The German Oscar nominee comes from Hamburg

23.08.2023 | Ilker Çatak's "The Teachers' Lounge"

Berlinale premiere, film award winner and now German Oscar candidate: the film "The Teachers' Lounge", shot in Hamburg, is in the running for the foreign Oscar.

Helge Albers, CEO of MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein: "'The Teachers' Lounge' is a masterpiece and was made entirely in Hamburg. We are incredibly proud of the team around Directors llker Çatak, lead actress Leonie Benesch and Executive Producer Ingo Fliess. Our fingers are firmly crossed for the next steps to the Oscar - and that also goes for the graduates of the Hamburg Media School. What great news for Hamburg as a film location!"

Because even with theHamburg Media School (HMS), the Oscars are within reach: The two graduation films "ISTINA (truth)" and "Those who follow" are in the final of this year'sStudent Academy Awards. The awards will be presented in Los Angeles in October 2023.

The Teachers' Lounge director Ilker Çatak was able to breathe the same Oscar air back in 2015. With his HMS graduation film "Sadakat", he won the "Student Oscar" in gold.

The road to the Oscars

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will publish a list of all titles submitted in the "Best International Feature Film" category in mid-October. Last year, 92 countries submitted films. The 15-title shortlist for the category, which includes the films submitted from the various countries, will be announced on 21 December 2023.

The five nominated films will be selected from this shortlist and announced on 23 January 2024. The Oscar® Distribution will take place on 10 March 2024. More atGerman Films.

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