69th German Film Award
Awarded byDeutsche Filmakademie
DateMay 3, 2019 (2019-05-03)
SitePalais am Funkturm, Berlin
Hosted by
Directed by
  • Florian Cossen
  • Elena von Saucken
Highlights
Best Feature FilmGundermann
Best DocumentaryOf Fathers and Sons
Best DirectorAndreas Dresen
Best ActorAlexander Scheer
Best ActressSusanne Wolff
Lifetime achievementMargarethe von Trotta
Television coverage
NetworkZDF

The German Film Award 2019 (German: Deutscher Filmpreis 2019 ) was the 69th annual award ceremony of the German Film Award, also known as Lola. The gala event took place on May 3, 2019 at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin. The award is with 2.955 million euros the highest-endowed cultural award Germanys and is awarded by the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy) in 16 regular categories, as well as three special categories.

Director, writer and actress Margarethe von Trotta was awarded the Honorary Award for Outstanding Services to German Film in advance.[1] Director Caroline Link received the Lola for the "largest audience of the year", for All About Me (Der Junge muss an die frische Luft). Christian Becker was honored with the Bernd Eichinger Award for his outstanding work as a film producer.[2]

The gala was broadcast on a time-delayed basis by the television station ZDF on May 3, 2019, starting at 22:55. As hosts, actress and presenter Désirée Nosbusch, and comedian and actor Tedros Teclebrhan led through the event. Screenwriter Elena von Saucken and film director Florian Cossen were responsible for the artistic direction.[3]

Selection process

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Films with multiple nominations
N = Nomination;  A = Award
Film N A
Gundermann 10 6
Styx 6 4
All About Me
(Der Junge muss an die frische Luft)
5 3
The Golden Glove
(Der Goldene Handschuh)
5 1
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
(Das schönste Mädchen der Welt)
3
Of Fathers and Sons 2 2
Balloon (Ballon) 2
Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
(Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer)
2
The Keeper (Trautmann) 2
The Mover (Atlas) 2
Transit 2

Three different juries composed mainly of academy members viewed the submissions. The preselection of 13 films for the Best Documentary Film category was announced on December 11, 2018. On January 7, 2019 followed the announcement of six preselected films for the Best Children's Film category, as well as 23 films preselected for the Best Fiction Film category, plus six preselections for individual achievements.[4]

Nominations

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The nominations were announced on March 20, 2019, in a press conference from the Deutsche Kinemathek by Minister of State for Culture Monika Grütters, the President of the Deutsche Filmakademie Ulrich Matthes and its chairman Benjamin Herrmann.[5] The film Gundermann was nominated in ten categories, Styx in six, The Golden Glove and All About Me in five categories each.[6]

Special awards

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Three categories are not endowed and the recipients are announced ahead of the award ceremony. While the recipients of the Honorary Award and the Bernd Eichinger Award are chosen by juries, the Award for the Largest Audience is automatically given to the majoritarian German film production that had the biggest cinema audience in the preceding year.

Prize money

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more to come

Winners and nominees

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Ansgar Frerich, producer
Best Documentary Film
Of Fathers and Sons
 
Andreas Dresen,
Best Director
 
Susanne Wolff,
Best Actress
 
Alexander Scheer,
Best Actor
 
Margarethe von Trotta,
Honorary Award

Winners are named first and in boldface. If different, the original German title appears in brackets after the world-wide English title.

Key to the Best Fiction Film category:   Golden Lola first prize,   Silver Lola second prize, and   Bronze Lola third prize.

  Gundermann  –  Producers: Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel;  Director: Andreas Dresen
  Styx  –  Producer: Marcos Kantis;  Director: Wolfgang Fischer
  All About Me (Der Junge muss an die frische Luft)  –  Producers: Sebastian Werninger, Nico Hofmann, Hermann Florin;  Director: Caroline Link

  • 25 km/h  –  Producers: Markus Goller, Oliver Ziegenbalg;  Director: Markus Goller
  • The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Das schönste Mädchen der Welt)  –  Producers: Sebastian Zühr, Timm Oberwelland, Peter Eiff, Theodor Gringel;  Director: Aron Lehmann
  • Transit  –  Producers: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber, Antonin Dedet;  Director: Christian Petzold

Of Fathers and Sons  –  Producers: Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert, Hans Robert Eisenhauer;  Director: Talal Derki

  • Parents' School (Elternschule)  –  Producer: Ingo Fliess;  Directors: Ralf Bücheler, Jörg Adolph
  • Hi, Ai (alternative style: Hi, A.I.)  –  Producer: Stefan Kloos;  Director: Isa Willinger

Rocca Changes the World (Rocca verändert die Welt)  –  Producers: Tobias Rosen, Steffi Ackermann, Willi Geike;  Director: Katja Benrath

Andreas Dresen  –  Gundermann

Laila Stieler  –  Gundermann

Susanne Wolff  –  Styx

Alexander Scheer  –  Gundermann

Luise Heyer  –  All About Me (Der Junge muss an die frische Luft)

Alexander Fehling  –  Blame Game (Das Ende der Wahrheit)

Benedict Neuenfels  –  Styx

Anne Fabini  –  Of Fathers and Sons

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

  • Dominik Schleier, Christian Conrad, Martin Steyer  –  Transit
  • Roland Winke, Christian Bischoff, Chrissy Rebay  –  Balloon (Ballon)

Hochzeitskapelle [note 1]  –  Wackersdorf

  • Gerd Baumann  –  The Keeper (Trautmann)
  • Ralf Wengenmayr, Marvin Miller  –  Balloon (Ballon)

Susanne Hopf  –  Gundermann

  • Tamo Kunz  –  The Golden Glove (Der Goldene Handschuh)
  • Matthias Müsse  –  Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver (Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer)

Sabine Greunig  –  Gundermann

Maike Heinlein, Daniel Schröder, Lisa Edelmann  –  The Golden Glove (Der Goldene Handschuh)

  • Grit Kosse, Uta Spikermann  –  Gundermann
  • Birger Laube, Heike Merker  –  55 Steps (Eleanor & Colette)

All About Me (Der Junge muss an die frische Luft)  –  Producers: Sebastian Werninger, Nico Hofmann, Hermann Florin;  Director: Caroline Link

Margarethe von Trotta (film director, screenwriter & actress)

Christian Becker (film producer)


See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Hochzeitskapelle is the name of an Bavarian band, consisting of Evi Keglmaier, Mathias Götz, Micha Acher, Alex Haas, and Markus Acher.[7]

References

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  1. ^ German Film Award: Margarethe von Trotta receives honorary award. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  2. ^ Christian Becker receives the 2019 Bernd Eichinger Award. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. ^ Moderation and artistic direction of the 2019 Lola Awards. Article printed March 27, 2019, retrieved March 27, 2019.
  4. ^ The preselection for the German Film Award 2019 is complete. In: deutscher-filmpreis.de (retrieved January 21, 2019).
  5. ^ The 2019 German Film Award Nominations. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
  6. ^ German Film Awards: Wolfgang Fischer's "Styx" with six nominations. Article printed March 20, 2019, retrieved March 20, 2019.
  7. ^ "Hochzeitskapelle" (in German). gutfeeling records. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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