Deutsche Filmakademie (German Film Academy) held its awards ceremony in Berlin for the 61st Deutscher Filmpreis (German Film Awards), also known as the Lola in honour of Marlene Dietrich’s character in Der blaue Engel (The Blue Angel).

The surprise winner of the Best Film Lola in Gold was the Tourette’s Syndrome romantic comedy Vincent will meer (Vincent Wants to Sea) by Ralf Huettner. It also captured the Best Actor prize for its star and screenwriter Florian David Fitz.

Almanya, Dir. Yasemin Samdereli was the runner-up with the Silver award, while Andres Veiel’s Wer wenn nicht wir (If Not Us, Who?) took the Bronze. Almanya also won Best Screenplay for Nesrim Samdereli and Yasemin Samdereli. The other nominees for Best Film were Drei (Three) by Tom Tykwer, Der Ganz Grosse Traum (The Really Big Dream) by Sebastian Grobler and Philipp Stolzl’s Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love).

Drei (Three) was winner for Best Director (Tom Tykwer), Best Actress (Sophie Rois) and Best Editor. It was Tykwer’s first German-language film in a decade. Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love) captured the award for Best Makeup.

The most awards on the night went to Chris Kraus’ Poll (The Poll Diaries), which received prizes for Supporting Actor (Richy Muller), Cinematography, Production Design and Costume Design.

The winner for Best Documentary was Wim Wenders’ Pina, the 3-D portrait of the late dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch.

A Lifetime Achievement award was presented to screenwriter Wolfgang Kohlhaase.

 

2011 GERMAN FILM AWARDS WINNERS

Best Film | Bester programmfüllender Spielfilm

SILVERAlmanya – Willkommen in Deutchland (Almanya – Welcome to Germany), Yasemin Samdereli
Der Ganz Große Traum, Sebastian Grobler
Drei (Three), Tom Tykwer
Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love), Philipp Stölzl
GOLDVincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea), Ralf Huettner
BRONZEWer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who), Andres Veiel

 

Best Documentary | Bester programmfüllender Dokumentarfilm

Kinshasa Symphony by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer
Pina by Wim Wenders WINNER

 

Best Children’s Film | Bester programmfüllender Kinderfilm

Chandani Und Ihr Elefant (Chandani: The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer) by Arne Birkenstock WINNER
Konferenz Der Tiere (Animals United) by Holger Tappe and Reinhard Klooss

 

Best Screenplay | Bestes Drehbuch

Miraz Bezar for Min Dit – Die Kinder Von Diyarbarkir (Min Dit: The Children of Diyarbakir)
Florian David Fitz for Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Nesrim Samdereli and Yasemin Samdereli for Almanya – Willkommen in Deutchland (Almanya – Welcome to Germany) WINNER

 

Best Director | Beste Regie

Florian Cossen for Das Lied In Mir (The Day I Was Not Born)
Tom Tykwer for Drei (Three) WINNER
Wim Wenders for Pina (Pina)

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role | Beste darstellerische Leistung – weibliche Hauptrolle

Bernadette Heerwagen in Die Kommenden Tage (Days to Come)
Lena Lauzemis in Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who)
Sophie Rois in Drei (Three) WINNER

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role | Beste darstellerische Leistung – männliche Hauptrolle

August Diehl in Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who)
Alexander Fehling in Goethe! (Young Goethe In Love)
Florian David Fitz in Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea) WINNER

 

Best Supporting Actress | Beste darstellerische Leistung – weibliche Nebenrolle

Meret Becker in Boxhagener Platz (Boxhagener Platz)
Katharina Müller-Elmau in Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Beatriz Spelzini in Das Lied In Mir (The Day I Was Not Born) WINNER

 

Best Supporting Actor | Beste darstellerische Leistung – männliche Nebenrolle

Vedat Erincin in Shahada (Faith)
Heino Ferch in Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Richy Müller in Poll (The Poll Diaries) WINNER

 

Best Cinematography | Beste Kamera / Bildgestaltung

Matthias Fleischer for Das Lied In Mir (The Day I Was Not Born)
Daniela Knapp for Poll (The Poll Diaries) WINNER
Martin Langer for Der Ganz Große Traum

 

Best Editing | Bester Schnitt

Mathilde Bonnefoy for Drei (Three) WINNER
Ueli Christen for Wir Sind Die Nacht (We Are the Night)
Hansjörg Weißbrich for Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who)

 

Best Production Design | Bestes Szenenbild

Silke Buhr for Poll (The Poll Diaries) WINNER
Christian M. Goldbeck for Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who)
Udo Kramer for Goethe! (Young Goethe In Love)

 

Best Costume Design | Bestes Kostümbild

Monika Jacobs for Der Ganz Große Traum
Thomas Oláh for Jud Suss – Film Ohne Gewissen (Jew Suss: Rise and Fall)
Gioia Raspé for Poll (The Poll Diaries) WINNER

 

Best Make-Up | Bestes Maskenbild

Kitty Kratschke and Heike Merker for Goethe! (Young Goethe In Love) WINNER
Björn Rehbein for Jud Suss – Film Ohne Gewissen (Jew Suss: Rise and Fall)
Susana Sánchez for Poll (The Poll Diaries)

