61st Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards), Lolas - nominations

Today, the Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy) announced the nominations for the 61st Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards). The award is also known as the Lola in honour of Marlene Dietrich's character in Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel).

Tom Tykwer's Drei (Three) led the field with six nominations. They included Best Film, Director and Score nominations for Tykwer himself. The additional nominations were for Best Actress (Sophie Rois), Editing and Sound Design. The film is a story about a love triangle between a television host, her long-time boyfriend and a new lover.

Close behind, three films tied with five nominations each -- Poll (The Poll Diaries) by Chris Kraus, Ralf Huettner’s Vincent will meer (Vincent Wants to Sea), and Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?) by Andreas Veiel. Poll, however, missed out on a Best Film nomination. The other Best Film nominees were Almanya, Der Ganz Grosse Traum (The Really Big Dream), and Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love).

Interestingly, Der Ganz Grosse Traum was omitted from the longlist that was released on January 14th. The Filmakademie's nomination procedure, however, allows write-in candidates. Der Ganz Grosse Traum thus becomes the first ever wild card nominee for Best Film.

Last year's big winner was Michael Haneke's Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon). It won 10 awards including Best Film.

Funding from the Ministry of Culture and Media provides 2.855 million Euros ($3.84 million CAD) in prize money to the nominees. 250,000 Euros goes to each of the six Best Picture nominees. The two films in the Children or Youth Film category receive 125,000 Euros each, while the two Documentary nominees receive 100,000 Euros. 10,000 Euros goes to each of the acting nominees.

The ceremony for the 61st Deutscher Filmpreis takes place on April 8, 2011 in Berlin.
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Complete list of mominees for the 61st Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards, or Lolas)

Best Film
Almanya, Dir. Yasemin Samdereli
Drei (Three), Dir. Tom Tykwer
Der Ganz Grosse Traum (The Really Big Dream), Dir. Sebastian Grobler
Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love), Dir. Philipp Stolzl
Vincent will meer (Vincent Wants to Sea), Dir. Ralf Huettner
Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?), Dir. Andres Veiel

Best Director
Florian Cossen for Das Lied in mir (The Day I Was Not Born)
TomTykwer for Drei (Three)
Wim Wenders for Pina

Best Actress
Bernadette Heerwagen for Die kommenden Tage (The Days to Come)
Lena Lauzemis for Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?)
Sophie Rois for Drei (Three)

Best Actor
August Diehl for Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?)
Alexander Fehling for Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love)
Florian David Fitz for Vincent will meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)

Best Documentary
Kinshasa Symphony, Dir. Claus Wischmann, Martin Baer
Pina, Dir. Wim Wenders

Best Children’s Film
Chandani und ihr Elefant (Chandani And Her Elephant), Dir. Arne Birkenstock
Konferenz der Tiere (Animals United), Dir. Holger Tappe, Reinhard Klooss

Best Screenplay
Miraz Bezar for Min Dit (Min Dit: The Children of Diyarbakir)
Florian David Fitz for Vincent will meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Nesrim Samdereli and Yasemin Samdereli for Almanya

Best Supporting Actress
Meret Becker for Boxhagener Platz
Katharina Muller-Elmau for Vincent will meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Beatriz Spelzini for Das Lied in mir (The Day I Was Not Born)

Best Supporting Actor
Vedat Erincin for Shahada
Heino Ferch for Vincent will meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Richy Muller for Poll (The Poll Diaries)

Best Cinematography
Matthias Fleischer for Das Lied in mir (The Day I Was Not Born)
Daniela Knapp for Poll (The Poll Diaries)
Martin Langer for Der Ganz Grosse Traum (The Really Big Dream)

Best Editing
Mathilde Bonnefoy for Drei (Three)
Ueli Christen for Wir Sind Die Nacht (We Are The Night)
Hansjorg Weissbrich for Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?)

Best Set Design
Silke Buhr for Poll (The Poll Diaries)
Christian M. Goldbeck for Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?)
Udo Kramer for Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love)

Best Costume Design
Monika Jacobs for Der Ganz Grosse Traum (The Really Big Dream)
Thomas Olah for Jud Süss - Film ohne Gewissen (Jew Suss – Rise and Fall)
Gioia Raspe for Poll (The Poll Diaries)

Best Make Up
Kitty Kratschke and Heike Merker for Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love)
Bjorn Rehbein for Jud Süss - Film ohne Gewissen (Jew Suss – Rise and Fall)
Susana Sánchez for Poll (The Poll Diaries)

Best Score
Matthias Klein for Das Lied in mir (The Day I Was Not Born)
Heiko Maile for Wir Sind Die Nacht (We Are The Night)
Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil, and Gabriel Isaac Mounsey for Drei (Three)

Best Sound Design
Manfred Banach, Christian Conrad, and Tschangis Chahrokh for Jerry Cotton
Ansgar Frerich, Sabine Panossian, and Niklas Kammertons for PianoMania - Die Suche nach dem perfekten Klang
Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert and Arno Wilms for Drei (Three)