Overview
- The main award carries a €10,000 endowment, with the jury praising Schilinski’s work as an “epochal” achievement.
- Producers Lucas Schmidt, Lasse Scharpen and Maren Schmitt were also recognized for their roles on the film.
- The drama interweaves the lives of four women on an Altmark farm across roughly a century through recurring motifs and sound.
- Leonie Benesch received the €5,000 Actor Prize for “Heldin,” while the Saarländischer Rundfunk prize (€5,000) went to Sol Bondy and Fred Burle with Mala Emde for “Köln 75.”
- Christian Klandt (direction) and Benedikt Gollhardt (screenplay) earned the Mayor’s Prize (€2,500) for “Sterben für Beginner,” as the award marked its 15th edition with 74 submissions focused on work and society.