27/03/2006

Despite criticism from the BVR (German Directors Federation), which is angry that the current list of nominees for the Lolas (German Film Awards) lists the names of the films’ production companies but not the directors, the Deutsche Filmakademie has nevertheless chosen films by auteurs that have already received international acclaim.

Das Leben der Anderen (Tough Enough), produced by Wiedemann & Berg), in which Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck deals with late, desperate efforts by the East-German Stasi to pry into private lives, notably those of artists, has been nominated in 11 categories, including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Screenplay.

In the most prestigious category (Best Film), the film takes on Detlev Buck's Knallhart [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (Tough Enough), released at the beginning of this month (see article); Vanessa Jopp's Komm Näher; the unbeatable Paradise Now [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Hany Abu-Assad; Hans-Christian Schmid’s Requiem [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Hans-Christian Schmid
interview: Sandra Hueller
film profile] (which picked up Best Actress Silver Bear at Berlin for Sandra Müller and has garnered 10 nominations); and the very recent Sommer vorm Balkon (Summer in Berlin) by Andreas Dresen (6 nominations), whose two protagonists, Inka Friedrich and Nadja Uhl, are up for Best Actress.

On May 12 , at a gala to be presented once more by Michael "Bully" Herbig, Minister Bernd Neumann will hand over to the winners prizes worth the tidy sum of €2.85m, of which €250,000 will go to Best Film, €125.000 to the Best Documentary and €100,000 to Best Young Film.

The complete list of nominees:

Best Film:
Knallhart by Detlev Buck
Komm näher by Vanessa Jopp
Tough Enough by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Paradise Now by Hany Abu-Assad
Requiem by Hans-Christian Schmid
Summer in Berlin by Andreas Dresen

Best Documentary:
Die große Stille by Philip Gröning
Lost Children by Ali Samadi Ahadi and Oliver Stoltz

Best Children’s and Young People’s Film:
Die Höhle des gelben Hundes by Byambasuren Davaa
Der Schatz der weißen Falken by Christian Zübert

Best Actress:
Inka Friedrich (Summer in Berlin)
Sandra Hüller (Requiem)
Jasmin Tabatabai (Fremde Haut)
Nadja Uhl (Summer in Berlin)

Best Actor:
Moritz Bleibtreu (Elementarteilchen)
Ulrich Mühe (Tough Enough)
Milan Peschel (Netto)

Best Supporting Actress:
Meret Becker (Komm näher)
Martina Gedeck (Elementarteilchen)
Imogen Kogge (Requiem)

Best Supporting Actor:
Burghard Klaußner (Requiem)
Andreas Schmidt (Summer in Berlin)
Ulrich Tukur (Tough Enough)

Best Director:
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Tough Enough)
Andreas Dresen (Summer in Berlin)
Hans-Christian Schmid (Requiem)

Best Cinematography:
Hagen Bogdanski (Tough Enough)
Michael Hammon (Willenbrock)
Jürgen Jürges (Schatten der Zeit)

Best Editing:
Dirk Grau (Knallhart)
Patricia Rommel (Tough Enough)
Bernd Schlegel, Hansjörg Weißbrich (Requiem)

Best Artistic Design:
Nathan Amondson (Don't Come Knocking)
Silke Buhr (Tough Enough)
Christian M. Goldbeck (Requiem)

Best Costumes:
Gabriele Binder (Summer in Berlin)
Lisy Christl (Schatten der Zeit)
Bettina Marx (Requiem)

Best Music:
T-Bone Burnett (Don't Come Knocking [+see also:
trailer
film profile])
Bert Wrede (Knallhart)
Stéphane Moucha, Gabriel Yared (Tough Enough)

Best Sound Design:
Christian Bischoff, Jörg Elsner, Marc Parisotto (Wholetrain [+see also:
trailer
film profile])
Stefan Busch, Michael Kranz (Barfuß [+see also:
trailer
film profile])
Lars Ginzel, Dirk Jacob, Marc Parisotto, Martin Steyer (Requiem)
Hubertus Rath, Christoph von Schönburg, Arno Wilms (Tough Enough)

Best Screenplay:
Hany Abu Assad, Bero Beyer (Paradise Now)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Tough Enough)
Wolfgang Kohlhaase (Summer in Berlin)
Bernd Lange (Requiem)

(Translated from French)