Cologne, Germany -- Regional pubcaster Wdr cleaned up at this year's Adolf Grimme Awards, the most prestigious independent TV honors in Germany, winning seven trophies for its drama and nonfiction programming.
Wdr's Adolf Grimme-winning telefilm "Outta Control!" with its subject matter of generational conflict and school shootings, seemed particularly prescient following the brutal school killings in Germany this month.
Other drama winners included period miniseries "Teufelsbraten" (Hellion) and family drama "Die zweite Frau" (The Second Wife), both from Wdr, as well as "Wholetrain," a look at Berlin's graffiti sprayer scene produced by Zdf, and "Das wahre Leben" (The True Life) from fellow pubcaster Ard.
Wdr all but swept the documentary category, winning for political docs "Losers and Winners," "Live and Die for Kabul" and "The Big Sell-Off" and also picked up a special Grimme for "Brinkmann's Rage," a look at the anger and eloquence of 1970s poet Rolf Dieter Brinkmann.
Wdr's Adolf Grimme-winning telefilm "Outta Control!" with its subject matter of generational conflict and school shootings, seemed particularly prescient following the brutal school killings in Germany this month.
Other drama winners included period miniseries "Teufelsbraten" (Hellion) and family drama "Die zweite Frau" (The Second Wife), both from Wdr, as well as "Wholetrain," a look at Berlin's graffiti sprayer scene produced by Zdf, and "Das wahre Leben" (The True Life) from fellow pubcaster Ard.
Wdr all but swept the documentary category, winning for political docs "Losers and Winners," "Live and Die for Kabul" and "The Big Sell-Off" and also picked up a special Grimme for "Brinkmann's Rage," a look at the anger and eloquence of 1970s poet Rolf Dieter Brinkmann.
- 3/25/2009
- by By Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Urbanworld fest taps 'Wholetrain'
NEW YORK -- The 10th annual Urbanworld Vibe Film Festival announced $45,000 in prizes Monday for several winning projects. Florian Gaag's German/Polish gang drama Wholetrain took home best narrative feature honors and a $5,000 award provided by Lionsgate. American Blackout, Ian Inaba's study of African-American voter suppression, was named best narrative documentary feature and awarded $10,000 from the Wal-Mart Voices of Color Film Series. Blackout earned a special jury prize this year at the Sundance Film Festival. The audience award at this year's fest, which marked Urbanworld's new trial partnership and co-branding venture with Vibe magazine, went to Matt Ruskin and Scott K. Rosenberg's Word.Life: The Hip Hop Project. Executive producer Bruce Willis' docu follows nearly four years of a music-based program dedicated to helping New York City youths. The filmmakers were awarded $10,000 in Kodak film stock.
- 6/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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