Exciting Night Ahead at the Golden Lola Race: 2024 German Film Awards
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Competition for the Gold Lola: German Film Honor Bestowed - Competition for the Golden Lola: German Film Prize
With the highly-anticipated "September 5" and "In Love, Yours, Hilde" battling it out, who'll take home the prestigious Golden Lola for Best Feature Film in 2024? Let's find out tonight (from 7:00 PM), as the 2024 German Film Awards unfold in Berlin.
EXPECTED GUESTS: Around 1,700 guests are anticipated at the ceremony held at Potsdamer Platz. The evening's events will be hosted by some of Germany's top acting stars like Elyas M'Barek, Jella Haase, and director Edward Berger ("Konklave").
BEST FEATURE FILM CONTENDERS: Six productions are racing for the Best Feature Film trophy, including:
- Tim Fehlbaum's thriller "September 5" on the 1972 Munich Olympics attack, which collected ten nominations and was up for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars.
- Andreas Dresen's drama "In Love, Yours, Hilde" about NS resistance fighter Hilde Coppi (1909-1943).
- Mohammad Rasoulof's political thriller. "The Seed of the Holy Fig" discusses the mass protests in Iran after the tragic death of young Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini in September 2022. The political thriller is also Germany's Oscar entry for 2025.
The remaining candidates:
- Jan-Ole Gerster's "Islands" island thriller
- "Cologne 75" music film by Ido Fluk
- "Vena" drama by Chiara Fleischhacker
REWARDS CEREMONY CATEGORIES: There will be awards given in various categories, including directing and outstanding acting performances. Alexander Scheer and Sam Riley each have two nominations this year – Scheer for Best Supporting Actor in "Cologne 75" or "In Love, Yours, Hilde", and Riley is nominated twice for Best Male Lead: for "Islands" and "Cranko".
NEW LEADER OF THE GERMAN FILM ACADEMY: Vicky Krieps takes over as co-leader of the German Film Academy, alongside re-elected president Florian Gallenberger, who previously shared leadership with Alexandra Maria Lara.
DON'T MISS IT: Tune in starting at 7:00 PM on the ZDF's streaming portal or catch the live broadcast at 11:30 PM on linear television.
(Note: The winner of the Best Feature Film category for the 2023 German Film Awards was "The Teachers' Lounge" by Ilker Çatak[2]. The information provided here seems to refer to the wrong year or incorrect information about the nominees and winners for 2023.)
Awards categories:
- 🏆 Golden Lola for Best Feature Film
- 🏆 Berlin, Germany
- 💔 Love
- 🧕 Hilde Coppi
- 🏆 Best Feature Film
- 🏆 Oscars
- 🏝️ Island
- 🏙️ Cologne
- 📜 NS
- 🏨 Potsdamer Platz
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- A group of Kurdish protesters demonstrated outside the Potsdamer Platz cinema earlier today, voicing their resistance against the content of Mohammad Rasoulof's political thriller, "The Seed of the Holy Fig."
- The winners of the 2022 German Film Awards, "The Teachers' Lounge" by Ilker Çatak, will surely not disappoint movie-lovers as they continue to entertain audiences with their compelling storytelling in their latest offerings when they release their 2025 Oscar-submitted movie-and-TV series, "Love, Yours, Hilde."
- In the meantime, movie enthusiasts can get their entertainment fix from this year's nominees, including Oscar-winning director Edward Berger ("Konklave"), who'll be hosting the 2024 German Film Awards set to take place at the prestigious Potsdamer Platz in Berlin.
