german film award for peace the bridge

Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund
GERMAN FILM AWARD FOR PEACE
THE BRIDGE
Bernhard
Wicki
“Film can‘t change the world
or make it a better place,
but it can create a climate
where things can grow and rise
and change might be possible.”
Bernhard
Wicki
Memorial
Fund
After her husbands death Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss set up the
Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund in 2002. A non-profit
organization funded sole through donations and sponsors.
Bernhard Wicki’s legacy is the basic of the peace award. His
first anti-war-film “The Bridge” (1959) met with great
acclaim around the world, receiving numerous awards and
prizes including an Oscar® nomination and a Golden Globe®.
Indeed in its unflinching veracity his cinematic oeuvre is
disturbingly relevant to the problems that beset the world
today.
German
Film Award
for Peace –
The Bridge
The German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge stands for peace, understanding
between nations and the inviolability of human dignity.
It takes its cue from Wicki's own words:
“Film cannot change the world or make it a better place, but they can create a
climate that allows things to develop and change to take place.”
The prize is awarded to German and international films that stand out both in
terms of their artistic vision and the human and political dimension they convey –
films that stand as examples against the false prophets who would blind and
mislead the world, films in which especially members of the younger generation, in
Europe and all over the globe, show that they recognise and are willing to assume
their political responsibility and uphold the spirit of freedom.
German
Film Award
for Peace –
The Bridge
The Award is arranged in close collaboration with the Bavarian Ministry of
Economic Affairs and Media, Energy and Technology and the SPIO e.V., the
umbrella organization of the German film industry.
The next ceremony is the 15. German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge and
takes place Thursday, June 30th, 2016 7:30 pm
at Cuvilliés Theater Residenz Munich.
Quotes
about the
Film Award
I’ve never experienced such an award ceremony! A big and gorgeous evening –
absolutely unique and incomparable with any other national or international
movie award ceremony. A brilliant orchestration for peace and film, combined with
music by distinguished artists. A moving gala, where excellent artists were awarded
with excellent prizes by excellent people.
Klaus Maria Brandauer, Honorary Award 2014
The international industry looks at the German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge
– and therewith at Bavaria as a center for culture and movie business.
Bettina Reitz , President HFF
This award is set apart from the numerous other prizes awarded in Germany by its
focus on peace and international understanding.
Former Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media,
Minister of State Klaus Neumann, during his speech at the award 2008
Categories
German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge for an outstanding film and its director
This award comes with a prize money of EUR 10.000
German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge for an outstanding actor and his sociopolitical attitude towards dignity of man
This award comes with a prize money of EUR 5.000
Young talent Award of the German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge
Comes with a prize money: EUR 5.000
Honorary Award of the German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge
Special Award of the German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge
Prize Symbol
The sculptures are casted in bronze, the inscriptions are made of gold. A endless
row of bridge piers create a fictive bridge with a human in the center.
The sculptures are handed over individually. From awardee to awardee, from
culture group to culture group the fictive bridge is growing around the world every
year with every award.
A growing bridge that appeals for peace, freedom and the dignity of each
individual.
Dr. Paula Ewert
Jury
Former Ministerialraetin in the theme of film within the
Bavarian State Chancellery
Philip Koch
Director and first Young Talent Awardee 2010
Marco Kreuzpaintner German Director and awardee 2007
Gabriele Pfennigsdorf Deputy Managing Director FFF Bayern
Adrian Prechtel
Journalist Abendzeitung
Fritz Preßmar
Owner of motion picture theater in Munich
Prof. Bettina Reitz
President HFF München
Marc Rothemund
German director and awardee 2005
Claudia Ulrich
Production designer Ulrich Group
Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss Founder and director
of the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund
Thilo Wydra
Author
Awardees
2015-2013
2015: Abderahmane Sissako “Timbuktu” (Main Award International) I Oliver
Hirschbiegel “13 Minutes” (Main Award National) I Klaus Härö “The Fencer”
(Special Award) I Burhan Qurbani “We are young. We are strong.” (Young Talents
Award)
2014: Justin Chadwick „Mandela – Long walk to Freedom” I Rick Ostermann
„Wolfskinder” (Young Talent Award National) I Yann Demange “71” (Young Talent
Award International) I Klaus Maria Brandauer (Honorary Award)
2013: Mira Nair „The Reluctant Fundamentalist” I Riz Ahmed “The Reluctant
Fundamentalist (Actors Award) I Daniel Harrich „The blind Spot”
(Nachwuchspreis) I Haifaa Al Mansour „Wadjda” (Spezialpreis)
Awardees
2012-2008
2012: Iciar Bollain “Even the Rain” I Michaela Kezele „My beautiful Country“
(Young Talent Award) I Zrinka Cvitesic „My beautiful Country” (Actors Award) I
Michael Verhoeven (Honorary Award)
2011: Susanne Bier “In a better World” I Yasemin Samdereli “Almanya” (Young
Talent Award) I Maggie Peren “Colour of the Ocean” (Young Talent Award) I
Cinema Jenin (Special Award) I Maximilian Schell (Honorary Award)
2010: Jasmila Zbanic “On the Path” I Sibel Kekili “When we leave” (Actors Award)
I Philip Koch “Picco” (Young Talent Award) I Shirin Neshat “Women without men”
(Honorary Award)
2009: Hans-Christian Schmid “Storm” I Ulrich Tukur “John Rabe” (Actors Award)
2008: Marie Noelle and Peter Sehr “The Anarchist‘s Wife”
2007: Marco Kreuzpaintner “Trade” I Kevin Kline (Honorary Award)
Awardees
2007-2002
2006: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck “The Lives of others” I Ulrich Mühe
(Honorary Award)
2005: Marc Rothemund “Sophie Scholl – The Final Days”
2004: Volker Schlöndorff “The Ninth Day” I Prof. Jürgen Haase (Honorary Award)
2003: Marceline Loridan Ivens “The Birch – Tree Meadow” I Anouk Aimée
(Honorary Award)
2002: Goran Paskaljevic
Impressions
German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge – 2015
Impressions
German Film Award for Peace – The Bridge – 2014
CONTACT
Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss – Founder and director of the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund
E-Mail
[email protected]
Phone
+49 89 8115267
Katrin Strauch – Deputy director of the Bernhard Wicki Memorial Fund
E-Mail
[email protected]
Phone
+49 176 211 73 100
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