Culture Prize" for the first time in 2014, honoring a television editorial team that is primarily responsible for a particularly successful new television film production (television play) that is exemplary for maintaining a media culture in Germany and who is concerned with quality television in the field of television games, regardless of audience ratings.
In 2016, 112,000 tickets were sold compared to 88,000 in the previous year. Approx. 500 trade visitors were present. 245 screenings and 90 film discussions were presented.
In 2017, the festival took place for the first time in late summer, from August 30th to September 17th, to avoid the recurring flooding of the park island. 41 directors, 88 producers and other industry representatives as well as 62 actors were guests with over 60 new films. Since spring, the festival has also fully integrated its office in Ludwigshafen and the name of the city into its new logo. More than 100,000 visitors came again to see films for the first time in an open-air cinema directly on the banks of the Rhine.
Festival management
- since 2005 Michael Kötz
Prices
- Ludwigshafen Film Art Prize - endowed with 30,000 euros since 2019 (50,000 euros until 2017, 20,000 euros in 2018). It is awarded to the “best German film” by an expert jury. The “aesthetic quality” is decisive, regardless of whether it is a cinema or television production. 10,000 euros each go to the director, to the producer and to the German film distributor, which brings the film to the cinema. The prize money is awarded without any conditions. An independent, annually newly appointed jury of recognized personalities in German film awards the prize. Two other films received an honorable mention, the “Ludwigshafen Awards”.
- Rheingold - The Ludwigshafen Audience Award - equivalent to the Ludwigshafen Film Art Award and has been endowed with the same amount under the name Rheingold since 2018 (€ 10,000 until 2017). 10,000 euros each go to the director, the producer and 10,000 euros to the German film distributor, which brings the film to the cinema. The prize money is awarded without any conditions. The audience votes on the winner of the newer films in the program (rating per performance in relation to the number per performance).
- Prize for the art of acting - Prize to "outstanding personalities in the art of acting", awarded since 2005.
- Author's Award Ludwigshafen - Award for a screenwriter who has presented an “outstanding work in the field of film and television in Germany”, awarded for the first time in 2013.
- Director's Award Ludwigshafen - Award for a director who has presented an “outstanding film work”, awarded for the first time in 2018.
- Media Culture Prize - Prize for a "particularly successful cinematically" pure television film that was made without a cinema participation. It is awarded by a "renowned personality from the film and television world" as a single juror.
- The Golden Nile Children's Film Award - awarded since 2014. The jury consists of children between the ages of eight and twelve as well as editors from the Rheinpfalz and the curator Rolf-Rüdiger Hamacher.
Award winners
Ludwigshafen Film Art Prize
- Laureate 2005: Netto by Robert Thalheim and Matthias Miegel
- Special Award: Durchfahrtsland by Alexandra Sell
- Prize winner 2006: Longing by Valeska Grisebach
- Special distinction: Futschicato by Olav F. Wehling and Swinger Club by Jan Georg Schütte
- 2007 Prize Winner: Hunting Dogs by Ann-Kristin Reyels
- Special award: Hotel Very Welcome by Sonja Heiss
- Award Winners 2008: The vow of Dominik Graf
- Special award (in equal parts): MondKalb by Sylke Enders and Seven Days Sunday by Niels Laupert
- Prize winner 2009: Continuing dancing by Friederike Jehn
- Special award (in equal parts): This night from Werner Schroeter and in the middle of August from Sebastian Schipper
