The north is big in the south

20.01.2020 | Bavarian Film Award 2020

Last Friday (17 January), a total of 5 FFHSH-funded projects were awarded the Bavarian Film Prize - including the Hamburg-based company Weydemann Bros. for their drama "Systemsprenger" and Lars Eidinger and Bjarne Mädel as best actors in "25 km/h".

A good year: five trophies went to the North at the 41st edition of the Bavarian Film Awards. This year's producer prize went to the Hamburg-based company Weydemann Bros. from Hamburg and Kineo Filmproduktion for their exceptional filmSystem sprinklerwhich now has around 600,000 cinema-goers. Bjarne Mädel and Lars Eidinger had to share the award for Best Actor in Markus Goller's road movie25 km/hwhich had a few days of filming in Schleswig-Holstein.

Helena Zengel in the 2019 Berlinale hit "Systemsprenger"

Ilker Catak (l.) during the filming of "The spoken word counts" with Anne Ratte-Polle (r.)

For her dryly sarcastic role as a female pilot inI Was, I Am, I Will Be Anne Ratte-Polle was honoured as best actress. The film by Hamburg Media School graduate Ilker Catak was the second cinema production to be shot in the Elbphilharmonie.

On 16 January, Hermine Huntgeburth's biopicLindenberg! Do your thing in German cinemas - and Jan Bülow was immediately honoured with the award for best up-and-coming actor for the Letterbox production. Chapeau!

A trophy was also awarded to a northern German production in terms of image design: Frank Lamm was honoured for best image design in Christian Schwochow'sGerman lesson excellent.

Credits: 25 kmh: 2018 Gordon Timpen/Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH/Sunny Side Up GmbH; Systemsprenger: kineo filmproduktion/Eeydemann Bros/Port au Price Pictures; I Was, I Am, I Will Be: If Productions/Boris Laewen

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