Andreas Kleinert’s “Dear Thomas” wins the 2022 German Film Awards

dear thomasThe black and white biography of the late poet, writer and film director Thomas Brasch Andreas Kleinert won Lola at the 2022 German Film Awards for Best Film.

Kleinert also won the Best Director award, while Albrecht Schuch received the Best Actress award in 2022 for her role as Brasch. This is the third Lola in three years for Shukhi, who won two Lolas in 2020, both for Best Actor. system failure) and Best Supporting Actor (for Berlin Alexanderplatz). Their dear thomas Best Supporting Actress Jella Haas won, while Thomas Wendrich picked best screenplay for Lola for his screenplay. dear thomas Lola also won Best Editing for Gisela Zick, Best Costume Design for Ann-Gret Ohem and Best Cinematography for Johann Find.

To save money dear thomas It was a Friday night general cleaning at Lolas in Berlin in 2022 Rabie Kurnaz x George W. Bush, Andreas Dresen’s honest and true story of David Goliath against a mother fighting to save her son from Guantanamo. Meltem Captain received a Best Actress nomination for her lead role, in her first leading role as a titular matriarch fighting the system. Best Supporting Actor Alexander Shearer has been cast as an aging idealist in the role of leftist attorney Bernhard Dock, who helps Curnaz take the case to the Supreme Court. Kurnaz Rage It also won second place silver for Lola for Best Picture. Kurnaz Rage The premiere took place this year at the Berlin Film Festival, where Capitã won the Best Actress award.

Sebastian Macy’s Prison Drama Great freedom! Which follows a man repeatedly imprisoned under Article 175 who accused him of homosexuality decades after the end of the Nazi dictatorship in Germany, made the best film in Lola Bronze.

In other technical categories, Heiko Schmidt, Kerstin Gecklein and Roman Braunhofer won best makeup for their work. great freedom; Literary adaptation by Sabrina Sarab nobody walks with calves I chose the best sound design for the team of Jonathan Shorri, Dominic Lube, Gregor Bonsi and John Gurtler. Lola for Best Original Film Sound was awarded to Annette Fox by Carolyn Herfurth. Wunderson.

Tobias Wiman RoadThe story of two children and a dog who escaped the Nazis, Lola won 2022 for Best Children’s Film. Another children’s film, live action/animation by Gregor Schnitzler School of Magical AnimalsThe best visual effects went to Dennis Retkowski, Marcus Frank and Tomer Eshed.

Antonia Kiliani across the river, Telling the story of a 19-year-old Syrian woman who fled her marriage across the Euphrates only to return with a Kurdish military unit to try to liberate her city from the Islamic State, Lola won the 2022 Best Documentary award.

The 2022 Bernd Eichinger Award, which honors excellence in filmmaking, was awarded to Berlin-based Komplizen Film, whose recent films include a Pablo Lauren biopic, Lady Di. Spencer Seen by Kristen Stewart and Ildiko Enied my wife’s story With Lea Seidus. The honorable achievement of life was bestowed on Lola by the German filmmaker Jürgen Jürgen.Funny Games, Juan Rabe).

The gala awards ceremony, which took place in Berlin on Friday night, brilliantly showcased what a terrible year it has been for German cinema. Box office receipts in 2021 were just $395 million (€373.2 million), surpassing just the €318 million at the 2020 box office, the peak of COVID-19 lockdown measures, and almost a third of the 1,080 million dollars (1,024 million euros) . German cinemas went pre-pandemic in 2019.

Just two of the best film nominees for Lola (Sonke Wortmann University Comedy) AgainstWhich grossed $7.2 million at the German box office and the Herfurth romantic comedy wunderson, $15.6 million) can be called hits. Only three of the top 20 films released in Germany last year were local.

Friday’s winners and nominees received a nice change: a $529,000 (€500,000) cash prize for Best Picture, a $265,000 (€250,000) nomination, but the real challenge for the German film industry remains. with the local public spending more. In your European home cinema.