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11-05-2025
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‘September 5' Sweeps German Film Awards
September 5 took top honors at the German Film Awards, or Lolas, held in Berlin Friday night. Tim Fehlbaum's real-life thriller, based on the terrorist attacks on the 1972 Munich Olympics, picked up nine Lolas, including for best director, best editing, best cinematography, best sound design, best screenplay, best makeup and best production design. More from The Hollywood Reporter Harry Styles Attended Pope Leo XIV's Historic Conclave Election Looking to Replicate the 'White Lotus' Experience? It Can Be Hit or Myth Films Addressing Oct. 7 Aftermath Win Berlin Jewish Film Festival Leonie Benesch won best supporting actress for her performance as a translator for the U.S. television network broadcasting the attacks live to the world. September 5 premiered at the Venice film festival last year before becoming an awards contender and landing a best original screenplay Oscar nomination for Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder and Alex David. Accepting his best director prize, Fehlbaum praised his German team, and, with a side swipe at Donald Trump and his promised tariffs on 'foreign films,' noted that 'they can raise the tariffs as high as the want, there is not reason to make films anywhere else [than here].' Wolfram Weimer, the new German culture minister, who presented the best film honor, also criticized Trump, calling the tariff proposal 'absurd. The next thing he'll introduce tariffs on jokes, so that people will stop making fun of him.' Liv Lisa Fries won best actress for playing Hilde Coppi, a member of the left-wing anti-Nazi resistance group the Red Orchestra, in Andreas Dresen's historic drama From Hilde, With Love. The film also took the bronze Lola for best film. In a moving speech, Fries referenced the threat of resurgent far-right extremism in Germany. 'It's getting serious,' she said. 'This can't happen again.' Politics was a recurring theme at the awards ceremony in Berlin Friday night, with several winners referencing the dangers represented by the far-right AfD, which is surging in the polls, despite Germany's domestic intelligence service classifying the party as extremist. 'Call them out and show yourselves,' German musician Igor Levit told the crowd in his tribute to Margot Friedländer, a Holocaust survivor who became the conscience of a nation, speaking about her experience in her many television and public appearances, and who died on Friday at the age of 103. Best actor went to Missagh Zareh for his portrayal of an Iranian patriarch in Mohammad Rasoulof's Oscar-nominated The Seed of the Sacred Fig. The film, which depicts an Iranian family torn apart by conflicting loyalties to an increasingly oppressive Tehran regime, was set up as a German-French co-production and shot in secret in Iran. The film also won the runner-up silver Lola for best film. 'Making this film was a miracle, but the miracle was the Iranian women, who made this film possible,' said Rasoulof, accepting his award. The director, who fled Iran last year, now lives in Berlin. He ended his speech with a call to 'stand by us, stand by the people of Iran.' Christian Friedel, star of Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest and part of the ensemble cast of the third season of The White Lotus, hosted the awards, showing off his talents as a song-and-dance man with his band Woods of Birnam. A complete list of the winners of the 2025 German Film Awards follows. – Mohammad Rasoulof, Mani Tilgner, Rozita Hendijanian (WINNER Best Film in Silver) – Claudia Steffen, Christoph Friedel, Regina Ziegler (WINNER Best Film in Bronze)Islands – Maximilian Leo, Jonas KatzensteinKöln 75 – Sol Bondy, Fred Burle – Philipp Trauer, Thomas Wöbke, Tim Fehlbaum (WINNER Best Film in Gold)Vena – Dietmar Güntsche, Martin Rohé Hollywoodgate – Talal Derki, Shane Boris, Odessa Rae, Ibrahim Nash'at – Birgit Schulz, Doris Metz (WINNER)Riefenstahl – Sandra Maischberger, Andres Veiel – Veit Helmer (WINNER)Woodwalkers – Corinna Mehner, Carolin Dassel The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad RasoulofFrom Hilde, With Love – Andreas Dresen – Tim Fehlbaum (WINNER) The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Mohammad RasoulofFrom Hilde, With Love – Laila Stieler – Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum (WINNER) Liv Lisa Fries – (WINNER)Mala Emde – Köln 75Emma Nova – Vena Sam Riley – CrankoMisagh Zare – (WINNER)Sam Riley – Islands Anne Ratte-Polle – Bad DirectorNiousha Akhshi – The Seed of the Sacred FigLeonie Benesch – (WINNER) Alexander Scheer – From Hilde, With LoveAlexander Scheer – Köln 75Godehard Giese – (WINNER) Cranko – Philipp Sichler – Markus Förderer (WINNER)Vena – Lisa Jilg The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Andrew