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11.03.2020 | German Film Award 2020 nominations

In the nominations for the 2020 German Film Awards announced today, a total of 23 nominations went to six FFHSH-funded films. The nominees include Nora Fingscheidt's "Systemsprenger", Hermine Huntgeburth's "Lindenberg! Do your thing" and "I Was, I Am, I Will Be" by HMS graduate Ilker Çatak.

Helge AlbersCEO of Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: "Film-Norden is on course for a Lola: We are delighted that six FFHSH-funded films have the chance to win a German Film Award. There were an incredible ten nominations for Nora Fingscheidt's "Systemsprenger", which is backed by the Hamburg production companies Weydemann Bros. and Oma Inge Film. In addition, "Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding", a true Hamburg story, is also represented four times among the nominees. I'm very curious to see who will win the race on 24 April. We are keeping our fingers crossed for all teams!"

The nominations at a glance:

10 nominations forSystem sprinkler:

Bester Spielfilm (Peter Hartwig, Jonas Weydemann, Jakob D. Weydemann)
Beste Regie (Nora Fingscheidt)
Bestes Drehbuch (Nora Fingscheidt)
Beste weibliche Hauptrolle (Helena Zengel)
Beste männliche Hauptrolle (Albrecht Schuch)
Beste weibliche Nebenrolle (Gabriela Maria Schmeide)
Beste weibliche Nebenrolle (Lisa Hagmeister)
Bester Schnitt (Stephan Bechinger, Julia Kovalenko)
Beste Filmmusik (John Gürtler)
Beste Tongestaltung (Corinna Zink, Jonathan Schorr, Dominik Leube, Oscar Stieblitz, Gregor Bonse)

5 nominations forI Was, I Am, I Will Be

Bester Spielfilm (Ingo Fliess)
Beste Regie (Ilker Çatak)
Bestes Drehbuch (Nils Mohl, Ilker Çatak)
Beste weibliche Hauptrolle (Anne Ratte-Polle)
Beste männliche Nebenrolle (Godehard Giese)

4 nominations forLindenberg! Do your thing

Bester Spielfilm (Michael Lehmann, Günther Russ, Johannes Pollmann)
Beste männliche Hauptrolle (Jan Bülow)
Bestes Maskenbild (Astrid Weber, Hannah Fischleder)
Bestes Kostümbild (Sabine Böbbis)

2 nominations forGerman lesson

Beste Filmmusik (Lorenz Dangel)
Beste Kamera/Bildgestaltung (Frank Lamm)

1 nomination forGipsy Queen

Beste weibliche Hauptrolle (Alina Serban)

1 nomination forPelican blood

Bester Schnitt (Heike Gnida)

The German Film Awards will be presented in Berlin on 24 April 2020. You can find an overview of all nominations atwww.deutscher-filmpreis.de

Photo: Jens Koch

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