After Cannes now Hollywood? Fatih akin’s NSU-Drama into the race for the Oscar

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In the competition of the Cannes film festival, Fatih akin’s NSU-Drama “Out of Nothing” caused attention. Now the Film has been nominated as German contribution for the best foreign language Oscar.

The award, the actor is always also a little award for the Director. And Director Fatih Akin with, was his main actress Diane Kruger for her Performance in Nothing” was honored in “at the Cannes film festival as Best actress.

“A nice birthday gift”

Now the Hamburg native may hope for fame and glory: “Out of nowhere” in the race to the Oscars. The German Films announced this Thursday in Munich. “It’s my birthday tomorrow, and this is a nice birthday gift to anticipate” said the (still) 43-Year-old.

“Out of Nothing” is a German Oscar candidate

The Film tells the story of a woman who loses in a bomb attack in Hamburg, her husband and her son – soon to be Parallel to the murders of the extreme right-wing NSU. A high-current political fabric.

The independent expert jury explained the choice as follows: “‘Out of Nothing’ is at the same time Drama, courtroom dramas, and thrillers. Fatih Akin manages to shed light on the relationship of law and jurisdiction, as well as revenge and pain, a complex, ruthless and upsetting told. The Film gives a political issue, a human face.”

In the last five

The Film was selected among a total of eleven applicants, including the fugitive Comedy “Welcome to the hard man” by Director Simon Verhoeven and “youth without God” by Alain Gsponer. The German candidate for the Oscars it is nominated automatically for the Oscar. About the five nominations in the category Best non-English language Film, the Academy in Hollywood decides that the nominations will be on may 23. January 2018.

In the last ten years, there were only a few among the last five, most recently to 2017 “Toni Erdmann” by Maren Ade, 2010 “The white ribbon” by Michael Haneke and 2009 “The Baader Meinhof complex” by Uli Edel. 2012 has not been nominated “Pina” by Wim Wenders for the foreign Oscar, but in the category of “Best documentary”. Have not won them all. So far, there have only brought these four German films to the gold male: Volker schlöndorff’s “The tin drum” (1979), István szabó’s “Mephisto” (1981), Caroline link’s “Nowhere in Africa” (2003) and, most recently, “the lives of Others” by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2007). The 90. Award ceremony for the most important film prize in the world, will take place on 4. March 2018 in Hollywood.

jhi/pg (dpa/german-movie.de)