Lola Nominations ­ German Film Awards

BEST FEATURE FILM: Heaven Dir Tom Tykwer; Halbe Treppe (Grill Point) Dir Andreas Dresen; Bella Martha Dir Sandra Nettelbeck; Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) Dir Caroline Link; Das weisse Rauschen (The White Noise) Dir Hans Weingartner; Wie Feuer und Flamme (Fire and Flame) Dir Connie Walther

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM: Black Box BRD Dir Andres Veiel; A Woman and a Half ­ Hildegard Knef Dir Clarissa Ruge

BEST CHILDREN AND YOUTH FILM: Das Sams (The Slurb), Dir Ben Verbong; Hilfe! Ich bin ein Fisch (Help! I’m a Fish), Dir Michael Hegner, Stefan Fjeldmark

BEST ACTRESS: Karoline Eichhorn, Der Felsen (A Map of the Heart); Martina Gedeck, Bella Martha; Juliane Köhler, Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa)

BEST ACTOR: Ulrich Noethen, Das Sams (The Slurb); Antonio Wannek, Der Felsen (A Map of the Heart), Wie Feuer und Flamme (Fire and Flame); Daniel Brühl, Nichts bereuren (No Regrets), Das weisse Rauschen (The White Noise), Vaya con Dios

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Eva Mattes, Das Sams (The Slurb); Annabelle Lachatte, Das weisse Rauschen (The White Noise); Marie-Lou Sellem, Mein Bruder, der Vampir (My Brother, the Vampire), Nichts bereuren (No Regrets), Hilfe! Ich bin ein Fisch (Help! I’m a Fish)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Remo Girone, Heaven; Matthias Habich, Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa); Martin Feifel, Was tun, wenn's brennt? (What to Do in Case of Fire?)

BEST DIRECTOR: Dominik Graf, Der Felsen (A Map of the Heart); Andreas Dresen, Halbe Treppe (Grill Point); Caroline Link, Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa)

SPECIAL PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS ­ in screenplay, production, direction, and playing a double-role in Der Schuh des Manitu (Manitu’s Shoe) ­ a Film Prize in Gold is awarded to Michael »Bully« Herbig. He had already received the same honor at the Bavarian Film Awards. No matter, Bully said his next production will really be an »art film« for the purists. We can’t wait to see it!

­ Editors