Gropiusstadt Supernova wins primary prize on the Max Ophüls Prize | EUROtoday

The German movie “Gropiusstadt Supernova” is the winner of the forty seventh Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival. The first function movie by Erfurt-born Ben Voit (director and author) received the principle prize value 36,000 euros for the perfect function movie. In whole, prizes with a complete worth of 123,500 euros have been awarded. The night was hosted by actor and choreographer Eugene Boateng and presenter Simin Sadeghi.

“Gropiusstadt Supernova” takes place in a prefabricated housing property in Berlin and tells the story of three younger people who find themselves going through a turning level. At the award ceremony in Saarbrücken, the jury praised the nice cinematic depth and judged: “The characters are lively and interpreted so credibly that we don’t want to look away anymore. You hope for them and fear for them.”

Ali Tamim (director and screenplay) obtained each the award for the perfect screenplay and for the socially related movie for his function movie debut “Noah”. He tells of 4 fates that intertwine after the loss of life of the younger Arab Noah after a police cease. “A film that consistently centers those affected by racist violence and at the same time makes the ambivalence of their experiences palpable,” mentioned the jurors. “Noah” had additionally already been awarded the German Screenplay Prize.

The viewers award for a function movie and the ecumenical jury award went to “What should we dream about” by Milena Aboyan and Constantin Hatz. According to the jury, the movie concerning the fates of three ladies “with clear images” invitations you to take a more in-depth look: on the expertise of violence, exclusion, inner and exterior struggles. “In the end there is the quiet hope that healing will be possible if someone has the courage to break out of fate.”

“The Mean Little Things” by the Austrian Florian Moses Bayer (director and author) additionally received twice as a lot as a result of critics and guests agreed: The movie about Josef, who feels crushed by his personal weight till he meets rapper Monobrother, was named finest quick movie and likewise obtained the quick movie viewers award. “With a keen eye for the quiet moments, this film shows us how often some of us are humiliated, hurt and attacked – because they don’t conform to the supposed norm,” commented the jury.

The Swiss Jonas Ulrich additionally obtained two awards for his first function movie “Wolves” about 23-year-old Luana, who accompanies a black steel band: the Youth Jury Prize and the Film Critics’ Prize for the perfect function movie. “In images of great beauty, this drama tells of boundaries that are shifting and abysses that open up, with the small world pointing to the big world,” it says.

The Saarland Prime Minister’s Film Prize for finest director went to Magdalena Chmielewska for “Teresa’s Body”. “Harika” by Beran Ergün (director, guide, enhancing) was awarded the perfect medium-length movie. Best documentary movie was “The Still Unknown Days” by Jola Wieczorek (director and guide) about migration and identification and a technique of remembering.

Tommes Diallo in “Champions and Us” (DE 2026) and Emilia Warenski in “Pencil Strokes” (AT 2026) have been honored as the perfect younger actors.

The MOP is taken into account a very powerful competition for German-speaking movie expertise from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. After a very long time, a contribution from Luxembourg was honored once more with the documentary “Terre rouge – Topographie du poète” by Fränz Hausemer (director, guide, enhancing, music). “A cinematic monument about vulnerability and the art of living that is deeply touching,” was the decision of the jury.

A complete of 57 movies have been entered into the operating within the 4 competitors classes of function movie, documentary movie, medium-length movie and quick movie – together with 46 premieres. According to competition director Svenja Böttger and program supervisor Theresa Winkler, they talked very brazenly and personally about subjects equivalent to working environments, local weather change, psychological well being, self-realization, actuality TV and pictures of masculinity.