Okay, also Joko Winterscheidt's quiz format "Who's stealing the show?" will be awarded. Above all, the Grimme Prizes this year go to TV projects that have tackled serious issues. This includes, for example, "Chez Krömer".
Depression, anxiety disorders, the corona pandemic, racism and social injustice: This year, the Grimme Prize particularly honors projects that have dealt with profound issues.
In the Entertainment competition, the episode of "Chez Krömer" with Torsten Sträter as a guest received an award. In it, Kurt Krömer and the comedian talk about how they deal with their own depression - for Krömer it was the first time that he had spoken so openly about the disease.
In the same category, the jury also awarded "Friday Night Jews", which reports on Jewish life in Germany with Daniel Donskoy, and the quiz show "Who is stealing the show?" by and with Joko Winterscheidt.
In the field of fiction, Bjarne Mädel has two reasons to be happy: he received an award for the television film "Delivered", in which he plays a single-parent delivery boy. In addition, his directorial debut "Sörensen hat Angst", which is about a police inspector with an anxiety disorder, was awarded.
Other winners in the category are "The Ibiza Affair" about the Austrian political scandal surrounding FPÖ politician Heinz-Christian Strache and the mini-series "Tina mobil" about a mother of three from Pankow, "who doesn't want to give up at all". In addition, the episode "Sabine" from the crime series "Polizeiruf 110" is honored, in which a single mother with money worries embarks on a revenge campaign.
In the competition information
The Audience Award of the Marler Group also goes to a series that deals with mental illnesses: In "The Mopes" Nora Tschirner plays the embodiment of depression. Anke Engelke also received a special honor from the German Adult Education Association for her "innovative creativity and ingenious adaptability" on television.
The Grimme Prize will be awarded on August 26th at the Marl Theater in North Rhine-Westphalia.
