2024-05-03 20:18:33
The Austrian actor Simon Morzé was honored as the best male actor at the German Film Awards in Berlin. Morzé was honored at Friday’s gala in Berlin for his performance in the historical drama “The Fox,” which was also nominated for best feature film. An Austrian, Adele Neuhauser, was also named best supporting actress for her role in the film “15 Years”.
In “The Fox,” Morzé plays an Austrian soldier named Franz who raises a young fox during World War II. “15 Years” is a German-Austrian-Luxembourgish drama directed by Chris Kraus.
German actress Corinna Harfouch was honored for her role in the drama “Die”. The 69-year-old accepted the award for best female lead. Visibly touched, Harfouch thanked her fellow actor Lars Eidinger, “Die” director Matthias Glasner and her family on stage.
“Die” entered the race as the favorite for the film award with nine nominations. In the three-hour film about a broken family, Harfouch plays mother and wife Lissy Lunies. In 2003, Harfouch won the German Film Prize for her supporting role as Rabia von Katzenstein in the children’s film “Bibi Blocksberg”.
The Turkish-German director Ayşe Polat received the award for best screenplay for her political thriller “Im dead Winkel”. When presenting the award, Polat dedicated it to “all women who courageously fight for justice and freedom.”
“In the Blind Spot” is about the difficulties faced by a crew who want to film a documentary in northeastern Turkey and are observed while doing so. Strange incidents occur.
The coveted Lolas are awarded in a total of 17 categories at the film award. The big favorite was the drama “Die” by director Matthias Glasner, which was nominated in nine categories. “The Theory of Everything” by Timm Kröger received six nominations, followed by the film “The Fox” by Adrian Goiginger with five nominations.
The Lola, which has been awarded annually since 1951, is considered the most important German award for filmmakers. In addition to feature films, documentaries and children’s films are also honored. The Lola is endowed with prize money totaling almost three million euros; the decision on the awarding of the prize is made by the members of the German Film Academy.
The German Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer made an urgent appeal to filmmakers. “When I came back 14 years ago, I couldn’t have imagined what was going on in public now. That’s how it started back then,” said the 102-year-old on Friday evening in Berlin.
Friedländer was accompanied on stage by director Wim Wenders and human rights activist Düzen Tekkal. “There are a lot of storytellers in this room. You have a responsibility to use the power of film to ensure that something like this never happens again,” she said.
“I ask you to support me so that history does not repeat itself.” It is now in everyone’s hands to shape their lives. “We can no longer change what happened, but it must never, ever happen again. I ask you: be human.”
There was a standing ovation and thunderous applause from the audience for her speech. The 102-year-old Friedländer is one of the few living witnesses to the persecution and murder of Jews during the Nazi era.
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