- Prize winners 2010:
- In the Best Film category : Orly by Angela Schanelec
- In the Most Original Form of Representation category : Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
- In the Most Original Subject Category : Shahada by Burhan Qurbani
- In the Special Individual Achievement category : Robert Gwisdek in Renn, if you can
- Filmkunst-Sonderpreis Outstanding TV film 2010 : Tatort - Altlasten by Eoin Moore
- Prize winners 2011:
- Film Art Prize 2011: Sleeping Sickness by Ulrich Köhler
- Special award from the jury (undoped):
- Director award : Johannes Naber for Der Albaner
- Script award : Jan Schomburg for Über uns das All
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Best Actors :
- Eberhard Kirchberg in the films of the three-life trilogy
- Heino Ferch in the footsteps of evil
- Sandra Hüller in About Us, Space and Brownian Movement
- Prize winners 2012:
- Film Art Prize 2012: For Elise by Wolfgang Dinslage
- Special awards from the jury:
- Best script : Erzsébet Rácz for Für Elise
- Best actors ensemble : Sven Gielnik , Eye Heidara , Hans-Jochen Wagner and Carolina Clemente in Implosion
- Best sound design : Uwe Bossenz for Der Fluss was once a human
- Prize winners 2013:
- Filmkunstpreis 2013: Kohlhaas or the proportionality of the means by Aron Lehmann
- Special awards:
- Bernd Fischer for the design of Alaska Johansson and the end of the closed season
- Lina Wendel for portraying the main character in Silvi
- Prize winners 2014:
- Filmkunstpreis 2014: Forget my self by Jan Schomburg
- Special awards from the jury:
- The Moscow Trials of Milo Rau
- Entire ensemble from Tatort: Born in pain
- Acting ensemble: Tristan Göbel , Jördis Triebel and Alexander Scheer in the west
- Prize winners 2015:
- Filmkunstpreis 2015: In summer he lives downstairs from Tom Sommerlatte
- Special awards from the jury:
- Fatigue Society by Isabella Gresser , for the total work of art
- Actor Sebastian Blomberg in default
- Cameraman Frank Blau , for the film Spreewaldkrimi: Die Sturmnacht
- Prize winners 2016:
- Filmkunstpreis 2016: Before Dawn by Maria Schrader
- Prize winners 2017:
- Film Art Prize 2017:
- Special awards from the jury:
- Prize winners 2018:
- Art Film Prize 2018: Tatort: Murot and the marmot by Dietrich Brüggemann
- Special awards from the jury:
- Prize winners 2019:
- Art Film Prize 2019: Tell me about it by Michael Fetter Nathansky
- Honorable mentions:
- Atlas , directed by David Nawrath , script collaborated with Paul Salisbury
- The spoken word counts , director: Ilker Çatak , script together with Nils Mohl
Acting Award
- Laureate 2005 Hanna Schygulla and Eckart Stein (honorary award for film art)
- Prize winner 2006: Klaus Maria Brandauer
- Prize winner 2007: Katja Riemann
- Award winners 2008: Nina Hoss and Devid Striesow
- Prize winner 2009: Hannelore Elsner
- Prize winner 2010: Moritz Bleibtreu
- Award winner 2011: Andrea Sawatzki
- Prize winners 2012: Sandra Hüller and Otto Sander
- Prize winner 2013: Bruno Ganz
- Prize winners 2014: Anna Loos and Jan Josef Liefers
- Prize winners 2015: Corinna Harfouch and Mario Adorf
- Prize winners 2016: Maria Furtwängler and Ulrich Tukur
- Prize winners 2017: Martina Gedeck and Matthias Brandt
- Prize winner 2018: Iris Berben
- Prize winners 2019: Julia Koschitz and Bjarne Mädel
Rheingold - Ludwigshafen Audience Award
- Award winner 2005: The blue border by Till Franzen and SommerHundeSöhne by Cyril Tuschi
- Prize winner 2006: Nine scenes by Dietrich Brüggemann
- Prize winner 2007 (in equal parts): For the unknown dog by Dominik Reding and Benjamin Reding and Hotel Very Welcome by Sonja Heiss
- Prize winners 2008 (in equal parts): Just a Summer by Tamara Staudt and Finnish Tango by Buket Alakuş
