The 74th edition of the Lola awards was hosted by actors and presidents of the Deutsche Filmakademie Alexandra, Maria Lara and Florian Gallenberger, last Friday in Berlin. As tradition would have it, German Culture Minister Claudia Roth was present, expressing her support for the arts. Unlike last year, not one performer but a team of seven actors and actresses moderated the show, which ensured a full stage and a long evening. The German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM), the organiser of the Lola awards, provided, together with a series of partners, prizes totalling €3 million, spread across 20 different categories.

Two titles were in a head-to-head competition. After a Berlinale Best Screenplay win, Matthias Glasner’s Dying [+leggi anche:
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The second film that took home several awards – a total of three – was In the Blind Spot [+leggi anche:
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Three Lolas were also awarded to Timm Kröger’s black and white tragicomedy The Universal Theory [+leggi anche:
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Adrian Goiginger’s The Fox [+leggi anche:
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Two other Lolas went to Steffi Niederzoll’s compelling documentary Seven Winters in Tehran [+leggi anche:
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Two Lolas went to Simon Verhoeven’s Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know it's True, which won the Lolas for Best Costumes and Best Make-up.

The Golden Lola for Best Children's Film was awarded to Soleen Yusef’s Winners [+leggi anche:
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The full list of winners:

Golden Lola for Best Feature Film
Dying [+leggi anche:
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Silver Lola
The Fox [+leggi anche:
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Bronze Lola
In the Blind Spot [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Ayşe Polat - In the Blind Spot

Best Screenplay
Ayşe Polat - In the Blind Spot

Best Leading Actress
Corinna Harfouch - Dying

Best Leading Actor
Simon Mozé – The Fox

Best Supporting Actress
Adele Neuhauser – 15 Years (Germany/Austria/Luxembourg)

Best Supporting Actor
Hans-Uwe Bauer – Dying

Best Cinematography
Roland Stuprich – The Universal Theory [+leggi anche:
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Best Editing
Seven Winters in Tehran [+leggi anche:
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Best Sound
Michael Schlömer, Corinna Fleig, Tobias Fleig – The Dive (Germany/Malta/France)

Best Original Music Score
Lorenz Dangel – Dying

Best Production Design
Cosima Vellenzer, Anika Klatt - The Universal Theory

Best Costumes
Ingken Benesch – Girl You Know it's True

Best Make-up
Alisza Pfeifer, Christina Baier – Girl You Know It's True

Best Visual Effects and Animation
Kariem Saleh, Adrian Meyer – The Universal Theory

Best Documentary
Seven Winters in Tehran – Steffi Niederzoll

Best Children's Film
Winners [+leggi anche:
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Award for the Highest-grossing Film of the Year
Die drei ??? – Erbe des Drachen – Tim Dünschede

Honorary Award for Outstanding Contributions to German Cinema
Hanna Schygulla