Sound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski’s experimental period drama tracing the lives of 4 younger girls from 4 totally different epochs in rural East Germany, swept the German Movie Awards, the Lolas, successful 10 Lolas together with finest movie and finest director for Schilinski.
Schilinski’s sophomore characteristic, which premiered in Cannes final yr, successful the jury prize, was the frontrunner going into the 2026 Lolas and it gained in each class the place it was on the nomination sheet. İlker Çatak‘s Berlin Movie Competition winner Yellow Letters, which had 9 nominations to Sound of Falling‘s 11, was practically shut out, selecting up simply the runner-up Silver Lola for finest movie and the prize for finest rating for composer Marvin Miller.
Simon Verhoeven’s comedy Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke, picked up two performing trophies: Greatest Actress for 85-year-old Senta Berger, a grande dame of German cinema (and Simon Verhoeven’s mom), who accepted her first-ever Lola in Berlin Friday evening, and Michael Wittenborn, one other beloved veteran performer, who performed her on-screen husband.
Greatest performing honors went to August Diehl for The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, wherein he performs the notorious Nazi physician on the run in South America after the Second World Struggle.
Actor Christian Friedel (The Zone of Curiosity, The White Lotus) hosted the 76th version of the German Film Awards in what was a surprisingly emotional and sharply political ceremony.
Legendary German director Wim Wenders (Paris, Texas, Pina, Excellent Days) obtained an honorary Lola for his life’s work. He used his speech to show self-critical, reflecting on selections made all through his 60 years in cinema. Specifically, Wenders spoke a few scene from his 1975 movie Flawed Transfer, which features a topless shot of actress Nastassja Kinski, who was simply 13 on the time. Wenders stated he wouldn’t shoot that scene at present and that he was “struggling” with the query of whether or not to completely lower it out of the movie, asking the youthful filmmakers within the viewers for assist resolving the problem.
The viewers on the Berlin Messe gave a standing ovation to Tricia Tuttle when she took the stage to current the Greatest Director honor. It was a present of help for the Berlin Movie Competition director, who nearly lost her job earlier this yr amid a marketing campaign, led by the right-wing press, to topple her for pro-Palestinian statements made by considered one of this yr’s Berlinale winners. Ingo Fliess, producer on Yellow Letters, used his Silver Lola acceptance speech to straight name out German Tradition Minister Wolfram Weimer, sitting within the viewers, who had put strain on Tuttle to resign.
A full listing of German Movie Award winners follows.
Lola for Greatest Movie
Sound of Falling, dir. Mascha Schilinski
Silver Lola For Greatest Movie
Yellow Letters, dir. İlker Çatak
Bronze Lola For Greatest Movie
Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke, dir. Simon Verhoeven
Greatest Director
Mascha Schilinski for Sound of Falling
Greatest Documentary
Siri Hustvedt – Dance Across the Self
Greatest Kids’s Movie
Circus Boy
Greatest Actor
August Diehl for The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Greatest Actress
Senta Berger for Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke
Greatest Supporting Actress
Lena Urzendowsky for Sound of Falling
Greatest Supporting Actor
Michael Wittenborn for Ach, diese Lücke, diese entsetzliche Lücke
Greatest Cinematography
Fabian Gamper for Sound of Falling
Greatest Enhancing
Evelyn Rack for Sound of Falling
Greatest Sound Design
Claudio Demel, Billie Thoughts, Kai Tebbel, Sebastian Heyser, Jürgen Schulz for Sound of Falling
Greatest Rating
Marvin Miller for Yellow Letters
Greatest Costume Design
Sabrina Krämer for Sound of Falling
Greatest Manufacturing Design
Cosima Vellenzer, Maike Kiefer for Sound of Falling
Greatest Hair and Make-Up
Anne Marie Walther, Irnina Schwarz for Sound of Falling
Greatest Visible Results
Michael Wortmann, Frank Schlegel for Momo
Greatest Rating
Marvin Miller for Yellow Letters
Viewers Prize for Most Profitable Movie
Manitou’s Canoe, dir. Michael “Bully” Herbig
Lifetime Achievement Lola
Wim Wenders
Bernd Eichinger Prize
Thomas Wöbke, Philipp Trauer
