...and the
- Audience Award goes to DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN by Franz Böhm,
- Best Documentary is STOLLEN by Laura Reichwald
- Best Music Documentry goes to Dascha Dauenhauer for the original score of THE CASE YOU by Alison Kuhn
The online edition opens on January 17, 2021 with A BLACK JESUS, the debut film by Luca Lucchesi. In the documentary produced by honorary prize winner Wim Wenders, Lucchesi sheds light on the veneration of a Black Jesus statue in his native Sicilian village. The desire of a group of refugees from Africa housed there to participate in the religious tradition leads to tensions among the villagers.
COMPETITION DOCUMENTARY
Ten documentaries from german speaking countries, as Germany, Austria and Switzerland are competing for three prizes:
- the MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE: BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM, endowed with 7,500 euros, provided by Saarland Medien GmbH,
- and the MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE: BEST FILM MUSIC, endowed with 5,000 euros, offered by Saarland Medien GmbH and provided by the Strecker Foundation.
- The MAX OPHÜLS PRIZE: PUBLIC PRIZE DOCUMENTARY FILM is endowed for the third time by Dillinger and Saarstahl with 5,000 euros and awarded by the festival audience.
The nine German documentary productions and co-productions are:
- DEAR FUTURE CHILDREN by Franz Böhm, 89min, WS: Magnetfilm
- I AM THE TIGRESS by Philipp Fussenegger, Dino Osmanovic, 80min
- MY VIETNAM | MEIN VIETNAM by Tim Ellrich, Thi Hien Mai, 79min
- NO NEWS | NICHTS NEUES by Lennart Hüper, 81min, P:Fachhochschule Dortmund, WS: sixpackfilm
- STOLLEN by Laura Reichwald, 85min, P: Neue Celluloid Fabrik, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
- THE CASE YOU by Alison Kuhn, 80min, P: Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
- STORIES OF DADS | VÄTER UNSER by Sophie Linnenbaum, 76min, P: Sophie Linnenbaum
- WHO OWNS MY VILLAGE? | WEM GEHÖRT MEIN DORF? by Christoph Eder, 96min, P: ostlicht filmproduktion, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
- WE THE VILLAGE | WIR ALLE. DAS DORF by Antonia Traulsen, Claire Roggan, 90min, P: Koberstein Film
and • SCHÖNBORN by Maxim Melnyk, 63min, P: Katzentisch Filmprod. [in the section festivalexchange Cottbus]
MOP—WATCHLIST
with German productions and co-productions such as
- DISPLACED by Sharon Ryba-Kahn, 90min, P: Tondowski Films, Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
- KING BANSAH AND HIS DAUGHTER by Agnes Lisa Wegner, 86min, P: kurhaus production Film & Medien GmbH
- WITH ONE'S OWN EYES by Miguel Müller-Frank, 108min, P: 2Pilots Filmproduction
MOP—SHORTLIST
with German productions and co-productions such as
- SEAHORSE | SEEPFERDCHEN by Nele Dehnenkamp, 16min, P: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH–
- INNDEPENDENCE by Michael Schwarz, 15min, P: nachtschwärmerfilm
- AUS DEN AUGEN AUS DEM SINN | OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND by Anna-Maria Dutoit, 11min, P: HFF Munich
- CUNTVIEW by Sarang Nes, 10min, P: Filmuniversität Babelsber KONDRAD WOLF
- DIE FRAU OHNE EIGENSCHAFTEN by Siwei Li, 11min, P: HBKsaar
- UNDENKBAR by Katharina Schacke, 22min,
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