BirdKöln 75 – Anja Siemens – Hansjörg Weißbrich (WINNER) The Light– Bernhard Joest-Däberitz, Frank Kruse, Matthias Lempert, Markus Stemler, Alexander BuckIslands – Stefan Soltau, Thomas Kalbér, Tobias Fleig – Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Marc Parisotto, Marco Hanelt (WINNER) – Dascha Dauenhauer (WINNER)Kein Tier. So Wild. – Dascha DauenhauerSeptember 5 – Lorenz Dangel Cranko – Astrid PoeschkeHagen – Matthias Müsse, Nancy Vogel – Julian R. Wagner, Melanie Raab (WINNER) – Juliane Maier, Christian Röhrs (WINNER)Hagen – Pierre-Yves GayraudFrom Hilde, With Love – Birgitt Kilian Hagen – Jeanette Latzelsberger, Gregor EcksteinFrom Hilde, With Love – Grit Kosse, Uta Spikermann, Monika Münnich – Sabine Schumann (WINNER) The Light– Robert Pinnow – Jan Stoltz, Franzisca Puppe (WINNER)Woodwalkers – Max Riess, Sven Martin, Bernie Kimbacher – Sven Unterwaldt (Regie), Alexandra Kordes, Meike Kordes (Produktion) (WINNER) An Dorthe Braker Best of The Hollywood Reporter 'The Goonies' Cast, Then and Now "A Nutless Monkey Could Do Your Job": From Abusive to Angst-Ridden, 16 Memorable Studio Exec Portrayals in Film and TV The 10 Best Baseball Movies of All Time, Ranked
Yahoo
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
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When Terrorism First Went Live: The Munich Olympics That Changed Broadcasting Forever
The boom of social media over the past two decades has democratized journalism to the point wherein a profession once lofted and lauded and dominated by individuals fearlessly committed to the dogged pursuit of truth has devolved into a faux subspecialty of online influencers who go from hocking lip gloss to declaring themselves experts on hot button subjects ranging from Middle East geopolitics to epidemiology. All within the span of a millisecond. Today, everything has become fair game for public consumption. But in 1972, Roone Arledge, then-president of ABC Sports, was left to contend with a conundrum never before experienced: should real-time footage of the 1972 Munich massacre, in which Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team, be made available to viewers global-wide?September 5, writer-director Tim Fehlbaum's Oscar-nominated historical drama, functions as a chronicle of this tragedy as seen through the perspective of the ABC Sports network broadcasting team, with Peter Sarsgaard as Arledge, John Magaro as Emmy Award-winning production executive Geoffrey Mason and Ben Chaplin as legendary sportscaster Marvin Bader. But the film is also a throwback to a bygone era in journalism in which career reporters contended with newsroom ethics while covering the latest breaking news.'It was the first time the Olympics were broadcast live globally,' says John Ira Palmer, who produced September 5 alongside partners Sean Penn and John Wildermuth, with whom Palmer formed Projected Picture Works in 2021. 'We had almost a billion people over the course of the Olympics watching these things unfold. What happened that day in Munich from that ABC Sports team forever changed the way that news is told.' Palmer, a film instructor at USC School of Cinematic Arts and AFI Conservatory and whose previous credits include Penn's 2021 film Flag Day and Asphalt City, has always been interested in society's consumption of media.'We're now in this new moment, with AI and social media — and I think our ethics haven't really caught up with our technology,' says Palmer. 'The larger existential quandaries remain when you walk out of the newsroom: we're doing our job, we're telling the truth and reporting on things that happened to the broad population as quickly and as accurately as possible. But is that the right thing to do? It's something journalists still have to grapple with every day.' Fehlbaum, the Switzerland-born director and co-writer of the horror-cum-sci-fi flicks Hell and The Colony, structured September 5 around the perspective of the ABC Sports news crew following a 'research conversation' with Mason.'As a 28-year-old at the time, [Mason] experienced firsthand in the TV control room how the team transitioned from sports reporting to crisis coverage,' says Fehlbaum. 'His vivid recollections of that intense 22-hour marathon of live reporting were so compelling that we decided to tell the story entirely from his perspective. The subject of media influence on global political events felt especially pertinent, particularly in today's context.'Sparse in violent imagery, September 5 — filmed over a 32-day period in Munich for less than $10 million — is a testament to how powerful cinema can be when it's about what's not on screen even more so than what is. The Paramount Pictures movie hits theaters widely Jan. 17.'Watching a film away from any social media discourse, I hope we can have good conversations,' says Palmer, 'and, hopefully, become better as a society — together.'
