Oscar contenders September 5 and The Seed of the Sacred Fig, and Andreas Dresen’s historic drama From Hilde, With Love are the frontrunners for this year’s German Film Awards, also called the Lolas, Germany’s equivalent of the Oscars.
September 5, Tim Fehlbaum’s real-life thriller based on the terrorist attacks on the 1972 Munich Olympics, picked up 10 nominations, including for best film and best director, as well as supporting actress nom for Leonie Benesch, who plays a translator for the U.S. television network broadcasting the attacks live to the world.
Second and third in the running are Andreas Dresen’s From Hilde, With Love which picked up 7 Lola nominations, including for best film and best director, with Mohammad Rasoulof’s Iranian drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig right behind with 6.
Rasoulof’s depiction of an Iranian family torn apart by conflicting loyalties to an increasingly oppressive Tehran regime, was set up as a German-French co-production and shot in secret in Iran. It was Germany’s entry for this year’s best international feature at the Oscars. Dresden’s period drama From Hilde, With Love focuses on the Hilde Coppi, a left-wing member of resistance group the Red Orchestra, who was arrested and executed by the Nazis.
Also up for best film are Jan-Ole Gerster’s sun-soaked neo-noir Islands, Ido Fluk’s Köln 75, which chronicles the events that led to Keith Jarrett’s celebrated piano recording, ‘The Köln Concert,’ and Chiara Fleischhacker’s Vena, a drama about a drug-addicted young mother.
Best actress nominees include Hilde star Liv Lisa Fries, Köln 75 lead Mala Emde, and Emma Drogunova of Vena. British actor Sam Riley took two of the three best actor noms, for his lead performances in Islands and as the late dance choreographer John Cranko in Joachim Lang’s biopic Cranko. He goes up against The Seed of the Sacred Fig lead Missagh Zareh.
The German Film Academy announced the German Film Prize nominees live on Monday morning. Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Corsage) and Christian Friedel, star of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, and part of the ensemble cast of the new season of The White Lotus, announced the bulk of the nominees in a live webstream followed by the best film nominees, announced live on German TV by Friedel and outgoing German culture minister Claudia Roth.
Friedel will host this year’s awards, which will be held in Berlin on May 9.
Full list of 2025 German Film Award nominees:
Best Film
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof, Mani Tilgner, Rozita Hendijanian
From Hilde, With Love – Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel, Regina Ziegler
Islands – Maximilian Leo, Jonas Katzenstein
Köln 75 – Sol Bondy, Fred Burle
September 5 – Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, Tim Fehlbaum
Vena – Dietmar Güntsche, Martin Rohé
Best Documentary Film
Hollywoodgate – Talal Derki, Shane Boris, Odessa Rae, Ibrahim Nash’at
Petra Kelly – Act Now! – Birgit Schulz, Doris Metz
Riefenstahl – Sandra Maischberger, Andres Veiel
Best Children’s Film
Akiko, der fliegende Affe – Veit Helmer
Woodwalkers – Corinna Mehner, Carolin Dassel
Best Director
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof
From Hilde, With Love – Andreas Dresen
September 5 – Tim Fehlbaum
Best Screenplay
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad Rasoulof
From Hilde, With Love – Laila Stieler
September 5 – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum
Best Actress
Liv Lisa Fries – From Hilde, With Love
Mala Emde – Köln 75
Emma Nova – Vena
Best Actor
Sam Riley – Cranko
Misagh Zare – The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Sam Riley – Islands
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Ratte-Polle – Bad Director
Niousha Akhshi – The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Leonie Benesch – September 5
Best Supporting Actor
Alexander Scheer – From Hilde, With Love
Alexander Scheer – Köln 75
Godehard Giese – Sad Jokes
Best Cinematography
Cranko – Philipp Sichler
September 5 – Markus Förderer
Vena – Lisa Jilg
Best Editor
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Andrew Bird
Köln 75 – Anja Siemens
September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich
Best Sound Design
The Light– Bernhard Joest-Däberitz, Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert, Markus Stemler, Alexander Buck
Islands – Stefan Soltau, Thomas Kalbér, Tobias Fleig
September 5 – Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Marc Parisotto, Marco Hanelt
Best Score
Islands – Dascha Dauenhauer
Kein Tier. So Wild. – Dascha Dauenhauer
September 5 – Lorenz Dangel
Best Production Design
Cranko – Astrid Poeschke (Szenenbild)
Hagen – Matthias Müsse (Szenenbild), Nancy Vogel (Set Dec)
September 5 – Julian R. Wagner (Szenenbild), Melanie Raab (Set Dec)
Best Costume Design
Cranko – Juliane Maier, Christian Röhrs
Hagen – Pierre-Yves Gayraud
From Hilde, With Love – Birgitt Kilian
Best Hair and Make-Up
Hagen – Jeanette Latzelsberger, Gregor Eckstein
From Hilde, With Love – Grit Kosse, Uta Spikermann, Monika Münnich
September 5 – Sabine Schumann
Best Visual Effects
The Light– Robert Pinnow
Hagen – Jan Stoltz, Franzisca Puppe
Woodwalkers – Max Riess, Sven Martin, Bernie Kimbacher
Most Commercially Successful Film
School of Magical Animals 3– Sven Unterwaldt (Regie), Alexandra Kordes, Meike Kordes (Produktion)
Honorary Lola
An Dorthe Braker
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