Awards News: 60th Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards)

On Friday night, the German Film Academy held a ceremony for their 60th Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards), also known as the Lolas in honour of Marlene Dietrich's character Lola in Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel). The big winner on the night was Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), which took 10 awards out of its 13 nominations.15-year-old Maria Victoria Dragus won the best supporting actress Lola and thanked her teachers for allowing her to take the day off school and attend the show. Das weiße Band also won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was one of my top 10 films of 2009.

Hans-Christian Schmid's war crime trial drama Sturm (Storm) was next with three awards from its five nominations. Bernd Eichinger, the producer of the much parodied film Der Untergang (Downfall) featuring Hitler working himself into a rage, won a lifetime achievement award.

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Complete list of 60th Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola) winners:

Best film -- Lola in Gold
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke

Best film -- Lola in Silver
Sturm (Storm), Hans-Christian Schmid

Best film -- Lola in Bronze
Die Fremde (When We Leave), Feo Aladag
 
Best Director
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke

Best Actor
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Burghart Klaußner

Best Actress
Die Fremde (When We Leave), Sibel Kekilli

Best Screenplay
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Michael Haneke

Best Documentary
Das Herz von Jenin (The Heart of Jenin),. Marcus Vetter, Leon Geller

Best Children's Film
Vorstadtkrokodile (The Suburban Crocodiles), Christian Ditter

Best Supporting Actress
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Maria-Victoria Dragus

Best Supporting Actor
Männerherzen (Men in the City), Justus von Dohnányi

Best Cinematography
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Christian Berger

Best Editing
Sturm (Storm), Hansjorg Weissbrich

Best Costume Design
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Moidele Bickel

Best Set Design
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Christoph Kanter

Best Makeup
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Waldemar Pokromski, Anette Kieser

Best Film Music
Sturm (Storm), The Notwist

Best Sound Design
Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon), Guillaume Sciama, Jean-Pierre Laforce

Lifetime Achievement Award
Bernd Eichinger