Golden Globe for Fatih Akin

08.01.2018 | "Into the Fate" is Best Foreign Language Film

A glamorous start to 2018: Fatih Akin has won the Golden Globe in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category for his Hamburg thriller "Into the Fate". The Golden Globes are considered the most important barometer for the Oscars.

Maria KöpfCEO of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, says: "It's amazing! The shower of prizes forInto the fate continues. All of Hamburg is celebrating today with Fatih Akin, Nurhan Şekerci-Porst, Diane Kruger and the entire bombero and Warner crew. The FFHSH team is keeping its fingers crossed for the Academy Awards in March - and hopes for a Hamburg triple of Cannes Palme d'Or, Golden Globe and Oscar trophy."

About the film: In Fatih Akin's thrillerInto the fate internationally renowned actress Diane Kruger plays Katja, a young mother who loses her husband and son in a bomb attack. The police catch two suspects: a young neo-Nazi couple. Katja wants justice - there is no alternative for her. Kruger received the award for Best Actress for her role at the 70th Cannes Film Festival. The film was producedInto the fate by bombero international and Warner Bros. Film Productions Germany in co-production with Macassar Productions, Pathé and corazón international. The production was supported by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (FFHSH), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Film- und Medienstiftung NRW and Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA).

About the award ceremonies: The 75th Golden Globe Awards Distribution took place on 7 January 2018 in Los Angeles. The Academy Awards will be presented two months later, on 4 March 2018.Into the fate stands alongside the FFHSH productionsThe wound andWatu Wote on the Oscar shortlists. The Academy will announce the final nominations on 23 January.

Photo: Filmstiftung NRW/ Reena Rose

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