Golden Lola for "The Teachers' Lounge"

12.05.2023 | German Film Award 2023

At the German Film Awards 2023, the LOLAS in gold and bronze for best feature film went to the MOIN-funded productions "The Teachers' Lounge" and "Holy Spider". At the awards ceremony on Friday evening, the drama "The Teachers' Lounge", which was shot entirely in Hamburg, received a total of five awards, including to Ilker Çatak for Best Director and Leonie Benesch for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

The thriller 'Holy Spider' by Ali Abbasi and Executive Producers Sol Bondy and Jacob Jarek, which had already won an award in Cannes, won the LOLA in bronze for best feature film. The Oscar winner 'Nothing New in the West' by Edward Berger was also one of the big winners of the evening. Nine film awards went to the anti-war film produced by Malte Grunert, whose company "Amusement Park" is based in Hamburg, among other places.

Helge Albers, CEO of MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: "Tonight the LOLA is a Hamburg girl! The entire film team around Ilker Çatak and Executive Producer Ingo Fliess have created a masterpiece in the Hanseatic city - with a more than convincing Leonie Benesch in the leading role. Anyone who has not yet been to the cinema to see the film should do so as soon as possible! Our congratulations also go to the teams of 'Holy Spider' and 'Im Westen Nichts Neues'!"

THE PRICES AT A GLANCE

Das Lehrerzimmer (5 LOLAS)
Bester Spielfilm Gold (Ingo Fliess)
Beste Regie (Ilker Çatak)
Bestes Drehbuch (Johannes Duncker, Ilker Çatak)
Beste weibliche Hauptrolle (Leonie Benesch)
Bester Schnitt (Gesa Jäger)

Holy Spider

Bester Spielfilm Bronze (Sol Bondy, Jacob Jarek)

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