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READ ALSO Oscars: these French movies already rewarded in HollywoodThe first consecration is made in Germany : on May 12, in opposition to all expectations, The Teachers’ Room is topped greatest movie of the yr 2023 in the course of the Deutscher Filmpreis ceremony, the German movie prize, the equal of the French Césars. However, the video games appeared determined prematurely. Everyone was satisfied it might be the Goliath In the west, nothing is new, by director Edward Berger (Oscar for greatest overseas movie in 2022) which might win the day. An epic movie little appreciated by German critics however whose theme, the First World War, matches like a glove to our warlike instances. To everybody's shock, it's little David The classroom who wins the golden lola, this statuette which right here takes the place of Caesar. Ilker Çatak additionally received the prize for greatest director and along with his co-author and childhood good friend Johannes Duncker that for greatest screenplay. Leonie Benesch, who performs the younger trainer Carla Nowak, wins the Golden Lola for greatest actress and beats star Sandra Hüller, nominated for Sissi and me.

In August, German Films, the illustration of German movies overseas, selected to supply The classroom to put on the colours of Germany on the Oscars. “A very current film,” argues German Film, “universal and essential. Ilker Çatak uses the microcosm of the school to depict the process of social erosion. » And last January, the Los Angeles Academy announced that The classroom by Ilker Çatak was selected among the five foreign films in competition to win the most coveted trophy in the world. By his side, Perfectdays of the German Wim Wenders, who competes for Japan andAnatomy of a fall by Justine Triet for France with the German Sandra Hüller in the lead role. Germany has only won the Oscar for best foreign film in Hollywood four times: last year with In the west, nothing is new ; in 2007, with The lives of others, by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; in 2003, with Nowhere in Africa, by Caroline Link; and in 1980, with The drumby Volker Schlöndorff.

“I cried with rage”

A shadow of this stunning journey. German-Turkish director Ilker Çatak says that he took it for a very long time with out saying something, that he compelled himself to smile in order to not make waves, however that now the cup is full. It's time to shout your anger. Ilker Çatak accuses the German media of discrimination, who’ve so many instances failed to say his identify, merely asserting: Sandra Hüller, Wim Wenders and The Teachers’ Room are nominated for an Oscar. “I have the impression,” mentioned Ilker Çatak in an interview with South German Zeitung, that you just most likely should have a German identify to be cited by the media on this nation. » When the Golden Lola was awarded to greatest director, German actress Iris Berben had already broken her identify by revealing the contents of the enduring envelope whereas, says Ilker Çatak, the Academy of Oscars requested him to ship a recording of his voice to ensure his identify was pronounced appropriately. “I cried with rage,” mentioned Ilker Çatak. My peasant grandfather discovered to learn and write when he arrived in Germany and now his grandson will symbolize Germany on the Oscars. It may have been an awesome instance of profitable integration to distinction with “foreigners out!” that the AfD roars. It may encourage younger folks from immigrant backgrounds. » Furious, this 40-year-old man, born in Berlin, and who studied cinema in Hamburg, acknowledges that this nomination allowed him to know that he’s nonetheless thought-about a foreigner in Germany.