Bavarian Film Awards 2009

2009 Bavarian Film Awards
2009 Bavarian Film Awards: Jan. 18, 2009
 

The 2009 Bavarian Film Award winners (it was a tie) for best productions were Uli Edel’s The Baader Meinhof Complex and Florian Gallenberger’s John Rabe. Starring Moritz Bleibtreu and Martina Gedeck (above, top photo), The Baader Meinhof Complex follows Red Army Faction terrorists Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof as they attempt to rid Germany of capitalism by assassinating and kidnapping political and business leaders from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. John Rabe (which cost about US$20 million) tells the story of a Nanking-based German industrialist who saved the lives of thousands of civilians following the Japanese invasion of China in the late 1930s. In the title role, Ulrich Tukur (above, [...]

by Deborah Arthur | January 19, 2009   
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Bavarian Film Awards 2008

2008 Bavarian Film Awards
 

 

Best Producer
Olga Film – Molly von Fürstenberg and Harald Kügler for Kirschblüten – Hanami / Cherry Blossoms
Best Direction
Fatih Akin for Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven
Best New Director and Screenwriter
Ralf Westhoff for Shoppen
Best Actor
Elmar Wepper for Cherry Blossoms
Best Actress
Martina Gedeck for Meine schöne Bescherung / Messy Christmas
Best New Performers
Elinor Lüdde for Meer is nich and Petra Schmidt-Schaller for Ein fliehendes Pferd
Best Documentary
Pepe Danquart for Am Limit
Best Cinematography
Benedict Neuenfels for Liebesleben
Best New Producers
Hans-Christian Schmid and Britta Knöller for Am Ende kommen Touristen / And Along Come Tourists
Best Youth Film
Detlev Buck for Hände weg von Mississippi
Best Score
Niki Reiser for Liebesleben
Special Award
Veit Helmer for Absurdistan
Honorary Award
Michael Ballhaus
Audience Award
Lissi und [...]

by Andre Soares | January 20, 2008   
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