OSCAR^® WINNERS
& CANDIDATE FROM GERMANY

The feature film LABYRINTH OF LIES by Giulio Ricciarelli is representing Germany as the official submission for the 88th Oscar^® for the Best Foreign Language Film. The decision was made by an independent jury appointed by German Films. Beta Cinema has sold LABYRINTH OF LIES to 118 countries to date and it has already been released successfully in cinemas in Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg and Israel. In France in particular, it has been one of the most successful German feature films of recent years, seen by audiences totaling over 339,000 admissions thus far.

Patrick Vollrath, Dustin Loose, Ilker Çatak (photo courtesy of Ilker Çatak)

But even before the actual nominations (in January 2016), there was sensational news from the Student Academy Awards^®. For the first time ever, all three medals in the Best Foreign Film category went to directors from Germany! Ilker Çatak received the prestigious award in Gold for his short FIDELITY (Hamburg Media School), Dustin Loose in Silver for THE LAST WILL (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg), and Patrick Vollrath in Bronze for EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY (DE/AT), which was made at the Vienna Film Academy.