- Prize winner 2009 (in equal parts): The Rote Punkt from Marie Miyayama and you can never be sure of Nicole Weegmann
- Prize winners 2010 (in equal parts): Renn, if you can by Dietrich Brüggemann and Kinshasa Symphony by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer
- Award winner 2011: A little different from Andi Rogenhagen
- Prize winner 2012: Blueberry Blue by Rainer Kaufmann and Guilt are Always the Others by Lars-Gunnar Lotz
- Prize winner 2013: The dance with the belly by Carolin Genreith
- Award winner 2014: Tatort: Born in pain by Florian Schwarz and Jack by Edward Berger
- Award winner 2015: Beyond the day by Martin Enlen
- Prize winners 2016: Jonathan by Piotr J. Lewandowski and Der Äthiopier by Tim Trageser
- Award winner 2017: I was a lucky wife of Martin Enlen
- Prize winner 2018: 303 by Hans Weingartner
- Prize winner 2019: Crescendo , director: Dror Zahavi , script together with Johannes Rotter
Ludwigshafen Authors' Prize
- Prize winners 2013: Martin Rauhaus for Adieu Paris , Beatrice Meier for Offside Trap and Jürgen Werner for Death on the Baltic Sea
- Award winner 2014: Holger Joos for an open cage
- Award winner 2015: Gerd Schneider for misconduct
- Award winner 2016: Michael Proehl for The White Rabbit
- Award winner 2017: Markus Busch
- Not awarded in 2018
Media culture award
- Prize winners 2014:
- Liane Jessen and Jörg Himstedt from the TV editor HR - TV play and feature film for Tatort: Born in pain
- Michael Schmidl and Manfred Hattendorf from the TV editor SWR - Film and Culture for An Open Cage
- Prize winners 2015:
- Gebhard Henke and Nina Klamroth from the WDR editorial team for TV film, cinema and series for Ich will dich
- Liane Jessen and Jörg Himstedt from the TV editorial team HR - TV play and feature film for Tatort: Who am I?
- Prize winners 2016:
- Claudia Gerlach-Benz from SWR's TV film department for The White Rabbit
- Prize winners 2017:
- Lucia Keuter (WDR)
- Prize winners 2018:
- Frankfurt, December 17 ( Petra K. Wagner / TV game editor of the Hessischer Rundfunk)
- Prize winners 2019:
- And who takes the dog? , directed by Rainer Kaufmann , written by Martin Rauhaus
- In the shadow of fear , staged by Till Endemann , written by Rebekka Reuber and Marie-Therese Till
The golden Nile
- Prize winners 2014:
- Nonsense and the coati gang by Veit Helmer
- Honorable Mention: Sputnik by Markus Dietrich
- Prize winners 2015:
- Prize winners 2016:
- Prize winners 2017:
- Prize winners 2018:
Director's award Ludwigshafen
- 2018: Hans Weingartner for 303
- 2019: Rainer Kaufmann
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ludwigshafen Film Festival: Iris Berben receives award for acting . Article dated July 10, 2018, accessed July 10, 2018.
- ↑ Stefan Otto: The 15th Festival of German Films begins in five weeks. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung , July 17, 2019, accessed on the same day.
- ↑ Film festival in the dry! , accessed June 6, 2013.
- ↑ Ludwigshafen: Fire brigade brings major fire under control. on: Spiegel Online . June 23, 2013.
- ^ History. Festival of German Films, accessed on July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Ludwigshafen Prize goes to two films . Article dated September 16, 2017, accessed September 16, 2017.
- ↑ The Film Art Prize 2018 of the 14th FESTIVAL OF THE GERMAN FILM LUDWIGSHAFEN AM RHEIN goes to "Murot and the marmot" by Dietrich Brüggemann . Article dated September 8, 2018, accessed September 9, 2018.
- ↑ a b c The Prize Winners 2019 - Festival of German Films Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Murot- "Tatort" wins film award in Ludwigshafen . Article dated September 8, 2018, accessed September 9, 2018.
- ↑ Golden Nile. (No longer available online.) Festival of German Films, archived from the original on July 24, 2017 ; Retrieved July 19, 2017 .