Award of German Film Critics 2019 for FRITZI
"Fritzi - A revolutionary Tale" wins the Award of German Film Critics 2019 for the Best Childrens´Movie during the Berlinale 2020.
Jury statement: Ralf Kukula and Matthias Bruhn have brilliantly succeeded in filming a political topic, namely the fall of the Berlin Wall, in an exciting and entertaining way that is also suitable for children. At the same time, "Fritzi" is once again a creatively animated cartoon film with an extremely coherent script (Beate Völcker, Péter Palátsik), which doesn't want to be faster, louder and more colourful, but instead trenchantly portrays characters without betraying them and condenses events without distorting reality. And in addition, it tells a historical story that moves and carries away the audience and teaches children without a pedagogical index finger to see the world with their own eyes.
The German Film Critics' Prize is awarded to German films that were shown in cinemas in the previous calendar year. It is the only German film prize that is awarded exclusively by critics and is not based on economic, country-specific or political criteria, but exclusively on artistic ones. The awarding of the prize is decided by juries made up of members of the Association of German Film Critics.
Photo left to right: Ralf Kukula (director/ producer), Beate Völcker (author), Richard Lutterbeck (producer) and Christel Strobel (Laudator; artechock)
