Stuttgart (dpa/lsw) - At the first film show without corona restrictions in three years, the Ukrainian drama "Lucky Girl" won the Baden-Württemberg Film Prize in the feature film category on Sunday. The work by Marysia Nikitiuk from Kiev, co-produced by Stuttgart-based Sven Schnell, tells the gripping story of the deep fall of a haughty, charismatic and glamorous TV presenter who, overtaken by a cancer diagnosis, asks questions about human existence, the jury praised the film.
According to the film office, the shooting was not easy: first the corona pandemic paralyzed production, then Ukraine was attacked, the men in the team were drafted or worked in aid organizations. Nikitiuk distributed food in the bunkers.
The winner of the film prize in the short film category, which is endowed with 2,000 euros, is Julia Schubeius from the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg. She prevailed with "Luckywon". Awards were also given in the categories of documentary, commercial and animated film, as well as in the competition for the youth film prize. This year's Baden-Württemberg honorary film award went to Dieter Krauss, film promoter and former commercial director of the Film- und Medienfestival gGmbH (FMF).
According to the organizers, around 110 new film productions were on the program of the film show from Wednesday until Sunday evening (December 11). A total of 18 film prizes with a total value of 15,000 euros were awarded. The film show is a performance show of the industry in Baden-Württemberg. The participating films must have been made in the southwest or have received money from the state's funding pools.
