THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER
A WORLD-WIDE FAVORITE

Lars Kraume’s THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER won the UBS Prix du Public 2015 Audience Award at the 68th Festival del Film Locarno in August. The political thriller with Burghart Klaußner in the lead had its world premiere in front of an audience of more than 8,000 at the open-air screening on the Piazza Grande. The film then traveled to Toronto, where the lead actor, director and sales team were once again met by enthusiastic audiences and eager buyers! Beta Cinema has already sold the film to Italy, Spain, Benelux, Scandinavia, Greece, Israel, Argentina, and Japan, as well as France and Switzerland. Advanced negotiations are also underway with US distributors.

Other prizes in Locarno went to German-international co-productions: PARADISE (IR/DE) won the Ecumenical Prize and director Sina Ataeian Dena received the Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award. WONDERLAND by Lisa Blatter, Gregor Frei, Jan Gassmann, Benny Jaberg, Carmen Jaquier, Michael Krummenacher, Jonas Meier, Tobias Nölle, Lionel Rupp and Mike Scheiwiller (CH/DE) was awarded with the Third Prize of the Junior Jury Awards.