At the gala ceremony to celebrate the 69th German Film Awards, which took place on Friday evening at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin, the Golden Lola for Best Film went to Andreas Dresen’s Gundermann [+leggi anche:
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Four further gongs went to Wolfgang Fischer’s Styx [+leggi anche:
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The Bronze Lola, meanwhile, was bestowed upon Caroline Link’s Der Junge muss an die frische Luft [+leggi anche:
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Talal Derki’s Oscar-nominated Of Fathers and Sons [+leggi anche:
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Despite having been nominated in five categories, Fatih Akin’s Berlinale title The Golden Glove [+leggi anche:
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Finally, this year’s Honorary Award was handed to Margarethe von Trotta, director of well-known films such as The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum, Rosa Luxemburg and Hannah Arendt [+leggi anche:
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Here is the full list of winners at the 2019 Lola-German Film Awards:

Golden Lola for Best Film
Gundermann [+leggi anche:
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Silver Lola 
Styx [+leggi anche:
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Bronze Lola
Der Junge muss an die frische Luft [+leggi anche:
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Best Documentary
Of Fathers and Sons [+leggi anche:
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Best Children’s Film 
Rocca - Verändert die Welt - Katja Benrath

Best Screenplay
Laila Stieler - Gundermann

Best Director
Andreas Dresen - Gundermann

Best Lead Actress
Susanne Wolff - Styx

Best Lead Actor 
Alexander Scheer - Gundermann

Best Supporting Actress 
Luise Heyer - Der Junge muss an die frische Luft

Best Supporting Actor
Alexander Fehling – Blame Game [+leggi anche:
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Best Cinematography
Benedict Neuenfels - Styx

Best Editing 
Anne Fabini - Of Fathers and Sons

Best Production Design 
Susanne Hopf - Gundermann

Best Costumes
Sabine Greuning - Gundermann

Best Make-up 
Maike Heinlein, Daniel Schröder, Lisa Edelmann - The Golden Glove [+leggi anche:
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Best Original Score
Hochzeitskapelle - Wackersdorf [+leggi anche:
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Best Sound 
Andreas Turnwald, Uwe Dresch, Andre Zimmermann, Tobias Fleig - Styx

Award for the Film With the Most Viewers
Der Junge muss an die frische Luft - Caroline Link

Honorary Award
Margarethe von Trotta

Bernd Eichinger Award
Christian Becker