The Bavarian Film Prize was awarded in eleven categories in Munich on Friday evening. The main prize for best film went to the film “Girl You Know It’s True” about the Milli Vanilli scandal in the early 1990s. The Austrians Adrian Goiginger with the comedy “Rickerl” and Barbara Albert with the literary adaptation “Die Mittagsfrau” were therefore not included in this main category.
Around 30 years ago, Milli Vanilli discovered that Robert “Rob” Pilatus and Fabrice “Fab” Morvan did not sing their hits themselves, but only moved their lips. “Milli Vanilli can rise again and enter the disco-pop stage of the late eighties,” the jury praised Simon Verhoeven’s work. “Acting and choreography, sound, rhythm, production design, camera and much more are so perfectly coordinated that we as viewers get caught up in a maelstrom full of passion.”
The main actors Tijan Njie and Elan Ben Ali also received the young talent award. As a thank you, the real Morvan then sang “Girl You Know It’s True” with the enthusiastic audience – in real life.
Veronica Ferres literally took off her shoes when receiving the honorary award. Because the microphone on the stand was too low, she quickly slipped off her high-heeled pumps for the acceptance speech. Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CDU) chose the 58-year-old as the recipient of the honor and praised her: despite her success as an actress and producer, including internationally, she remained down-to-earth and was also socially committed to people who were not doing so well .
Hannah Herzsprung caused a shock when she was honored as best actress for her role in “15 Years”. Before her acceptance speech, something small, white fell out of her mouth. Embarrassed, she quickly gave the all-clear: “It wasn’t a tooth” – just a mint candy. Michael Bully Herbig, who had presented her with the trophy, was gloating and now grinned: “That’s comedy gold.”
It was moving when the documentary film award went to Steffi Niederzoll. In “Seven Winters in Tehran” she tells about the Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari, who killed a man in self-defense and was executed. Jabbari’s mother, Shole Pakravan, had powerful words. “My heart bleeds every single day,” she confessed. “This pain is so great that I don’t want another mother to have to experience this pain.” That’s why she’s fighting for an end to executions in Iran. “I invite you all to help us.”
Aylin Tezel used the newcomer directing award for her directorial debut “Falling into Place” to make an appeal: The demonstrations against right-wing radicalism showed that the majority of people stand for democracy, for diversity and humanity. “Let us remain this majority,” demanded the former “Tatort” actress.
The team behind the film “Checker Tobi and the Journey to the Flying Rivers” was also serious. They dedicated the family entertainment award to director Johannes Honsell. He died suddenly shortly after Christmas at the age of 45. Prizes were awarded in a total of eleven categories, worth a total of 300,000 euros.
2024-01-20 07:53:14
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