The film awards for the 64th Nordische Filmtage Lübeck were handed out this evening at the gala Prize Night at Theater Lübeck. Host Loretta Stern hosted the ceremony during which prizes worth 63,000 euros were awarded. The first Nordische Filmtage award – an historical brick from Lübeck – was the Honorary Award handed to Friðrik Þór Friðriksson during the NFL opening night at the CineStar cinema on November 2.
Following last year’s consensus, the juries of the NDR Film Prize and the Interfilm Church Prize both honoured the same film – Walad Min Al Janna directed by Tarik Saleh took home the NDR narrative film prize worth 12,500 euros as well as the Interfilm trophy, endowed with 5,000 euros. The Finnish film Tytöt tytöt tytöt by Alli Haapasalo also scored twice. It won the prize of the Sparkassen Stiftung for best Children’s & Youth film, as well as the award from the youth jury. An award for best Nordic or Baltic short film made its debut this year, going to Skolen ved havet by Norwegian filmmaker Solveig Melkeraaen.
The 5,000-euro Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic film went to the Danish-Icelandic-French co-production Vanskabte Land by Hlynur Pálmason. Also worth 5,000 euros, the Documentary prize awarded by the DGB North went to Armotonta menoa – Hoivatyön lauluja, directed by Susanne Helke.
Director Katrine Brocks was onstage at Theater Lübeck to accept the Friends of the NFL association prize honouring a feature directing debut (endowed with 7,500 euros) for Den store Stilhed.
Meanwhile, the audience jury selected by the Lübecker Nachrichten daily selected the Norwegian-Swedish comedy Alle Hater Johan by Hallvar Witzø. The prize carries an endowment of 5,000 euros. Director Pola Rader was on hand to accept the CineStar Prize worth 5,000 euros for her film and died together one day. Finally, the Children’s jury gave its seal of approval to the Danish film Robotbror by Frederik Nørgaard.
Prize sponsor: Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Endowment: 12,500 euros
Walad Min Al Janna | Boy from Heaven
Dir: Tarik Saleh, Sweden / France / Finland / Morocco / Denmark
Prize sponsor: Friends of the Nordische Filmtage Lübeck
Endowment: 7,500 euros
Den store stilhed | The Great Silence
Dir: Katrine Brocks, Denmark
Prize sponsor: Lübecker Nachrichten
Endowment: 5,000 euros
Alle hater Johan | Everybody Hates Johan
Dir: Hallvar Witzø, Norway, Sweden
Prize sponsor: Lübeck-Lauenburg Protestant-Lutheran church district
Endowment: 5,000 euros
Walad Min Al Janna | Boy from Heaven
Dir: Tarik Saleh, Sweden / France / Finland / Morocco / Denmark
Honourable Mention:
Metsurin tarina | The Woodcutter Story
Dir: Mikko Myllylahti, Finland / Denmark / Netherlands / Germany
Prize sponsor: Baltic Films
Endowment: 3,000 euros
Vanskabte Land | Vola.a land | Godland
Dir: Hlynur Pálmason, Denmark, Iceland, France
Prize sponsor: DGB North
Endowment: 5,000 euros
Armotonta menoa – Hoivatyön lauluja | Ruthless Times – Songs of Care
Dir: Susanna Helke, Finland
Honourable Mention:
Nelly & Nadine | Nelly & Nadine
Dir: Magnus Gertten, Sweden, Norway, Belgium
Prize sponsor: CineStar Group
Endowment: 5,000 euros
and died together one day | und starben an dem gleichen tag
Dir: Pola Rader, Russia / Germany
Honourable Mention:
Phantom Flug | Phantom Flight
Dir: Gor Margaryan, Germany
Prize sponsor: Teschke & Collegen Versicherungsmakler GmbH
Endowment: 5,000 euros
Skolen ved havet | The School by the Sea
Dir: Solveig Melkeraaen, Norway
Honourable Mention:
BLUSH - An Extraordinary Voyage | BLUSH - An Extraordinary Voyage
Dir: Iiti Yli-Harja, Finland
Prize sponsor: Gemeinnützige Sparkassenstiftung zu Lübeck
Endowment: 5,000 euros
Tytöt tytöt tytöt | Girls Girls Girls
Dir: Alli Haapasalo, Finland
Prize sponsor: Finnlines Deutschland
Endowment: 5,000 euros
ROBOTBROR / MY ROBOT BROTHER
Dir: Frederik Nørgaard, Denmark
Prize sponsor: City of Lübeck
Endowment: 5,000 euros
Tytöt tytöt tytöt | Girls Girls Girls
Dir: Alli Haapasalo, Finland
Press material:
Jury statements will be available here after 10 pm.
Film stills from the winning films can be downloaded here.
Photos of the award ceremony will be available from November 8, 2022 here:
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We would like to thank our partners Finnlines, CineStar, Stadtwerke Lübeck, STAWAG, ATLANTIC Hotel Lübeck, Teschke & Collegen Versicherungsmakler, Moinsener, skanbo, Kaufmannschaft zu Lübeck, Hansebelt e.V., LYNET, avt plus media service, SG Medientechnik, as well as our media partners, broadcaster NDR and the Lübecker Nachrichten daily for their support.
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