 

Best Score | Beste Filmmusik

Matthias Klein for Das Lied In Mir (The Day I Was Not Born) WINNER
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 | Beste Tongestaltung

Manfred Banach, Christian Conrad and Tschangis Chahrokh for Jerry Cotton (Jerry Cotton)
Ansgar Frerich, Sabine Panossian and Niklas Kammertöns for Pianomania – Die Suche nach Dem Perfekten Klang (Pianomania) WINNER
Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert and Arno Wilms for Drei (Three)

The nominees in the 16 categories of the Deutscher Filmpreis 2011 (German Film Academy’s Lola Awards) were announced Friday at a press conference attended by Culture Minister Bernd Neumann, Academy president Iris Berben and its joint directors Christiane Paul and Burghart Klaußner.

The major favourite is Tom Tykwer’s latest film, Three, in which an attractive but disenchanted married couple see the balance in their relationship change with the arrival of a young lover. Produced by Berlin-based X Filme Creative Pool, the film is nominated in six categories, including Best Film and Best Director – for which Tykwer will be up against Wim Wenders for the documentary Pina

The Lola Awards ceremony will be held on April 8 at the Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin.

2011 GERMAN FILM AWARDS NOMINEES | DEUTSCHER FILMPREIS 2011 NOMINIERUNGER

 

Best Film | Bester programmfüllender Spielfilm

Almanya – Willkommen in Deutchland (Almanya – Welcome to Germany), Yasemin Samdereli
Der Ganz Große Traum, Sebastian Grobler
Drei (Three), Tom Tykwer
Goethe! (Young Goethe in Love), Philipp Stölzl
Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea), Ralf Huettner
Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who), Andres Veiel

 

Best Documentary | Bester programmfüllender Dokumentarfilm

Kinshasa Symphony by Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer
Pina by Wim Wenders

 

Best Children’s Film | Bester programmfüllender Kinderfilm

Chandani Und Ihr Elefant (Chandani: The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer) by Arne Birkenstock
Konferenz Der Tiere (Animals United) by Holger Tappe and Reinhard Klooss

 

Best Screenplay | Bestes Drehbuch

Miraz Bezar for Min Dit – Die Kinder Von Diyarbarkir (Min Dit: The Children of Diyarbakir)
Florian David Fitz for Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Nesrim Samdereli and Yasemin Samdereli for Almanya – Willkommen in Deutchland (Almanya – Welcome to Germany)

 

Best Director | Beste Regie

Florian Cossen for Das Lied In Mir (The Day I Was Not Born)
Tom Tykwer for Drei (Three)
Wim Wenders for Pina (Pina)

 

Best Actress in a Leading Role | Beste darstellerische Leistung – weibliche Hauptrolle

Bernadette Heerwagen in Die Kommenden Tage (Days to Come)
Lena Lauzemis in Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who)
Sophie Rois in Drei (Three)

 

Best Actor in a Leading Role | Beste darstellerische Leistung – männliche Hauptrolle

August Diehl in Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who)
Alexander Fehling in Goethe! (Young Goethe In Love)
Florian David Fitz in Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)

 

Best Supporting Actress | Beste darstellerische Leistung – weibliche Nebenrolle

Meret Becker in Boxhagener Platz (Boxhagener Platz)
Katharina Müller-Elmau in Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Beatriz Spelzini in Das Lied In Mir (The Day I Was Not Born)

 

Best Supporting Actor | Beste darstellerische Leistung – männliche Nebenrolle

Vedat Erincin in Shahada (Faith)
Heino Ferch in Vincent Will Meer (Vincent Wants to Sea)
Richy Müller in Poll (The Poll Diaries)

 

Best Cinematography | Beste Kamera / Bildgestaltung

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

 

Best Editing | Bester Schnitt

Mathilde Bonnefoy for Drei (Three)
Ueli Christen for Wir Sind Die Nacht (We Are the Night)
Hansjörg Weißbrich for Wer Wenn Nicht Wir (If Not Us, Who)

 

Best Production Design | Bestes Szenenbild

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 | Bestes Kostümbild

Monika Jacobs for Der Ganz Große Traum
Thomas Oláh for Jud Suss – Film Ohne Gewissen (Jew Suss: Rise and Fall)
Gioia Raspé for Poll (The Poll Diaries)

 

Best Make-Up | Bestes Maskenbild

Kitty Kratschke and Heike Merker for Goethe! (Young Goethe In Love)
Björn Rehbein for Jud Suss – Film Ohne Gewissen (Jew Suss: Rise and Fall)
Susana Sánchez for Poll (The Poll Diaries)

 

Best Score | Beste Filmmusik

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 | Beste Tongestaltung

Manfred Banach, Christian Conrad and Tschangis Chahrokh for Jerry Cotton (Jerry Cotton)
Ansgar Frerich, Sabine Panossian and Niklas Kammertöns for Pianomania – Die Suche nach Dem Perfekten Klang (Pianomania)
Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert and Arno Wilms for Drei (Three)