Gold and silver for Film-Norden

30.04.2018 | German Film Award 2018

A total of nine LOLAS went to North German projects at the 68th German Film Awards on Friday evening. The biggest winner at the awards ceremony was Emily Atef's "3 Days in Quiberon" with seven prizes, including the gold award for best feature film. Fatih Akin's "Into the Fate" took home the silver trophy, while filmmaker Hark Bohm also received the award for best script. Bohm was also awarded an honorary LOLA for his outstanding services to German film.

The prizes for North German productions at a glance:

3 days in Quiberon by Emily Atef: Best Feature Film Gold (Karsten Stöter, Rohfilm Factory), Best Director (Emily Atef), Marie Bäumer as Best Female Lead, Birgit Minichmayr as Best Supporting Female, Robert Gwisdek as Best Supporting Male, Best Cinematography/Picture Design (Thomas W. Kiennast), Best Film Music (Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas).

About the film: Directors Emily Atef's film about a famous star interview with world star Romy Schneider screened in competition at the 2018 Berlinale and received a total of ten nominations at the 2018 German Film Awards. One of the main locations for the drama was the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn in Schleswig-Holstein, alongside the original locations in Brittany and Hamburg. There, set designer Silke Fischer transformed the listed "Haus des Gastes" into a hotel for the film. The film music is by Hamburg composer duo Christoph M. Kaiser and Julian Maas.

Into the fate by Fatih Akin: Best Feature Film Silver (Nurhan Şekerci-Porst, Fatih Akin, Herman Weigel, bombero international), Best Script (Fatih Akin, Hark Bohm).

About the filmFatih Akin's NSU thriller has already brought several awards to Hamburg this year - including the Golden Globe and the Critics' Choice Award. Diane Kruger was honoured as best actress in Cannes 2017 for her role as the young mother Katja, who loses her husband and son in a bomb attack.

Honour LOLA Directors, actor and Script Writer Hark Bohm ("Nordsee ist Mordsee") was honoured at the German Film Awards for his outstanding services to German film. Among other things, Bohm introduced the postgraduate programme "Film" at the University of Hamburg (now part of the Hamburg Media School), is co-founder of the Hamburg Film Offices and recently co-wrote the scripts for Fatih Akin's "Tschick" and "Into the Fate".