Two “Student Academy Awards”, aka students’ Oscars, go to HFF Munich teams. BR co-produced the films.
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The HFF graduation film »Almost Home« and the HFF training film »Eigenheim«, both made by the HFF Munich teams, received student Oscars this year. So far, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, has only announced that the two films will be awarded. Gold, silver and bronze will be announced in a face-to-face event on October 20, 2022 at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles. The two HFF productions were nominated among the finalists in the Narrative category along with five other films from around the world (message).
“Almost home”
Team HFF: Nils Keller (director), Georg Nikolaus (camera), Philip Hofmann, Jonas Lembeck, Robert Richarz, Carolina Oswald (production with Le Hof Media), Lukas Väth (VFX)
Screenplay: Nils Keller, Maximilian Richert
Interpreters: Susanne Wolff, Jeremias Meyer, Stephan Kampwirth, Patricia Meeden, Malaya Stern Takeda
BR editorial staff: Claudia Gladziejewski
Production: Le Hof Media (producer: Jonas Lembeck) in collaboration with HFF Munich and Bayerischer Rundfunk, funded by FFF Bayern and Arri Production Award
“home”
Team HFF: Welf Reinhart (director), Tünde Sautier (screenplay), Matthias Kofahl (camera), Louis Merki (production with Merki and Reinhart Film GbR), Giorgia Germeno (production manager)
Actors: Ingrid Farin, Reinhart Firchow, Christiane Bärwald, Juliander Bärwald, Sebastian Kempf, Marion Freundorfer and others
BR Editor: Natalie Lambsdorff
Production: Merki und Reinhart Film (producers: Louis Merki, Welf Reinhart) in co-production with Bayerischer Rundfunk and in collaboration with HFF Munich
Voices from the HFF
HFF President Prof. Bettina Reitz: “A double, great success for HFF Munich and the feature film direction department led by Prof. Julia von Heinz and Prof. Marcus H. Rosenmüller. I warmly congratulate the teams (…) for the two Student Academy Awards, for this important international recognition! I am particularly pleased that the Academy has selected two such different films this year. (…) This award not only underlines the high quality of our training at the HFF in Munich in an international comparison, but is also a huge encouragement for all young artistic talents in Germany. “
Prof. Julia von Heinz and prof. Marcus H. Rosenmüller, who jointly head up the feature film directing department of the Munich HFF: »There have never been two Oscars in a year. We are infinitely proud of Welf and Nils. Both have addressed big social issues in their films and dealt with them in a highly emotional way on a human level. Their mastery of directing becomes virtually invisible as you immerse yourself in their stories. We are delighted that the Academy has recognized the two films and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. “
Student Academy Awards
In 2022, for the 49th time, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will once again present the Student Academy Awards to young directors. Prizes are awarded in the fields of experimental cinema, animation, documentary and feature film (narrative).
A total of 1,796 applications were received this year from 614 colleges and universities around the world.
Since 1988, 24 productions from German universities have received »Student Academy Awards« in the categories of animation and fiction
Previous Student Oscars for Films from Germany:
2021 Student Oscar Narrative in gold for Murad Abu Eisheh’s »Tala’vision«, Filmakademie BW, (co-production SWR), (more)
2021 Student Oscar Silver narrative for »Adisa« by Simon Denda, HFF Munich, (co-production BR), (more)
Animation for the 2020 students’ Oscars, »The Beauty« by Pascal Schelbli, Filmakademie BW, (more)
Student Oscar 2017 for »Galamsey – For a golden fist« by Johannes Preuss, Filmakademie BW
Student Oscar 2017 for »Watu Wote – All of us« by Katja Benrath, Hamburg Media School
2016 Oscar Narrative student for »At the end of the forest« by Felix Ahrens, Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf.
2016 Student Oscar Golden narrative for »Invention of Trust« by Alex Schaad, HFF Munich
2015 Student Oscar Narrative »Sadakat« by Ilker Çatak, Hamburg Media School, (co-production BR)
Student Oscar 2015 for »Getting things done« by Dustin Loose, Filmakademie BW
2014 Student Oscar Narrative in gold for »Nocebo« by Lennart Ruff, HFF Munich, (co-production BR)
2012 Student Oscar Narrative for »Of Dogs and Horses« by Thomas Stuber, Filmakademie BW
2012 Oscar Narrative student for »Raju« by Max Count, Hamburg Media School
2012 Student Oscar Narrative for »The Swing of the Coffin Maker« by Elmar Imanov, Cologne International Film School
2007 Oscar Student Narration for »On the Track« by Reto Caffi, Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2007 Student Oscar Animation for “NeverMeer” by Toke Constantin Hebbeln, Filmakademie BW
2004 Student Oscar Narration for »The Runaway« by Ulrike Grote, Hamburg Media School
2003 Student Oscar Narration for »The Red Jacket« by Florian Baxmeyer, University of Hamburg
2000 Oscar student Fiction for »Quiero Ser« by Florian Gallenberger, HFF Munich
1999 Student Oscar Narration for »Kleingeld« by Marc-Andreas Bochert, HFF Konrad Wolf
1998 Oscar Student Animation for Thorsten Schmid’s »Rochade«, Film Academy BW
1997 Student Oscar for “A Simple Order” by Raymond Boy, Cologne Academy of Media Arts
1994 Student Oscar Narration for »Make-up Removed« by Katja von Garnier, HFF Munich
1988 Student Oscar for »Butterflies« by Wolfgang Becker, DFFB
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