Khaleej Times
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Khaleej Times
Film 'September 5' offers new perspective on Olympic tragedy
Drama thriller September 5 takes a new approach to tell the true story of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre. Directed by Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum and boasting an accomplished ensemble cast including Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch, the film follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team as they pivot from Olympics programming to covering the developing news story. On Sept. 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes' village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman were dead after a stand-off and subsequent rescue effort erupted into gunfire. For the first time ever, the coverage of the attack, and the Games which continued as the events unfolded, played out live on television, watched by millions of people. One rescue attempt had to be called off when police officers realised it was being shown live and watched by the attackers. "We're living in this hyper-sensationalised media atmosphere, and this was kind of the beginning of it. These were people who were just doing their job, not realising that they were changing the way we consume news forever," said Magaro, who plays Geoffrey Mason, the real-life head of the ABC Munich control room, at the film's London premiere on Tuesday. September 5 is almost entirely set in the ABC control room, with outside events playing on its multiple monitors. The film team wove in real footage and assembled still functioning studio equipment of the day to ensure an authentic look. "Some of these scenes in the Olympic Village we recreated, also out of respect, because we didn't want to show anyone who lost their life on that day, and then we mixed all of this together," said Fehlbaum. "Tim was absolutely passionate about it being as accurate as possible because it was a true story. Everything worked. They built the studio on ABC's original blueprints," said Chaplin. The movie also depicts the moral dilemmas the team faced as the crisis deepened. "All the questions like, what do we show, is there such a thing as a neutral standpoint, is it helpful to watch potential violence live, the film raises all of these questions," Benesch said. "The questions they had to ask themselves are still very relevant for any journalist and also for all of us," said screenwriter Mortiz Binder. "Most of us have a smartphone, have social media, so all these ethical questions are questions for everybody." September 5 is produced by Hollywood star Sean Penn and its writers Binder, Fehlbaum and Alex David are up for a best original screenplay Oscar at next month's Academy Awards.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
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Film 'September 5' offers new perspective on Olympic tragedy
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Drama thriller "September 5" takes a new approach to tell the true story of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre. Directed by Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum and boasting an accomplished ensemble cast including Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch, the film follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team as they pivot from Olympics programming to covering the developing news story. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. On Sept. 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes' village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman were dead after a stand-off and subsequent rescue effort erupted into gunfire. For the first time ever, the coverage of the attack, and the Games which continued as the events unfolded, played out live on television, watched by millions of people. One rescue attempt had to be called off when police officers realised it was being shown live and watched by the attackers. "We're living in this hyper-sensationalised media atmosphere and this was kind of the beginning of it. These were people who were just doing their job, not realising that they were changing the way we consume news forever," said Magaro, who plays Geoffrey Mason, the real-life head of the ABC Munich control room, at the film's London premiere on Tuesday. "September 5" is almost entirely set in the ABC control room, with outside events playing on its multiple monitors. The film team wove in real footage and assembled still functioning studio equipment of the day to ensure an authentic look. "Some of these scenes in the Olympic Village we recreated, also out of respect, because we didn't want to show anyone who lost their life on that day, and then we mixed all of this together," said Fehlbaum. "Tim was absolutely passionate about it being as accurate as possible because it was a true story. Everything worked. They built the studio on ABC's original blueprints," said Chaplin. The movie also depicts the moral dilemmas the team faced as the crisis deepened. "All the questions like, what do we show, is there such a thing as a neutral standpoint, is it helpful to watch potential violence live, the film raises all of these questions," Benesch said. "The questions they had to ask themselves are still very relevant for any journalist and also for all of us," said screenwriter Mortiz Binder. "Most of us have a smartphone, have social media, so all these ethical questions are questions for everybody." "September 5" is produced by Hollywood star Sean Penn and its writers Binder, Fehlbaum and Alex David are up for a best original screenplay Oscar at next month's Academy Awards.
Reuters
05-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Film 'September 5' offers new perspective on Olympic tragedy
LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Drama thriller "September 5" takes a new approach to tell the true story of the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre. Directed by Swiss filmmaker Tim Fehlbaum and boasting an accomplished ensemble cast including Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch, the film follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team as they pivot from Olympics programming to covering the developing news story. On Sept. 5, 1972, members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage at the poorly secured athletes' village by Palestinian gunmen from the Black September group. Within 24 hours, 11 Israelis, five Palestinians and a German policeman were dead after a stand-off and subsequent rescue effort erupted into gunfire. For the first time ever, the coverage of the attack, and the Games which continued as the events unfolded, played out live on television, watched by millions of people. One rescue attempt had to be called off when police officers realised it was being shown live and watched by the attackers. "We're living in this hyper-sensationalised media atmosphere and this was kind of the beginning of it. These were people who were just doing their job, not realising that they were changing the way we consume news forever," said Magaro, who plays Geoffrey Mason, the real-life head of the ABC Munich control room, at the film's London premiere on Tuesday. "September 5" is almost entirely set in the ABC control room, with outside events playing on its multiple monitors. The film team wove in real footage and assembled still functioning studio equipment of the day to ensure an authentic look. "Some of these scenes in the Olympic Village we recreated, also out of respect, because we didn't want to show anyone who lost their life on that day, and then we mixed all of this together," said Fehlbaum. "Tim was absolutely passionate about it being as accurate as possible because it was a true story. Everything worked. They built the studio on ABC's original blueprints," said Chaplin. The movie also depicts the moral dilemmas the team faced as the crisis deepened. "All the questions like, what do we show, is there such a thing as a neutral standpoint, is it helpful to watch potential violence live, the film raises all of these questions," Benesch said. "The questions they had to ask themselves are still very relevant for any journalist and also for all of us," said screenwriter Mortiz Binder. "Most of us have a smartphone, have social media, so all these ethical questions are questions for everybody." "September 5" is produced by Hollywood star Sean Penn and its writers Binder, Fehlbaum and Alex David are up for a best original screenplay Oscar at next month's Academy Awards.
